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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

917 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 46

Railway Official's Rumored Suspension

National Advocate · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

It is rumored in Sydney that the new Chief Railway Commissioner has suspended a prominent railway official. Drunkenness is alleged to be the cause of this action…

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Mr J Edwards Benefit Railway Inspection

National Advocate · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

The proceeds of the subscription and concert inaugurated for the benefit of Mr J Edwards, the victim of the late accident at the railway station were handed over to that The Chief Commissioner and patty will arrive in Bathurst at 7.45 p m to-day, and will leave, five minutes later for an inspection of the West. They will return to…

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Railway Returns

Leader · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 4

The returns for the Millthorpe railway station for the week ending 18 April Were 1760 bags of potatoes 36 trucks of chaff, 78 crates of…

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Railway Valedictory Presentation to Mr, James Loughrey

Leader · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

On Saturday evening last, Mr. Jas Loughrey, of the Loco Department, was the guest of a representative gathering of railway officers, and…

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Leaderettes Youthful Train Wrecker

Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The young lad who was arrested last week for the alleged attempt to wreck the passenger train after leaving Wombiana platform near Blayney…

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Official Correspondence. Victoria Falls Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 6th April, 1907

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

Sir,--In reply to the inquiry contained in your letter of the 5th inst., relative to a grant for Victoria Falls road, I have the honor to inform you that the matter is…

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The Triumph of the Motor Car

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

The automobile forms a most absorbing topic for observation and study, as its progress has been so rapid. Twelve years ago there were few automobile factories…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The three Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Johnson, Kirkcaldie, and Richardson, visited Lithgow yesterday afternoon on an inspection of the western district…

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Ca[?] Adian Railway Disaster. Harrowing Scenes. London

Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The victims of the Chaplean. (Canada) railway disaster were immigrants under the auspices of the Salvatio Army Many were [?]inned…

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The Cadia Road an Urgent Question

Leader · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

We have repeatedly referred in these columns to the bad condition of the Cadia road but what with the cheeseparing Government, an…

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Railway Commissioners at Orange a Deputation's Requirements. Orange

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners (Messrs T. R. Johnson and D. Kirkcldie) and Mr. H. Richardson (Commissioner for Tramways), accompanied by several…

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Railway Commissioners Visit To ORANGE

Leader · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

Yesterday- the new Chief Commissioner, Mr. Johnson, with Commissioners Kircaldie and Richardson paid a visit to Orange Mr. John Harper,…

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The First Electric Train Catastrophe

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 7

That an electric train accident may be infinitely more disastrous than one of the usual character is evidenced by what happened only the other day in New York. An…

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On the Road to Recovery

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

For about five weeks past Mr. Terence Dunlevy has been Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, suffering from hemorrhage of the bowels. This was brought on as the…

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Landowners and Road Forming. To the Editor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

Sir,-- In Tuesday's issue, there was a statement by a member of a building firm in regard to the forming of roads in the old country. According to this statement…

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True Stories of the Road. Told for the first time By An Old Tramp. Was it Codrington's Ghost he Saw

Molong Argus · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

ONE bitter cold night in June, some three years after the killing of Trooper Codrington, a jovial little party of both sexes sat round the bar parlour…

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The Railway Commissioners

Molong Argus · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 16

ON Tuesday afternoon a special train steamed into Molong Station having on board the newly-appointed Chief Commissioner of Railways (Mr. T. R…

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Railway Commissioners on Tour DUBBO

National Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

The Chief Railway Commissioner. Mr T. R. Johnson accompanied by by his collegues Messrs Kirkcaldie and Richardson arrived in Dubbo on a…

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Motor Accident

National Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

The Hon F Jago Smith, who left Bathurst with the intention of proceeding to Molong on Tuesday last, had a mishap with his motor car, when about nine miles…

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Railway Commissioners at Katoomba Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

The Mayor (Alderman Dull) and aldermen met the Railway Commissioners yesterday, and requested an extension of the shunting line to allow carters to empty the…

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