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

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

2,297 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 115

Railways and Tramways Quarter's Returns. Increased Revenue. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

The Railway Commissioner is report for the quarter ended December 31 was issued to-day. It shows an increase in earnings over the corresponding period…

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Commercial. Messrs John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 22nd January, 1916

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 7

Wool: The new year'B market has opened with a very buoyant tone. An average advance of 10 per cent has been established for all descriptions…

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Military Train Wrecked Hundreds of Germans Killed. Remarkable Exploit by Lettish Volunteers. Petrograd

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

A detachment of Lettish volunteers crawled up to the Libau-Rohny railway in daylight and cut the German sentry's throat and removed the rails…

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Out to Pieces. Shocking Railway Accident. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

Advices received from the South Coast to-day stating that Antonnio Piccedi, an Italian, met with a shocking death last evening. He was walking…

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Dissatisfied Tram Men. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

The tramway electrical employees to-day decided to hold an all day stop work meeting as a protest against certain grievances…

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Railway Workers and General Laborers. Conference in Sydney. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

Much of the business which would have otherwise engaged the attention of the delegates to the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. T. C. Modge, at present general manager for the J. Joynton Smith hotels, has been selected by the Government as manager for the railway…

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A Railway Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Coroner at Hornsby, Bound that Harry Bruce, 27, died from the effects of injuries received in a railway trair…

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Good Save by a Railway Guard. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

Some trucks belonging to a goods trail gravtated at Ryde to-day, The guard did a wonderful sprint, caught the train, applied the brakes and…

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Railway to Iron Mines. Orange

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

The line of railway from Spring Hill to Cadia, which is to be built by Hoskins, Ltd., of Lithgow, will be commenced within the next month. At present the pegs are being put…

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Railway Accident at 'Wang

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

An accident happened at the railway station during the early hours of this (Tuesday) morning. As a result a man named Douglas. McGuiness had his arm badly crushed…

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Motorcar Struck by Train. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 1

Early yesterday morning, on the railway crossing near Meredith station, motor-car proprietor, Moses Walpole, was driving Mr. M'Callum a resident…

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Russians' Ruse. German Train Wrecked

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 17

Lettish volunteers at daylight crawled past the German soldiers guarding the Libua-Romny railway out the throats of the sentries, and…

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Killed on the Road the Raglan Hill Fatality

National Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

The death on the [?] Hill road of George Frances Stokes, an elderly [?] man, formed the subject of a magisterial inquiry at Bathurst…

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Secondary Education Mr. Board and His Boys. the Nine Roads to Success

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

The Director of Education, Mr. Beard, has issued a circular letter to boys who have gained the qualifying certificate. "Now what are you going…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms Methods Criticised. Mr. Madge's Appointment. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 1

Some astonishment is expressed by catering and hotel managers it the appointment of Mr. Madge [?] of the Joynton Smith Hotels, as…

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Circuit De Course 100 Miles Motor Cycle Race Won by J. R. Wickham. Speeding in the Dust. Hartley

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

With 18 of the 26 entrants facing the starters, the Canberra Motor Cycle Club to-day held its second annual circuit de course over a hundred miles on the…

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Short of Efficient Men Railway Department's Fix. Releasing the Home Defenders. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners are experiencing difficulty, in securing sufficient efficient men to handle the harvest, and have asked the military…

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Sensations of the Week. Railway Line Inundated

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 10

The Queensland Railway Department has received advice of a heavy storm at the Allora line. The railway was inundated by water and…

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Railway Employees and Defence Department's Difficulty Service Must Be Carried on Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

An interesting controversy is going on between the Railway and Defence Departments regarding the supply of men. The Railway Department is…

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