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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 7 of 95

Does This Affect Local Motorists

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Six motor proprietors in Katoomba were fined 2/6 and 6/ costs, on Friday last for having more than the requisite quantity of mineral spirit on tap, in…

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Less Railway Work Because Less Loan Money. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

The Railway and Tramway Department will spend this year about £1,000,000 less than in 1915-16. This year's expenditure will amount to a shade over…

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Coal Train Deralled Traffic Disorganised. Wollongong

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Owing to the derailment of a coal train in the vicinity of the tunnel mouth at Helenburgh the traffic on the Illawarra line became…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Leader · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

A Roumanian refugee states that the recent railway accident was the most terrible in history. It occurred to a train carrying refugees, and 374…

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Country News. Neilrex. Another Motor Accident—Coolah Shire Roads—And Shire Elections—And Other Matters

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 25

Mr. and Mrs. F. Noonan and family have spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Devoy. and family…

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Western News Blayney and District Important Road Deviation a Splendid Piece of Work

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 1

The Lyndhurst Shire Council has just completed a very necessary improvement on the main road between Blayney and Carcoar, known as the Red Hill, or…

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Bathurst's Motor Engine

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

A letter was received from Mr. R. Shepperd, Council's representative on the Fire Brigades Board, at the meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council last…

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Mundooran-Tooraweenah Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 16

Mr. Makinson, manager of the Australian Bank of Commerce, at Mundooran, and Who is always alive for the interests of his town,…

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Motor Tyre Insurance

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 34

Each year - tyre users are more alive to the possibilities and benefits of tyre care. Nowhere is the old saying, "A stitch in time…

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Activity at the Railway Yards

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 12

A visit to the railway yards reveals a busy scene at the present moment. The wheat stack is piling up, there being over 300 bags there now…

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Tooraweenah Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 12

The proposal for a railway line from Mundooran to Tooraweenah as an alternative to the proposal from Gilgandra to Tooraweenah will be…

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John Bridge & Co

Molong Argus · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 1

John Bridge and Co., Ltd, report under date 20th Jan., 1917:— Wool.—Out first appraisement catalogue has been completed end…

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Price of Progress. Expulsion of "John Bridge."

Leader · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

John Bridge and Company, Ltd., write to us as follows:— "Woolgrowers who have kept themselves in touch with the course of our…

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Enterprise Penalised. "John Bridge" Pays. to the Editor

Molong Argus · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Woolgrowers who have kept themselves an touch, through the columns of your journal, with our consistent advocacy of the adoption of economic and…

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Sinal Campaign. Big Railway Undertakings. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

Among the military works in Sinai campaign in the construction of 390 miles of railway, [?]king up Port…

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A Desert Railway

Leader · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Among the military works in the Sinal campaign is the construction of 390 miles of railway, linking up Port Said with E[?] Kantara, and EI Arish…

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The Promised Motor Fire Engine

National Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

A letter was on Wednesday night received by the Bathurst Council from Mr. R. S. Shepherd, country representative of Fire Brigades Board,…

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MotorCycle Nuisance Matter Before Council

National Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 1

When Aid. Hodge's motion concerning the gas manager's residence had been defeated at the Bathurst Council meeting on Wednesday night, he was…

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Mr. Tom Johnson May Return to Australia. Advice for Victorian Railways. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Tom Johnson, the former Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales railways, is mentioned in the list of experts whose…

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Hard Roads Replace Mud. London

National Advocate · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

The severe frosts on the west frost interpersed with bright sunshine has resulted in increased activity everywhere. The iron surface of the roads…

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