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

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

1,385 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 70

Private Railways State Cabinet Committed. Ministers at Variance. Position Critical

The Bathurst Times · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 3

Whilst there as only been the flimsiest excuse for the suggestions recently made that there is a "cave" within the State National party,…

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Private Railways. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Bathurst Times · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 3

There has been much excitement in Macquarie-street this afternoon, following the disclosure of the Cabinet's activities in the direction of…

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Motor Lorry doe cassills HALL

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. George Murphy, the Cassilis mailman, arrived home from sydney Last evening with his new 1017 model Maxwell motor lorry. Mr. Murphy…

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T e l e g r a m s. State Political Trouble Threatening Rupture in Over Private Railway Agreements Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2

It is reported that serious trouble has arisen in the State Cabinet over the construction of what are practically private railways…

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An Ugly Echo. of the Railway Strike. the Premier Considering the Matter

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 4

Captain W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., having urgently brought under the notice of Mr. [?] the [?] to which extended reference was…

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Unpaid Motor Hire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2

At the Mudgee Police Court, on Friday, John Ashton (for whom Mr. McPherson appeared) obtained on order for £3[?] due for the hire of a…

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Big Railway Traffic Preparations in Progress Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 3

It is probable that very shortly the railway systems in Australia will undertake the inter-State transportation of coal, timber, and…

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Argentine Railway Strike

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2

A Reuter's Vancouver message status that a Beunos Ayres message is to the effect that a general railway strike has commenced. The declaration was followed by wild destructive…

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Cycling Blackey Wins Road Race Marsh Secures Fastest Time

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 3

The Hustler Cycling Club's Five Mile Cup competition road race held on Saturday afternoon attracted a field of 21 competitors and resulted…

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Too Much for Mutch Maltese on North Coast Railway. a Ball Cartridge That Went Off

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 1

In the House recently:— Mr. Muteh: I desire to ask the .Minister for Public Works whether it is a fact that considerable numbers of…

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Railway Fatality at Bathurst

Leader · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred yesterday in the Bathurst railway yards, whereby two men, leadings fitter Charles Bradley and Walter Hopkins, an…

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Railway Employee's Funerals

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 2

The funeral of the into Walter Hoch-kins, who was hilled at the loco works yesterday moved from his late residence at Lower Russell street at 4.15 this…

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The Railway Tragedy

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 2

The [?]agic deaths of two men and the dangerous injury to a third [?] the Bathurst railway yards yesterday are events which can only be…

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Killed Instantly Two Railway Employees. Another Badly Injured. Shocking Accident at Bathurst Railway Yards

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 2

A shocking accident, surrounded by tragic circumstances, occurred at the Bathurst railway workshops yesterday afternoon, resulting in two men being…

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Country News. Wuuluman Warm Weather—Successful Angling—The Macquarie Bridge—Fine Tomatoes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 12

The farmers are busy wheat carting. Mr. M. P. Kelly is carting Mr. L. Crawley's wheat. The tomatoes in the school…

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Uarbry Good Season—Shortage of Store Stock—A Productive Estate— Wheat Carting Finishing—Bad Roads.—For the Lord Mayor's Fund

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 12

The season is a good one. There is plenty of grass and water, and all stock are in the pink of condition. It will soon be rolling into the…

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The Railway Accident Funerals of Victims. Solemn Processions

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 3

The funerals of the two victims of the sad railway fatality which occurred at the eastern end of the Bathurst loco, sheds on Tuesday afternoon…

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Victimisation Dismissed Railway Men. Question of Superannuation Refund. Government's Attitude

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. J, Ryan, of Gulgong, who was in the railway employ, was dismissed from the service because of his participation in the strike of last year…

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New Motor Lorry

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 13

Mr. G. Murphy has purchased a new motor lorry for the conveyance of mails and passengers to and from Mudgee and Cassilis. This is a…

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Trouble on Tram Sequel in Police Court. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 3

At the Balmain Police Court this morning, Cyril William Rogers, 31, was chawed with unlawfully assaulting Henry Adams, an old age…

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