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

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

1,889 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 95

Direction Boards on Roads

Molong Argus · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 1

The Minister for Local Government (Mr J. D. Fitzgerald) has recently written to all shire councils inviting their attention to the the great public…

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The Lagoon Bridge Councils Disagree

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

The Abercrombie and Oberon Shire Councils are still disputing over the proposed repairs and apportionment of costs in connection with the…

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Holiday Train Mishap. London

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Four persons were killed and 25 injured in a collision between a tra[?] laden with holiday [?] and a light engine between Edinburgh and…

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The Vale Creek Road

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

At its monthly meeting the Abercrombie Shire Council received an offer from Mr. W. J. McPhillamy, [?] Orton Park, of a loan of £300 free…

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Killed by a Train. Parramatta

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 1

A railway. fatality happened near Doonside, when the 6.40 a.m. Penrith to Sydney train run down a man, who was shockingly mutilated and his…

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Train Smash. 11 KILLED; 60 Injured. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Cloven pursuits were killed and sixty injured when a ere[?] holiday passenger train crashed into a night engine at a station between Edi[?] and…

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The Value of Advertising. Once More Practically Demonstated. John Bridge and Co. the Demonstrators

Leader · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. T. M. Shakespeare, the manager of the Country Press Co-operative Company, has addressed the following letter to the proprietors of…

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Stealing a Motor Bike

Molong Argus · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

The same accused was then further charged with stealing one motor cycle, valued at £50, the properly of William Russell Cole, on December 25th…

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A Chapter of Charges. a Man From the West an Nexes a Motor Dike—is Run In—and Breaks Out of Lockup. Re Arrested at Eugowra. Stealing a Cell Blanket

Molong Argus · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

At the Molong Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. L Scoles and McKonzie, Js P, Arthur Goodsell, (alias Edward Ireland Cade) wasg…

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The Railway Unit

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Speaking at the send off to Bathurst railway officials on Wednesday night last. Mr. Melville said that there had been 1200 applications received for…

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The Railway Unit

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Spunking at the send off to two Bathurst railway officials on Wednesday night, Mr. Melville said that there had been 1200 applications received for the…

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Latest Details. Rivers Rising. Railways Chopped Up. Sydney

Leader · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

Further particulars of the Queensland floods show the Burdekin River is still rising rapidly at the rate of seventeen inches a day…

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Serious Railway Accident. London

Leader · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

Eleven people were killed and 40 injured by an accident in which a train crowded with passengers crashed into a light engine, near Rathe…

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Snake at the Railway Station

Leader · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 6

On Wednesday night some litte diversion was caused at the Orange station through the fact that a black snake found its way into the yard…

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Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 6

The district coroner, Mr. E. P. Richards, J.P., held at the Lithgow Courthouse on Wednesday an inquiry touching the death of Alfred Herbert Jamieson, railway fireman, who…

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Holiday Train Disaster. London

National Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

Twelve deaths occurred as a result of the Edinburg railway accident, in which a light engine crashed into a holiday train…

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Increased Western Railway Traffic

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

The railway traffic on the western line year, is expected to be particularly heavy this year it is anticipated that the n[?]rcased goods traffic will begin in the…

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Railway Fatalities. Big Increase Last Year. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 1

A[?] to the City Coroner's ic[?] for last year there was a big [?] in the number of fatal train accident. During 1915 there were only…

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Starvation and Distress Railway Dismissals." Union Secretary's Statement Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

The starvation and distress are resulting from the discharge of railway workers by the Government was asserted by the secretary of Railway…

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John Bridge and Co

Leader · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 1

This enterprising firm of commission agents and woolbrokers' have token possession of their new premises in Lord's Place, built for them…

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