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

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Road From Cave Creek to Borenore

Molong Argus · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 5

THE announcement in the "Advocate" that the Minister for Lands had referred to the Land Board the question of making a road through Mr…

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A Bathurst Pensioner. Killed by a Tram. Body Terribly Mutilated Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 3

About 3.45 a.m. to-day as the last tram was passing along the City Road towards Newtown, the driver saw a man lying on the road between the rails, The brakes…

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Railway Deviation

National Advocate · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 2

The railway deviation at Rydal spoken of by the Minister for Works at a recent deputation of the unemployed as likely to absorb a large number of men, was…

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Sherlock Holmes and the Motor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 7

The creator of Sherlock Holmes has been telling the "Motor Cycle" that he considers his motor-cycle "indispensable":--One or other of the cars is sure to go…

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Visit to Lithgow by Motor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 4

Mr. Hoskins, of the well-known firm of pipe makers, Hoskins Brothers, of Sydney, paid a visit to Lithgow with members of his family yesterday. The party were…

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Tram Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 4

Joseph Barlow, 8[?], minor, on a visit to Sydney from Bathurst, where he lived at the Old Age Pensioners’ Home, was killed this morning…

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Killed by a Train. Sydney

Leader · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 3

A man and horse were killed by a train at Toongabbie station yesterday…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 1

A man whose name is at present un-known, was near Parramatta yesterday loading a cart with milk cans at the Toongabbie platform, when a train the…

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Tomsk to Tashkand Railway London

National Advocate · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 2

Russia is constructing a railway from Tomsk, a town in Western Siberia, to Tashkand, the capital of Russian Turkestan…

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A Motor Trip to Cherry Tree

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 2

Yesterday Dr. Lester, accompanied by Mr. Stacy, Mr. E. J. Baker, and Mr. Iredalo, of Sydney, made a motor car trip to Cherry Tree Hill, on a…

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Road Tenders

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

Tenders wore received at Blackheath and Portland last week for road work in the district as follows:--Contract 3304-5, Blackheath to Hat Hill: James Barton, of…

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The Tatura Murder. a Drunken Railway Traveller. Accuses Himself of the Crime. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 3

The police on Saturday night accidently received information that a man describing himself as "the Tatura murderer" had travelled from Berry to…

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Tho Greatest Bridge In the World

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 15

What may be described as the most wonderful bridge in tho world is that which spans tho great Zambesi Gorge, just below the Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. It has been built to…

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A Road Special. Public Works Department, Sydney, 20th April, 1905

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 17

Sir,—In reply to your letter of 27th February, asking that 1904-5 vote for road Mudgee to Denison Town be increased by transferring unexpended…

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A Railway for Cobbopa. The Wellington "Gazette" on the Wrong Line

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 3

Our contemporary, the Wellington "Gazette," very properly advocates the construction of a line from Wellington to Cobbora, as…

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Correspondence. Motor v. HORSE. (To the Editor.)

Leader · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 1

Re paragraph in your issue of the 2nd instant, headed ‘Motor v. Horse,’ I should like to state the details therein were incorrect, the true version of…

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Road Matters

Molong Argus · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 16

MR. T. WADDELL, M.P., sends along the following:— Public Works Department, April 28. Sir, —With reference to the communication of…

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Commercial News. John Bridge & Co

Molong Argus · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 10

FUR SKINS.—We held a very successful sale on the 26th instant., topping the market for grey and red kangaroo skins, for which 60½ and 60 respectively were secured. We…

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The Winter Train Service. Principal Alterations

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 6

The winter passenger train service will be commenced on next Sunday, the 7th. Here are some of the Western line alterations:--…

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A Plea for Free Railways. To the Editor of the ARGUS

Molong Argus · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 16

SIR,—"Sunny Jim's" first "Topic" in your issue of 14th April is a distinct plea that the State railways shall be for the use of the taxpayers without…

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