Bridge Building Extraordinary
'A MAN could go through twenty battles on a quarter the cold nerve that Andy Hickenlooper had to use in one little episode with McPherson on the Tennessee river, when…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
52 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 3
The Young Werris Creer Railway
A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the Dubbo Railway League was held on Friday night at the Town- hall. The Mayor (Mr. R. J. J. Ryan) occupied the chair. A circular was road from the Grenfell…
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A MEETING of the Railway League was held on Saturday in the council-chambers, Mr. Frederick Toy (Mayor) in the chair. The chairman expressed great that the Coba[?] Nyngan line had not…
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A deputation from the Land and Industrial Alliance, consisting of Messrs W. O'Neill (of Nauramine), J. A. Byrn, W. J. Hill, W. P. Crick, .J. E Kelly. M.L.A, T. Waddell, M.L.A…
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THE following anecdote is told of the into Duke of Bu[?]elengh, which if it is not true, is a least at the Italians say, 'ben trovalo,' Although the duke was generous in most…
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MR. WADDELL., M.L.A. for Bourke, and Mr. Howard waited upon the Minister for Works on Thursday, in reference to the Nyugan and Cobar Railway. They stated that the people in the…
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A terrible railway accident occurred near the Windsor station last night, resulting in the death of lire passengers and the injury of between 30 and 40 others. The excitement in Melbourne is very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Railway and Tramway Association of New South Wales
A PUBLIC meeting in connection with this Association took place at the Masonic Hall, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of listening to addresses from Mr. F. Schey. M.P., general secretary, and…
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Sir,--The Railway Employees Association is the outcome of neglect on the part of the superior officers of the department to secure justice to the men in the lower grades of the services. Its power…
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AN inquest into the death of Richard Thomas, ganger on the railway, who was run over by a train on Friday night, was held at Ponte, on Monday, by Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M., District Coroner…
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A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at [?]eat's Ferry, on the Hawkesbury line, to an excursion train with 300 passengers, which left Redfern yesterday afternoon. While going down an incline,…
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IN moving the second reading of the Railway Bill in the Assembly on Thursday, Sir Henry Parkes give some interesting statistics of the railways of Australia. In regard to New South Wales he said…
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IN the legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Sir Henry Parkes and :--It is my duty not to lose a single moment in informing the House of the terrible accident which has occurred on our railways. I…
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AT the Central criminal Court on Wednesday (says the Daily Telegraph) before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, the case against Wright, Heaton and Co. was called on and the whole of the defendant put…
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A LARGE and influential deputation waited upon the Government on Friday for the purposes of urging on the construction of a line of railway from Young to Dubbo. The deputation, which was introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence New Railways for Dubbo. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)
SIR.--I notice in the reports of the deputation which waited upon the Minister of Works, last Friday in Sydney, advocating the construction of a line of railway from Young to Dubbo, via Grenfell,…
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THE statement made by the Minister for Works in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening with reference to the Nyangan and Cobar Railway is regarded with surprise by officials in the Engineer's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence the Colo Valley Railway. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)
SIR, -- Last week 1, in your columns, called attention to the fact that a movement had been organized in Mudge[?] and Rylstone to advocate the claims of the above railway, and an extension from the…
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ON Friday afternoon, says the Evening News, the Minister for Works was interviewed by an important deputation on a railway subject of national importance. The deputation was accompanied by…
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SIR, -- In advocating the claims of the above railway (which would pass through the important towns of Grenfell, and Parker, besides uniting the southern and western railway systems…
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