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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 6 of 70

Road Obstruction

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 30

At the last meeting of the Shire Council, Councillor Jennings made reference to obstructions on the load by a surveyors' van and a…

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Lady Margaret Chapter Ix Stirling Bridge

National Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 4

Wallace received the deputation with [?] coldness of manner, which intimated in what estimation he held those who had showed so…

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Fitzroy Bridge in Jeopardy Rivers Rising. a Missing Steamer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 15

It is feared that the bridge over the Fitzroy River will collapse at any moment. The flood in the Fitzroy River is…

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Fire at Tallewang Road. Shed and Contents Destroyed. Incendiarism Suspected

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 21

Mr. H. H. W. Honeysett, of Kenwell, Tallewang Road, via Gulgong, had a visit from a "fire fiend" on the night of Thursday January…

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Railway Passes Questions in the Senate Cost of Federal Police

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

In the Senate, during question time, Senator Gardiner (N.S.W.) suited the Minister in charge of the Railways to say whether it was a fact or not that…

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Motor Traffic Charges

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 3

Roy Ross was charged at the Lithgow Police Court before Mr. A. B. C. Burke, P.M., that, having purchased a motor cycle at Lithgow on November…

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Mundooran Page. General News. Motors and Elevators

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 12

Mr. Waller Ellis has been a good business in motors and elevators during the past month…

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Railway Construction Hung Up

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 37

A Coonabarabran correspondent writes that it is stated locally that the Government is taking over the whole of the sleepers set apart for…

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Nine Miles of Water. at North Rockhampton. Hundreds Homeless the Railways Held Up

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 15

There is a sea of water nine miles in extent at North Rockhampton, and hundreds of people there are homeless…

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Ben Bullen. Illness—The Weather—Local Sport—Accident at the Quarry—The Railway Station

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 14

The Station.—Our railway station is still looking after itself to an extent, there being no attendant. The late attendant's house here is…

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Engineer's Reports. Peabody Road

Molong Argus · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

I beg to report on the portions of the Peabody road in the vicinity of the 3 and 4 mile pegs, which require re gravelling. There are four sactions…

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Lady Margaret Chapter Ix Stirling Bridge

National Advocate · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

When the English leaders came to the front, and beheld the very advantageous position of the enemy, there was some discussion among…

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How the Money Goes. Motor Trips and Gold Passes. Stores Unaccounted For

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

The annual report of the Auditor-General (Mr. Israel) on the Commonwealth accounts is an interesting document, though it reveals extravagance in expenditure which is all the…

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Must Use a Motor Car. Mr. Jensen Answers the Critics. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

Mr. Jensen (Minister for Trade and Customs), replying to criticisms of a section of the press, said that an attempt had been made to place a wrong construction on his…

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John Bridge & Co's Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 17

John Bridge & Co. Ltd. report under date 19th January:— Wool.—The wool appraisements are progressing expeditiously and…

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Lady Margaret Chapter Ix Stirling Bridge

National Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

When the harvest moon rose that night in the clear evening sky, it look upon an awful sight. The silver thread of the Forth was dyed…

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Correspondence the New Road-sweeper. (To the Editor.)

National Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 5

Sir,—Yesterday being the shopping day of the week in Bathurst, the shopkeepers of William-street rose at 7 a.m., and worked away until 9 and 10…

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New Zealand Tragedy. Motor Collides with Train

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

A motor car containing Mr. Ashworth, his wife, and their three daughters, crashed into a train at the Sty[?] level crossing…

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Rail Traffic Disorganised Inkerman Bridge Damaged Three Drownings at Rockhampton. Brisbane

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

The Railway Department has received a wire from Townsville stating that owing to the heavy floods the engineer considered it unsafe to run…

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East-west Railway Total 1,033 OF £157, 721. MELBOURNE

The Bathurst Times · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

When Mr. Watt, Minister for Warks and Railways, was moving the second rending of the Railways Bill in the House of Representatives, he said that…

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