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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 2 of 115

Good News for Motorists

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

In the course of a report submitted to the Turon Shire Council at the monthly meeting yesterday, the engineer (Mr. B. A. Heffernan)…

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Railway Fatality. Cabinet Minister's Brothers Killed. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Robert Estell (61), a railway employee, living at Hurstville, and brother of Mr. Estell, Minister for Labor and Industry, was knocked…

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Local and General Motor Racing

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

The Canberra Motor Cycle Club of Sydney proposes to hold its annual 100 mile road race on January 26, and in a communication received at…

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Motor Car Collision. Katoomba

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

A motor car accident occurred on Saturday afternoon between Black heath and Mount Victorian. A 20-h.p. car the property of the Katoomba…

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Motor Car Falls Into River. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Port M'acquarie reports that on Sunday afternoon Robinson's threeseater motor car, conveying fourteen passengers from Kempsey to Port…

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Trespassing on the Railway. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Three men were fined 20/ each at Wagga police court for trespassing on the railway viaduct…

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Motor Versus Animal Carriage

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The cartage of bulk goods and the delivery of parcels have been problems which have troubled the city business man a great deal for some years past…

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Railway Congestion

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Owing to congestion, no consignments will be accepted at the, Bathurst goodsheds to-day, and Thursday and Friday…

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Killed on Railway Line. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. Robert Estell, a railway employee at Hurstville. and a brother of the Minster for Mines, was knocked down by a train last night and killed…

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Proposed Railway. Buxton to Yerranderie

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The Progress Association of Buxton recently met the Hon. G. W. Fuller, member for Wollondilly, at the Picton Lakes station, and interested him in the route of the proposed…

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Train Bombarded

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 23

Passengers by the afternoon train from Wang to Mudgee were thrown into a state of panic soon after leaving Portland station on Friday (says…

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Meroo Shire. Expenditure on Roads. Interesting Comparisons. The Main Roads Grant

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 5

A meeting of the Meroo Shire Council was held on Monday morning last. There were present Crs. O. D. Cox (President), J. Jennings…

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Suppressed Paper War Inventions Glasgow Labor Organ. Writing Against Munitions-making. Excitement in Parliament. London, Wednesday. New Type of Aeroplane. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

A seene occurred in the House of Commons to-day, when Labor Radicals complained of the suppression of the Glasgow journal "Forward," which Replying to Mr. Lynch in the Mouse of Commons, Mr. Tennant said that large aeroplanes, carrying several engines, and capable of great…

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Woman in Liverpool Camp Masquerading As Soldiers. Train Journey Incident "Charge It to Kitchener." Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

Two women who had been at Liverpool camp for three days, masqutrading as soldiers, attempted to negotiate a train journey to Sydney…

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Narrow Escape. Motor Car Accident. Uralla

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

On Saturday night a party of young people were out for a spin in Mr. Arthur Carter's car, with Walter Vickers at the wheel. When nearing n railway…

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Mails by Motor Passenger Service Also. Proposition by the P.M.C. SYDNEY

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

In the course of a statement which in made this afternoon outlining the advance of the motor in the Postal Department, the Postmaster-General…

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Wheat Harvest the Railway Figures. Increase Over Last Season. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

Since the commencement of the wheat season—December I—892,524 bags of wheat have been invoiced by rail for Darling Harbor or Darling…

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The Tram Men Dismissal of Hands. a Drastic Resolution. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

Special general meeting of the members of the traffic branch of the tramway service were held to-day, when the question of the Department's methods…

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Tramway Men's Grievances Stop-work Meeting Proposed Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

At a special meeting of the tramway man yesterday to consider the Department's attitude in regard to the men's demand for increased wages…

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Mail Train's Narrow Escape. Sydney

Molong Argus · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 1

A heavy landslip occurred at Brogan's Creck, between Capertee and Rylstone on Thursday night, nearly caused damage to the Gulgong mail…

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