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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Railway Returns

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended June 30th last states that the earnings for the quarter showed a decrease of…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, August 26, [?]. the Coonamble Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 2

THE text of the report of the Public Works Committee on the proposal for a railway line to Coonamble via Dubbo —attracts from which report were…

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The Centrifugal Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 3

The centrignal Railway consisted of a pair of iron rails bent round so as to form a a circle, the two ends being brought out into two inclined planes, and the two…

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Warren Railway League

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Shakespear Hall on Thursday evening last, Mr. M. J. Nagle, Mayor, in the chair, to take into consideration the advisibility of forming a Railway…

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Railway Matters

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

The lists of signatures to the petition are all in and the secretary has communicated with the member for the district and the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce,…

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Railway Meeting at Pibbon

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 2

We regret that owing to an accident to one of our staff, we have to postpone particulars of the meeting at Pibbon and other vmatters out there till next week…

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The Maryvale Road. (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 5

Sir.—Though averse to discussing the acts of Progress Committeemen in a newspaper, I think the absurd attack made upon me in your comtemporary justifies my doing so at this juncture. Whilst…

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What Poor Roads Cost

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 3

Good roads are of vital importance to the farmer, [?]ing that the condition of the roads makes a serious difference one way or the other in his yearly…

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Railway Wheat-carriage

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

THE recent publication, in a Sydney journal, of the rates for inland carriage in North America—i.e., the districts near the great lakes—must make…

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That Maryvale Road

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 2

A matter Which has aroused pretty considerable interest during the last few weeks ia to come on for discussion at to-nights meeting of the Progress Committee. We refer to the proposal put in the form…

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Stock Passings. Ford's Bridge. [From our Correspondent.] September 16

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

September 13 — 314 mixed fats, from [?] to Bouke, [?] owner, Reid in charge…

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Railway Meeting at Pibbon

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

A fairly attended and representative meeting was held in the Pibbons Mechanic’s Institute on Saturday, 9th Instant, to…

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The Coonamble Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

THE position of the Dubbo-Coonamble railway project should be improved rather than otherwise by the result of the recent political crisis. The…

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The Wellington—Werris Creek Railway

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 2

IT is about time some fresh steps were taken to urge on the matter of the Wellington to Werris Crook railway. A new Government has lately come into…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Dubbo-coonamble Railway. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 3

THE Minister for Works says he will respect the promise of the late Government in regard to the Dubbo-Coonamble railway…

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Department of Public Works. Railway Construction Branch, Engineer-in-Chief's Office, Sydney, August 26th, 1899

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 September 1899 · page 4

Memorandum to the Engineer-in-Chief, Railway Construction. WELLINGTON TO WERRIS CREEK, REVISED TRIAL SURVEY REPORT…

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Roads

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 2

The metropolitan press, or rather a section of it, is making merry over the promised vigorous roads policy of the new Administration. The sarcasem is…

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The Railway Proposals

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

The present Minister for Public Works is adopting a spirited—in fact we think, on the whole, a "wisely audacious "—Public Works policy…

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Wellington-werris Creek Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 2

THE following is the report of the Surveyor who made the flying survey of the proposed railway from Wellington to Worris Creek :-- Survey commences on the Great Western…

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The Railway Traffic. Sydnea

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 3

About 96,000 persons were carried on the railways yesterday, being 10,000 more than on the corresponding day last year…

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