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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

1,108 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 56

Deferred Business. Road —Mahon's to Drip Cooyal

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

Councillor Wells urged that repairs to this road be carried out by day labor. The President thought that the maintenance men would be required…

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Binnaway Mems. Rainfall...Ploughing — Railway Extension...Shire Elections

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 8

Mr and Mrs Potter have gone to Sydney. The latter has been very ill for some time, and the change should do her good…

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Mudgee-Dunedoo Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 19

The Coonabarabran Railway League has waited upon Mr. H. E. Horne, M.L.A., and urged him to press the claims of Coonabarabran for railway…

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Round the World Motor Race LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 6

Six motor cars have started from New York on a twenty thousand miles race to Paris. (The route to be taken is through Alaska,…

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Railway Washaway TAMWORTH

National Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

The passenger train from Sydney was blocked near here last night owing to a washaway on the railway line. The passengers were subsequently…

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Bicycle Road Race

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

A bicycle road race took place on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Lithgow League Bicycle Club, over the usual course of about nine miles. The…

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Railway Extension FORBES

National Advocate · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

A public meeting was held in the Town Hall last night to agitate for an extension of the railway line from Cowra, via Eugowra and Forbes, to…

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Mudgee-Dunedoo Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

It is notified in the "Government Gazette" of the 12th instant that the construction of the railway from Mudgee to Dunedoo, part 2, from the…

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Rifle Shooting. Orange Railway Team at Wellington

Leader · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

The Orange Railway Ambulance Rifle Club held a most enjoyable outing on Saturday at Wellington, where two rifle matches were shot off. The…

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Railway Company Prosecuted LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 3

The American Government is prosecuting the Southern Pacific Railway and its officials in connection with its making of rebates to shippers. It is…

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Railway Through the Balkans LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

The German Government officially denies that it is assisting Austrian railway projects in the Balkans, but it states that it regards all railways as…

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Great Motor Race. Round the World to Paris

Leader · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

Six automobiles have started from New York for a race of 20,000 miles round the world to Paris. The New York-Paris race, or as it…

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Our Faulty Railway Service. Mr. R. Jones, M.L.A., Complains

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 18

Among the many matters calling for his attention in this electorate, Mr. R. Jones, M.L.A., our watchful representative, has noted the…

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Meadow Flat. Roads, Accident, and Weather

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

It it high time the Bathurst road received attention at the hands of the Council, as accidents to cyclists and others are of frequent occurrence. Not a week…

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Twins in a Train ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

Willing Hocking was to have been tried at the criminal court on a charge of committing a serious assault on a girl, but the latter, while on her way…

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Railway Fares & Freights. a Country Member's Plea for the Inlanders

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

Speaking in the Assembly at the close of last session, upon the proposal of the Government to borrow £700,000 for the purchase of railway rolling-stock,…

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Crookwell-Cowra Railway Survey Promised Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

A deputation, introduced by Mr. Nielsen, to-day urged upon the Minister for Works the necessity for a railway from Crookwell to Cowra. All…

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Wallerawang Railway Station

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Last week, Mr. Robert Jones, member for Mudgee, in the course of an interview, complained of the delay in the carriage of goods to Mudgee, consequent upon the…

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Mangled by a Train SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

The mangled dead body of H. W. Langton, an ex-soldier, who resided at Cooper-street, Concord, was found on the railway line at Burwood tonight…

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New Motor Car Records LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 6

A Napier motor car has established new records on the Brooklands racing track at Weybridge, near London, for distances of 50, 100, and 150 miles…

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