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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

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Government Gazette. Friday, July 12. Land Resumed for Roads

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1895 · page 2

PART of road from Mundooran to Coonamble and Tenandra, from the north-east corner of J. Gorrie's (now J. L. Brown's) 560 acres c.p., within…

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The Shortest Road to Victory. To the Editor of the Western Herald

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 2

Sir,—I had hoped that Mr. Millen would have been returned unopposed so that he would have been able to give his powerful. advocacy of liberal views to strengthen the…

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The New South Wales Railways

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 4

UNDER date of 28th instant the Railway Commissioners have issued their report for the June quarter of this year. Regarding the railways, it is shown that the earnings for the quarter give an increase…

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Died in the Train. Sydney, August 6

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 2

A married woman named Helman, believed to be a resident of Wangaratta, Victoria, died in the mail train to Sydney at Gerogery yesterday…

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Railway Tickets. Sydney, August 20

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

The Fall Court yesterday decided that railway tickets could not be sold by unauthorised persons, and that the by-law of the Commissioners on the subject was not ultra vires…

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Cablegrams. Railway Racing. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 3

Last night's train from London to Aberdeen, west coast route, London and North Western and Caledonian lines, accomplished the distance, 540…

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The Redfern Railway Accident. Sydney. August 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 3

Mr. Abeckett yesterday recovered £9 00 damages from the Railway Commissioners for injuries sustained in the Redfern Railway accident, the amount claimed being…

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Redfern Railway [?]Dent. Sydney, [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 2

Mr. Ralston yesterday reco[?] damages against the Railway [?] for injuries sustained in the [?] way accident. He clamed £12 [?]…

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A Train Wrecked. London, September 2

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 2

An excursion train has been wrecked near Macon, Georgia, several passengers being killed and 60 others injured…

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Mudgee Walgett Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 2

MESSRS. Robert Jones, John Haynes, Austin Chapman, James Ashton, R. T. Ball, and H. Macdonald, M's.LA., waited as a deputation the Minister for Works on Thursday to urge the…

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That Railway Ac[?] Sydney, Sept[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

In the action, Grainger versu[?] Commissioners, a verdict was plaintiff for £4000. All the cases been concluded. The total amo[?]…

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Overhead Tramv[?] Sydney, Sept[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

Mr. Eddy says he finds the system of tramways is adop[?] universally throughout Europe, a[?] to introduce it in this colony…

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Railway Accident. Melbourne, September 17

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 3

[?] train was derailed by a bullock on [?]urday night near Rosebery. A carriage, [?] 16 passengers, was overturned, but all people escaped, only a few being slightly…

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Bourke Railway Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 2

The last annual report of the Railway Commissioners shows that Narrabri with 565,449 heads the list of sheep trackings for the year, Bourke which at one time held…

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Our Railways

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 4

IT is forty years ago since the first railway line was opened in New South Wales. The first line constructed was 14 miles in length from Sydney to…

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Mudgee Walgett Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 October 1895 · page 2

A DEPUTATION of residents of Walgett and surrounding districts was introduced to the Minister for Works on Thursday by Mr. Jones, M.L.A., accompanied by the Hon. G. H. Cox,…

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Proposed Railway to Cunnamulla

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 4

Concerning the Charleville to Cunnamnlla, line the Railway Commissioner points out that if the traffic of the South Warrego district is to be…

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The Latest Telegrams. the Railways. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 3

Mr. Eddy, at Young yesterday, said lie hoped, as the railway service was now well organised, he would be able during the next, seven years to reduce…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 3

THE chief railway commissioner, Mr. Eddy, and one of his collegues, Mr. Pehon, passed through Dubbo by special train on Wednesday morning…

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Auckland Tramy[?] Auckland[?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 2

The Auckland tramways [?] an English syndicate under [?] and it is intended to substitution [?] horse traction…

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