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

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

816 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 41

The Burragorang Road

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

One of the most romantic and finest roads on the Mountains will when completed be the Burragorang road. It runs along King's Tableland for some 16 miles…

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The Train Fire. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 7

One hundred thousand books were destroyed in the fire at the T[?]in [?] and only 1000 out of 4000 [?] 15th Century manuscripts were…

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A Remarkable Bridge

Leader · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

One of the most curious bridges in the world is to he seen at Hastings, Minn., U.S,A. where it crosses the Mississippi River. Its chief feature is its ingenious…

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Reduced Road Vote

National Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

The following communication from the Works Department to Mr. W. P. Crick, M.L.A., has been handed to us for publication :—Sir,— With reference to the…

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[?]Cial Notes for Special Readers. The Secret Signs of Tramps

Leader · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

It is sometimes stated that the Chinese vegetable hawker in Australia has the means of writing the character of the home on the gate without letting any but another hawker…

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A Railway for Cassi[?]s

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 2

A telegram from Singleton states that the Public Works Committee arrived on Saturday, and took evidence respecting the proposed line to…

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Shocking Motor Car Accident. London

Leader · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 2

A shocking motor car accident occurred at Cannee, in the South of France. The car, which was an English one, collided with a tree, and…

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Railway Traffic Suspended. on the Siberian Line. London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 3

The cables announce that the carriage of merchandise on the Siberian railway will be suspended after February 2. The object is to leave the line…

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Australians in the Transvaal. Tramping to the Cape. London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 3

The "Daily Express" states that many Australians who have become so reduced in circumstances as to be on the verge of starvation have been…

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Proposed Railway Platform at Oakey Park

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

The residents of Oakey Park have revived the agitation for the establishment of a recognised railway platform at that, suburb. Meetings have been held, and…

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Amalgamated Railway Association. the Annual Conference

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 3

The annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association will be commenced at the Trades-hall on Monday, the 15th inst…

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Delegate to the Railway Appeals Board

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 2

The ballot far the employees' representative on the Railway and Tramway Appeal Board is now in progress. All the ballot papers must be forwarded to the…

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Workmen's Trams. Proposed Discontinuance. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 2

Representatives of the Sydney Labor Council interviewed the Railway Commissioners to-day, regarding the proposed changes in the system of…

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A Peculiar Tragedy. While the Tram Waited. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 3

A peculiar tragedy happened at Little Bay stopping place, when the last tram from La Perouse was coming to Sydney last night. A well dressed…

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Singleton to Cassilis Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 13

Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee on the Singleton to Cassilis railway. Mr. Frank A. Bennett, Mayor of Singleton, said he had…

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A Train Wrecked. London

Leader · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

An intercolonial train was wrecked near Halifax, Nova Scotia. The carriages, separating from the locomotive, fell over an embankment, a distance…

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On the Road to Mundooran

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

The Mount Victoria correspondent of the Lithgow "Mercury" reports, that a 36 horse power traction engine, with two trucks attached, passed…

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Cape to Cairo Railway. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

A contract has been let for the extension of the Cape to Cairo railway to Broken Hill mine, a distance of 350 miles beyond Victoria Falls…

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Railway Extension. Information Being Collected

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. James Loneragan, honorary secretary of the Mudgee Railway League, writes asking us to make public the fact that Mr. Usher, who…

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The Situation Hopeless a Railway Across Ice the Admiralty Alert. Sydney

Leader · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

The “Times” correspondent at Tokio says the situation is regarded as hopeless. Russia is laying a railway across…

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