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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 8 of 15

Dubbo-coonamble Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 5

MR. S. PHILLIPS, M.P., informs as that he has interviewed the Minister for Works and Mr. Deane, the Engineer-inChief for Railways, with regard to the…

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Bad Roads

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 2

At least one of the many bad roads leading to Wellington is to have attention. The member for the district is in receipt of a communication from the Public Works Department to the effect that his…

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Bell River Bridge

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 2

Mr. F. H. Kennard (Mayor) received the following letter this morning, which explains itself:— July 7th, 1900. The Government has decided, and signed papers for footbridge for Bell River, JOHN…

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Railway Traffic

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 2

In consequence of the abnormal fall of snow from Orange on to the mountains traffic was greatly interfered with. On two occasions trains went off the line near Newbridge, and the regular mails on Friday…

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Road Repairing. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

About five hundred of the unemployed are being absorbed for repairing roods damaged in the recent rain. LOST IN THE SNOW…

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The War. the Railway to Pretoria. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

THE railway from Pretoria to Natal has been restored…

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Byrock to Brewarrina Railway. the Tarrion Creek Section

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

THE Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) had to abandon his intended visit to Brewarrina to open this railway, owing to the damage by floods and important business matters. The…

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Railway Matters

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

The “Telegraph reports that last Friday, Mr. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for railways, submitted a departmental report…

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The Recent Storms. Break-down of Railways and Telegraphs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

Owing to the remarkable weather, the western railway service suffered, during the past week, an interruption of a character absolutely unprecedented in the…

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Dubbo-coonamble Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

MR. H. DEANE, Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, accompanied by Mr. Jamieson, staff surveyor, arrived in Dubbo by Tuesday morning's mail, and was met at…

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The Bell River Bridge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

Traffic over the Bell Bridge ceased yesterday, and for a space of several weeks , cannot be resumed. The ford near the mill is not yet practicable, the current still…

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Byrock to Brewarrina Railway. Thetarrion Creek Section

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4

The Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) had to abandon his intended visit to Brewarrina to open this railway, owing to the damage by floods and…

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Railway Trespassing Tragedies

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 6

FEW of the general public take any heed of railway statistics, and when they hear that almost every year there are in this country more than a thousand accidents,…

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The Dubbo to Coonamble Railway Deviation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4

IT will be remembered by our readers that some time ago the surveyor in charge of the line (Mr. Jamieson), took levels of the deviation proposed by the Dubbo Railway League, near…

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The Coonamble Railway Route

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

THE Engineer-in-Chief for Railways (Mr. H. Deane), who specially visited Dubbo district on Tuesday to deal with the matter of the proposed deviation in…

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Bell River Bridge. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 4

Sir,—I think it is nearly time the members of the Council made more ample provision for traffic across the Boll River. Instead of one miserable crossing below the brewery, why don't they make…

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Railway Matters

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 3

The following evidence given by Mr. Matthews before the Works Committee at Dubbo, last month, embodies a lot of valuable information on the railway…

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Free Railways

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 3

Thus "Gossip" in the S. and S. Journal— "When we make our rail roads free, and carry all our people and their goods free, and bring the…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Later War News. a Boer Train Wrecker

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 5

A young Boer has been sentenced to five years penal servitude for endeavouring to wreck a train at Paarl…

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Dubbo to Coonamble Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 4

THOUGH the Railway League has had no official intimation of the news, it is reported by residents along the route of the deviation proposed by the League that the surveyors have taken…

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