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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

1,577 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 79

Runaway Collides with Tram Horse Killed and Driver' Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 3

A sensational Dolt attended with serious results, occurred in King-St., Newtown, about half past six on Friday evening. Frederick Comyns was…

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Coal for Victorian Railways. Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

The steamer Irish Monarch arrived to-day with 6000 tons of Calcutta coal for the Victorian railways. Three more shipments are on the way…

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Railway Employee Injured. Junee

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

John Linyd, a railway carriage-examiner, was knocked down by the Melbourne express on Sunday morning. He sustained a fractured skull…

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A Train Derailed. Fourteen Casualties. London, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 3

A Californian special train was derailed at Rock Island. A line of carriages took fire and five persons were killed, and nine injured, several of…

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Railway Disaster in America. Five Passengers Killed and Nine Injured. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 3

A Californian special train was derailed on the Rock Island-New York Line, and the carriages caught fire. Five passengers were killed and…

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Coal for Victorian Railways Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

A member of the firm, through whose agency the Irish Monarch, brought the cargo of coal from India for the Victorian Railway Commissioners,…

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Rylstone News. Brown Hill Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 15

In order that my readers will have some impartial evidence to judge who is correct in regard to the road which I referred to in my last, I…

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Departmental Correspondence Railway Gates at George's Plains

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. John Miller, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the office of the Chief Commissioner, Sydney, December 24th, 1909…

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George's Plains Railway Gates

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. John Miller, M.L.A., is in receipt of a communication from the Office of the Chief Commissioner, informing him that with reference to his…

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Mudgee-wellington Motor Mail Service

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 13

Mr. Thos. Woods, late licensee of the Yamble Hotel, is now running the mail between Mudgee and Wellington. A motor car has been brought…

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Dunedoo Railway Dam

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 13

Six tenders have been received for the work in connection with the excavation of the Government tank at Dunedoo, that of J. H. Endacott,…

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Heavy Floods in South Australia. a Train Missing. Adelaide

Leader · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

Terrific floods have occurred in the lower Northern areas of the State. Around Gawler and Roseworthy, the houses were under water. The train…

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Cumnock. Molong to Cumnock Railway

Molong Argus · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

Report on exploration via Bryan's Flat to Cumnock:—This proposal leaves the Molong-Parkas railway at 219 miles 80 chains…

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The Striae. Compulsory Wages Indictment of Mr. Patterson, by Prominent Lodge Officers. Mr. Hughes at the South Coast. a Mixed Reception. Railway Absorbing Western Coal. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

The re-opening of the Western collieries has not so far been responsible for any noticeable, increase in the public fuel supply…

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Nationalisation of Railways. London

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 3

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Dundee last night, advocated the nationalisation of railways…

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Railway Workers' Conference. Proposal for Co-operation

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

At the conference of representatives of the Railway Workers and General Laborers ' Association, held in Sydney during the Xmas holidays, Mr. G. Bodkin, one of…

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Molong-cumnock Railway

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 10

Mr. Thomas Kennedy, a Government Officer who recently visited these parts to make an exploration of the proposed railway from Molong to…

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Record in an Aeroplane. London

National Advocate · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

Mt Latham aeroplaned at Chalons yesterday a height of 3200 feet. This is a record…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, January 7. (Before J. E. Ireland, J. P.) Drunk on the Railway Line

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 2

Cornclius Mahoney, Edward McGaharn, Henry Miller, and Edmund Sloan were charged with having been drunk in a public. place, to wit, on the Great Western…

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(Before J. E. Ireland and T. W. Cohen, Js.P.) Railway Cases

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 2

William Edwards, Arthur Jackson, Arthur Kelly, and Percy Hewitt, aged from 18 to 21 years, were charged with having travelled in a Government railway…

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