The Bridge
SLOWLY but surely the first few stages of the erection of the new bridge are proceeding, and already lines of piles for the approaches and abutment piers are in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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Motor Cars in England. Phenomenal Increase
The growth of the motor-car industry in England may be ganged from tables published in the "Auctocar" showing that the number of cars exported from England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo-coonamble Railway. Request for a Daily Mail
ON Thursday morning u deputation from residents of the district served by the Dubbo-Coonamble railway, waited on the Deputy Post master-General to ask for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To the Railway Commissioners
A deputation, consisting of the gentlemen above named, with the addition of M.r. C. J. Ellis (Coonamble), Messre. A. McMillan and J. Bray (Balladoran), waited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Intelligence. Road Contracts, &c
THE undermentioned tender was received by the acting local Road Superintendent on Monday : --Contract 8, 1903.4, timber for Macquarie River Bridge, at Wellington, E. H. Utley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo-coonamble Railway
THE reply of the Railway Commissioners to the request of the recent deputation for the re-instatement of a daily train service on the Dubbo-Coonamble lino --or at least on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Staff
MR. I. Clyde, station master at Dubbo, has returned home after enjoying a short period of leave of absence. Mr. F. Verdon, who was relieving Mr. Clyde, has gone to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Employees' Picnic
A meeting of the committee of the above was held in the railway waiting-room on Tuesday night, and in the absence of the President, Mr. Mantz was voted to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in the Talbragar. The Road Bridge Unsafe. Traffic Stopped
The late heavy rains in the Mundooran and Cassilis districts have had the effect of causing in the lower Talbragar one of the biggest floods for many years. The water was a couple of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Macquarie Bridge
The work in connection with the erection of this structure is proceeding apace, and a strong detatchment of men is considerably altering the face of nature in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Dubbo Trotting Horses in Train
MR. W.W. LANDER has shown as a splendid photo of the local trotting horses in training on the Dubbo Showground. Among the group were Mr. C. H. Fitz-Gerald's Huon Junior,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in the Talbragar. The Bridge Collapses. Traffic Stopped
CONETERNATION was caused amongst the residents in the vicinity of the Talbragar bridge on Wednesday evening, when as the flood waters coming down the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Grant for Wrightville. Public Works Department, Sydney, Feb. 15th, 1904
SIR,—With reference to the letter of December 19th last, from the Council Clerk, Wrightville, presented by you, and to your personal representations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blind Man Licensed to Drive a Motorcar
In order to demonstrate the loose character of the provisions of tho Motor-Cars Act, the auditors of Motoring Illustrated have secured from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Traffic. Railway Returns
THERE is every indication (says the "Daily Telegraph"), that the wool season, so far as tho railways are concerned, is nearly over. The deliveries are comparatively small, and a slight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Harvest. Movements of Grain on tho Railway
The grain is coming forward on the railways rather tardily (says the " Daily Telegraph,") It was anticipated that a larger quantity would at this period have been received at Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wellington-Werris Creek Railway. Inquiry by the Works Committee
The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Wellington lo Werris Creek was further considered by tho Public Works Committee on Thursday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Notes
During the last two weeks there has been considerable activity at the railway yards, and more wheat has been loaded since Monday than was dealt with during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Sydney
One of the men (Gardiner) who was injured on the railway line near Woy Woy yesterday died in Newcastle Hospital this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wellington to Werris Creek Railway
The Public Works Committee on Thursday last devoted further attention to the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Wellington to Werris Creek. Mr. W…
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