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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 9 of 56

Struck by a Tramcar. Verdict for £400. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

Catherine Margaret Colebrook sued the Chief Railway Commissioner for £500, for injuries received in an accident alleged to have been caused…

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Japanese Railways. Proposed Lease to Foreign Syndicate. London, Friday Evening

National Advocate · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

Owing to the failure of the scheme for the nationalisation of the railways in Japan, the Japanese Government proposes to lease the railways to a…

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A Popular Railway Official. Honored by his Fellow Employees

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

On Saturday night a pleasant little function took place at the Federal Hotel, all the stuff of the Mudgee railway station assembling for the…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

A cheap excursion train will leave Mudgee for Sydney on Thursday, 9th April, at 7.30 a.m., and tickets will be issued at the single fare for…

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Faster Mail Steamers. for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 4

The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is building two larger and faster steamers of the Empress type for the purpose of establishing a weekly service…

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Mountain Train Service. Earlier Morning Train

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

A deputation representing the Kattomba Municipal Council and various progress associations in the Blue Mountain district was introduced to the Railway…

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Meadow Flat. Dry Weather and Bad Roads

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 3

The chief topics of conversation here are the bad state of the roads and the dry weather. .With regard to tile former, another, cycling accident occurred on Sunday…

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The Cooyal Creek Bridge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 12

The Department of Works has sent a terse but meaningless communication to the Gulgong Council re the Cooyal Creek Bridge at Home Rule. This structure,…

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Queen's Pinch Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 15

The Clerk of Works of the Cudgegong Municipality considers that the following work is necessary on the Queen's Pinch road :—No. 1. Five chains 40ft…

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Our Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 12

The Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales have written to Mr. James Loneragan and requested him to ask the Mudgee Council to…

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Oar Railway Carriages

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 15

"I have brought under the notice of the Chief Commissioners" said Mr. Robert Jones, M.L.A., to a "Star" reporter on Tuesday morning" a…

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Mudgee-Gulgong Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 15

The formation and cutting work in connection with the Mudgee-Gulgong railway should be completed in a few days. The navvies are now working at…

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Railway Staff Changes

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 4

The following are amongst the staff changes in the Railway Department, reported in the March issue of the "Railway and Tramway Record":--Probationer,…

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Stock Train Collision. Between Wagga and Junee. Fireman’s Leg Broken. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

As a special stock train, comprising two engines and 40 trucks, was proceeding from Wagga, and when about four miles from Junae, on the down…

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Scene in Paris. Railway Station Wrecked

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

A riot occurred this morning (wrote the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on 3rd January) at the St. Lazare terminus, in Paris…

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Cowra-Gregra Railway. Evidence Taken at Manildra

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

ON Saturday last the Public Works Committee visited Manildra with a view to takeing evidence on the proposed Cowra-Gragra railway, but owing to some slight…

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Railway Accident at Junee a Fireman's Leg Broken Junee

National Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

A special stock train comprising two engines and 40 trucks, was proceeding to Waggs, and when on a down grade, the…

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A Dentist’s Damages. Railway Commissioners Mulcted. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

In the action John Bellby Smith, dentist, against the Railway Commissioners for Injuries sustained in the railway accident at Werrls Creek, the…

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Reduced Railway Pares to Land-seekers

Leader · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

The Intelligence Department notify that arrangements have been completed for farmers wishing to inspect the orchard and market gardening…

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Railway Appeals Board Deputation to the Premier Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

The representatives of the grand council of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramways Employees Union, headed by Mr. R. Hollis, M.L.A., waited upon…

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