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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

1,186 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 60

Dubbo Railway Picnic. Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1900 · page 1

The net profits of the railway picnic held at Dubbo on the 26th March amounted to £70. The committee voted a sum of two guineas to each of…

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Railway to Werris Creek. Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1900 · page 1

The Public Works Committee will take evidence at Dubbo on 1st May, regarding the proposed railway to Werris Creek…

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Holyoak Bridge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledges the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, drawing attention to defective decking in the bridge…

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Piambong Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of your letter of the 13th instant, urging the commencement of the…

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A Merrendee Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th instant with petition for repairs to the road from Mrs…

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Mudgee Wollar-Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—With reference to the letter from the hon. secretary to the Wollar Progress Committee, asking for an extra maintenance man to…

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A Linburn Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the petition presented by you for the survey and clearing of a road from Home Rule…

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Windeyer to Queen's Pinch Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, asking that the amount unexpended (if any) of the…

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The Bowenfels-tarana Road. to the Editor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 3

Sir,--Can any one tell me what has become of the maintenance man of the Bowenfels. Tarana road? The portion of the road extending from Bowenfels to the top of the Dividing Range is…

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The Hepple's Flat Road Question. a New Proposal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

On Tuesday night, in pursuance of an arrangement between the Council and the District Surveyor Mr. H. A. Crouch), a meeting was held in the magistrates room at the courthouse…

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The Oberon-burraga Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 21st April, 1900

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 7

Sir,--With reference to your letter of the 11th inst., asking that the portion of the Oberon Burraga road between Campbell's River and its junction with the Oberon-Swatchfield road might…

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Proposed Road From Lithgow to Hassan's Walls. Favorable Recommendation by the Land Board

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

Acting under a direction of the Secretary for Lands, the Local Land Board was required to inquire and report upon the recently surveyed road from Lithgow to Hassan's Walls--as to the…

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Member's Column. Mr. Richards, M.P. is in receipt of the following communications : — McDonald's Creek Road. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 17th April, 1900

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 15

Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th instant, asking when tenders will be called for bridge…

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Werris Creek to Wellington Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 7

The Public Works Committee is to leave Sydney on Friday night and proceed to Wellington, and will spend some time in examining…

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Wellington-Werris Creek Railway. the First Section

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

Mr A. R. Hood describes the first section of the proposed Wellington-Werris Creek railway in the Wellington TIMES, thus:—…

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Editorial Bric-a-Brac. Copper Hill Bridge

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 7

OUR attention has been called to the state of the crossing at Copper Hill bridge. It will be remembered that during the heavy rain, some weeks ago, the approaches to the bridge were…

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Train Fatality. a Man Out to Pieces. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 3

A Saddler named Joseph Daley was out to places by a train last night at Casterton, victoria…

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Railway Deviation Camp

Leader · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 4

On Wednesday last Mr. Stevens, of Guyong, gave a lantern entertainment on “John Tregenoweth, his mash. “The slides consisted of twenty life photos, and…

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Holidays to Road Maintenance Men

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

The Minister for Works has decided that the maintenance men on the public roads shall have one week's holiday every year. The arrangements are to be left in the hands of the road…

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The Park and the Hassan's Walls Road

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

IT is time that some consideration be given to the question of making a beginning with the creation of the "Lithgow Park." It required nearly three years to make a…

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