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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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When Your Train Is Late

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 8

IT is a matter of common knowledge that the captain of every British ship is required to keep an account of its voyage;but it surprises some to learn that the…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon about 4.30 o'clock, a special train steamed into the railway station having on board the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Oliver, Fehon and…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit. Local Requests

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners (Messrs. C. Oliver, W.M. Fehon, and D. Kirkealdie) accompanied by Messrs. J. Harper (Chief Traffic Manager),. H. Richardson (Superintendent of Lines), G…

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What Private Railways Do

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 4

THE Canadian correspondent of the Pastoralists Review reports as follows:--"To promote improvement in the breed of cattle the Canadian Pacific Railways and the Government…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, April 12, 1902 the Visit of the Railway Commissioners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners, accompanied by several departmental officers, paid their annual visit of inspection to Dubbo Station on Wednesday. They…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners ([?]essrs. Oliver, Febon, and Kirkoaldie) paid their annual visit this week to statiions on the western line.They arrived at Dubbo at…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 April 1902 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners ware emphatic in reply to the Dubbo deputationists who last. Wednesday asked that a railway refreshment room be appointed at Dubbo…

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Railway Communication

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

Mr. Usher, Traffic Construction Inspector, of the Railway Department, arrived, in town last Saturday for the purpose of…

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Ford's Bridge. (From our Correspondent)

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the lord's Bridge Progress Association was held Mr. MoP[?]'s Hotel on Monday, evening April 7th. Mr. T. J. Balley in the chair. The minutes…

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Western Railway Deviation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 2

ON Friday last the Parliamentary Committee of Public Works arrived at a decision in connection with the proposed deviation on the western railway line, so as to avoid the zig-zag. The…

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Singleton-cassilis Railway. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have reported against the proposed railway from Singleton to Cassi[?]is…

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Mudgee-dubbo Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 2

AT the last meeting of the Dabbo R. and P. Association the matter of the proposed Dubbo-Mudgee railway was discussed, and it Was decided that before…

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Cobar-Wilcannia Railway

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 6

The Premier informed us on the homeward journey that he was certainly in earnest when he promised that the Government would do its…

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The Coonamble Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 3

A PERUSAL of your descriptive article on the Dubbo-Gilgandra extension suggests that information of general interest may be opportunely imparted, which has been…

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Our Railway Wants

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

UNDER the heading "Dubbo Grievances," the "Bathurst [?]" says:--The representatives of the Dubbo Progress Association received [?] at the hands of the…

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Railway Communication

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

M.r. Usher of the Railway construction Department arrived in town on Sunday accompanied by Mr. May-Steers who drove him across from Curlewis along the…

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Train Arrangements for the Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and [?]0, a special train will leave Bathurst at 4 55 a.m., calling at all stations to Dubbo, where it will arrive at 112 a.m. It…

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Railway Earnings. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 3

The gross earnings of the railways for the past quarter showed an increase of nearly £24,400 and the expenditure £26,000…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 April 1902 · page 4

A railway accident which resulted on March 7, in 15 people being killed and 28 injured, is reported from San Antonia, Texas…

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Train Arrangements for the Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and 30, a special train will leave Bathurst at 4.55 a.m,, calling at all stations to Dubbo, where it will arrive at 11.2 a.m. It…

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