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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

2,481 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 125

Defence of the Road Plant. (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 7

Sir,—The objections raised to the road plant are various, and some of them peculiar. One man said that "he had never seen a plant at work,…

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Meroo Shire Council Estimates for the Year. The Road Plant. Shires v. P.P. Boards

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 19

A special meeting of the Meroo Shine Council was held, on Wednesday morning. There were present Crs. S. W. Webb (President), O. D…

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Railway Smash. Trucks Crash Down the Mountain. Lawson

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

A railway smash occurred here early yesterday morning. Since the opening of the Glenbrook deviation the push-up engine on most…

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American Railway Men. 5000 Come Out. New York

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 4

About 5000 men have struck on the Delaware-Hudson railroad, every man, engineer, fireman, conductor, and telegraphist, coming out…

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L[?]thgow Railway Station Again Burgled

Leader · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

For the second time within six months a robbery has occurred at Eskbank Railway Station. It appears that about 11.45 on Saturday night the…

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A Motor Fatality

Leader · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

Fred Newnham, a well known Condobolin hotel keeper, was arrested last week for running over a woman, named Mrs. Margaret Bassett, with his…

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Merriwa Motor

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 21

Mr. G. B. Norford has decided to use his fine motor car in currying passengers to any part of the Merriwa district. This gentleman's…

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Motor Car

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 21

G. L. Castledine. of Mudgee, announces in another column that he has commenced plying for hire with a fine 25 horse power touring car…

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Maryvale to Gulgong Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 21

Mr. Jas. Loneragan, of Gulgong, who has been deputed by the Gulgong Railway League, to interview either the Premier or the Minister…

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The Railway Extension

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 22

Mr. W. Usher, of the N.S.W. Railway Department, spent a part of last week along the Dunedoo- Coonabarabran railway extension,…

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Railway Extension

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 24

Residents of the Binnaway district will be glad to learn that by June the Dunedoo-Coonabarabran railway extension will have reached…

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Bridegroom Dies in Railway Carriage. on His Way to Church. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

While travelling in a railway carriage, on his way to he married, W. H. Parkinson died in the arms of his bride elect, Miss Roberts. Both were…

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Tearing Up Roads

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. H. D. Cox, the engineer of the Blue Mountains Shire, has had occasion (says the "Herald") to complain about men digging trenches at Medlow Bath without the…

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Motor Cycling

The Bathurst Times · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The Sydney, Motor Cycle Club and the Kookaburra Cycle Club are having a run to Yetholme on Saturday next, returning to Sydney on Monday. They…

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Motor Reliability Contest Melbourne to Sydney. What It Taught

The Bathurst Times · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

The recently concluded motor car reliability trial from Melbourne, to Sydney was a big success, judged by the percentage of finishers out of starters,…

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English Railway Speed. Thirty Years' Comparison. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

A thirty years comparison of the speed at which English railway trains travel shows that the improvement which, has taken place ranges from 5…

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Fall Downstairs Mr. J. H. Stewart Injured. While on a Motor Trip

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Stewart, of the "Mount," met with a serious accident in hotel in Goulburn on Saturday. With friends, he started on a motor…

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Documents and a Revolver "The Firm Will Go Mad." Dispute About Motor Car. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3

An unusual charge of stealing was brought against Percy Ball, an ex-policeman, and now an engineer in the Works Department, in the Central…

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Railway Workshops Opening. Pretoria

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

It is officially announced that the railway workshops will be opened on January 26…

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Railway Commissionership

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

During Mr. Johnson's three months' leave of absence, prior to the termination of his term of management of the N.S.W. Railways, opportunity wall bo given to test another…

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