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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

281 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 15

Another Tram Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 3

A man named Michael Lehane had his leg cut off last night by the Georgestreet electric tram…

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Train the Eyebrows

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 4

Take the eyebrows away, and how provokingly insipid some faces become[?] The closer the eyebrows to the eyes the greater the amount of intelligence is supposed to…

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Cobar Train Service. Proposed Alterations

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 3

At the Council meeting on Friday the Mayor said it had come to his knowledge that the Railway Commissioners contemplated a change of…

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Railway Policy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 3

The Premier says the Government will not accept the Railway Commissioners decisions on questions of railway and tramway policy. Mr. Lyne favors the Cobar-Wilcannia railway as a…

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The Netherlands Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 3

The military have officially taken over the Netherlands railway…

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Railway Workshops. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 3

Mr. Smithers, S.M., has been appointed a Commission to enquire into the dissatisfaction between the foreman and workmen at Eveleigh workshops…

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Railway Policy. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 3

The Premier states that the Government will not accept the Railway Commissioners' decision on questions of railway and tramway policy…

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Important Train Service Alterations

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 2

BEGINNING from the 7th proximo (next Sunday fortnight) a new system in the running of the western mails will be brought into operation. The system will…

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Cobar to Wilcannia Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 3

THE Cobar to Wilcannia railway proposal, which was stopped at its third reading stage in the Legislative Council a few nights ago owing to members refusing to form a quorum…

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Bell River Bridge

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 September 1900 · page 2

Satisfactory progress is now being made in the construction of the new bridge, and the contractor hopes to complete the work by about the end of October. Meantime…

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A Bodangara Road Matter

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 September 1900 · page 2

The inquiry concerning the application of William Trevaskis to close and purchase part of a road, parish Tenandra, county Lincoln, commenced on Wednesday afternoon and concluded to-day, the…

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Ford's Bridge. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 3

An accident happened on Sunday evening last to Mr. Norman McPhee, of the Salmon Ford Hotel, that might have proved more serious. As it is, our respected townsman…

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A Land Without Tramps

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 6

WHY do we never sce a tramp in Germany ? There are people poor enough and many must be out of a job now and then…

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Ford's Bridge. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

It is with regret I have to relate a sad loss to two carriers named Messrs James and Shaw, who were loaded with wool from Boorara. Between them they have lost,…

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Railway Grain Sheds

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

Advices from Junee state that the Railway Commissioners have decided to hand the control of grain sheds over to the farmers' unions in districts where such bodies exist, and charge…

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Country Railways

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 3

The Colonial Secretory says that the Government are determined to build railways, wherever the needs of a district warrant their construction…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 3

Two trucks, being portion of a goods train, ran off the line on the top of the Great Zig Zag on Saturday night, and rolled down the incline. The trucks…

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Road Race

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 4
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

A FIFTEEN mile road race, under the auspices of the Local League of Wheelmen, for a handsome gold medal presented by the Dunlop Tyre Company, was run off on the Troy track (twice…

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Electric Tramway. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 6

The House has agreed to the expediency of constructing the Castlereagh and Pitt Street electric tramway…

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