On the Road to Mafeking. LONDON
Colonel Peakman with the Kimberley mounted corps had a brisk skirmish with 500 Boors opposite Fourteen Streams on the Kimberley-Mafeking…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
1,186 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 60
The Retreating Boers. Explode a Railway Bridge. London
The Boers, in the course of their retreat northward from Bloomfontoin, have exploded tho bridge across the Modder at Glen siding, about midway between…
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We would like to see a return prepared of all money spent during the last five years on the Cullenbone, Collingwood and Cassilis…
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Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, asking for £25 extra to be expended on the…
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The following application has been received for permission to mine under roads, [?]:-No. 1499, 3rd march; 1900, w.Harrison part of police Paddock at Toogong…
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It has been found that the Boers have destroyed with explosives the railway bridge over the Modeler at Glen Siding north of Bloonfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rydal to Meadow Flat Road. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 16th March, 1900
Sir,--I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, drawing attention to the neglect of the G.W. Road between Rydal and Meadow Flat, and to inform you that…
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The railway picnic will be held on the Dubbo Show Ground on Monday, 26th inst., The day has been proclaimed a public holiday…
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The heavy rains last week played havoc with the roads in the Bookley and Cow Flat district. The river at Charlton overflowed its banks and the flats adjoining wore flooded…
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The train which formerly left Bathurst for Orange at 10 a.m. will from to-day leave at 9.30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. In The Transvaal. the Relief Mafeking. Boers Destroy the Railway Line. Plumer's Forces Isolated. Lieutenant-General Methuen Confident. An Important Grossing Secured. Mafeking Can Hold Out for Three Weeks. SYDNEY
It is reported from Lorenzo Marques that the Boom, by destroying the railway line, isolated the force under Colonel Plumer, which was proceeding with provisions to the…
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The annual railway picnic was held at the Dubbo Show Ground to-day. The weather was fine and there was a very large attendance. The Stuart…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Communication Restored. British Advance to Bethulie. London
The railway is now running to Bethulie, crossing the river by a waggon bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bethulie Bridge. LONDON, Monday afternoon
When General Gatacre was advancing on Bethulie for Burgerdorp the Boers destroyed the railway bridge across the river, but the railway has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Disaster. Nine Soldiers Injured. London
A train overturned on Victoria Road embankment and nine soldiers were injured. There were many narrow escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Sleepers. LONDON
Ninety thousand sleepers for the Dundee-Vryheid railway have been transferred to the Dundec-Transvaal railway…
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A banquet in connection with the Railway Ambulance Corps was held on Saturday. The Mayor, Alderman Watson, presided. Fifteen members who…
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90,000 Bloopers for the Dundee-Vryheid railway have been transferred to the Transvaal by the Boers…
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The annual sports and picnic of the railway employees on the lines west of Orange, was held at the Dubbo Show Ground yesterday. The attendance was estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. on the Natal Border. Terrific Rain Storms. the Defence of Mafeking. South African Rains. Subsidence of a Railway Line. London, Tuesday afternoon
Heavy rains have fallen throughout South Africa. Many camps are swamps. A troop train was overturned owing…
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