Thrilling Motor Contest. Capetown
A party of British motorists, under Captain Bentley, left to-day for Cairo, on the most thrilling contest in the history of motor transit. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,657 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 83
Roads and Pastures. a Facetious Dentist
Mr. Arthur J. Bond, dental surgeon, of George-street, Bathurst, waxed facetious in a letter read at yesterday's meeting of the Turon Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring. a Daring Drive On. Germans Still Following British. Capetownm
A party of three motorists, under Captain Bentley, left for Cairo to-day. The journey will be one of the most daring in the history of motor transit,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Referendum. How the Railways Would Suffer. Sydney
Replying to a deputation to-day, the Minister for Railways stated that if the referendum proposals were carried the railways would be under the control of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes-Stockinbingal Railway Opposed by Mr. Harper. Sydney
The Public works Committee gave further consideration to the proposed Forbes to Stockinbingal railway line to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway
Further consideration was given by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works yesterday afternoon to the proposed construction of a line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expeditious Work. the Bullfinch Railway. Perth
The completion of the Southern Cross to Bullfinch railway provides an instance of expeditious railway construction. The Cabinet approved of the line on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Invention
The railway invention of Mr. Ferdinand George Pike, son of Mrs. Pike, of the Bathurst Swimming Baths, has been patented, and is to be submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yetholme-wambool Road Deviation
From the Department of Lands Mr. Miller has also received the following communication:—"With reference to a letter presented by you from Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling and Motoring Notes
A party of Englishmen will leave Capetown (South Africa( this week with the intention of making a pioneer prostor trip from Capetown to Cairo—a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rabbits on the Railway "Unpardonable Negligence."
Mr. Chas. Young, secretary of the Carcoar Pastures Potection Board, wrote to yesterday's meeting of the Bathurst P.P. Board for assistance in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →He Caught the Tram After Knocking the Porter Over. Man Heavily Fined. Sydney
A young man named H. Harris, was fined £3, in default three weeks' imprisonment, at the Central Police Court this morning, for boarding a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cairns Railway Line Blocked. Brisbane
A fall of earth in a tunnel at Cairns blocked tie railway line. This means a loss of £5000 per month to the timber getters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Labor Conference Mr. Coates Again. Bathurst League and Railway Travelling. Nationalisation of Hospitals. Sydney
At the Political Labor Conference last night a motion was carried in favor of the abolition of capital punishment. Mr. J. F. Coates moved, on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Referenda What Will Happen If the Railway Services Proposal Succeeds. Melbourne
State legislators are considering the many phases of the referenda proposals. One member says : "I have it on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed Burraga Railway To the Editor
Sir,-- 1 see in Your issue of the 3rd instant a report of the meeting held at Rydal. re the proposed Burrnga railway. On behalf of the Mountain Home P.A. [?] wish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways and Wheat
The illustration constitutes a map of the main railway system of the United Stales in conjunction with that of Canada. Just now when those two countries. are so much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australia. a Railway Mishap. Adelaide
While an empty ballast train was returning from Muriooptu to ballast a pit on the new line near Gawler, a truck left the line on an embankment,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German’s Hill Railway
A meeting in connection with the German’s Hill railway movement was held on Friday at the residence of Mr. G. A. Davis, Cargo Road. Owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canowindra Railway Business
During The month of January, 22[?] bags of wheat were despatched from the Canowindra railway station, as also were 10 bales of wool and 14…
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