A Holiday Train
"CLANG!" went the station bell, the guard's whistle sent a shrill message to the engineer, the open doors banged all down the train, and the engine grunted out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1905
488 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 25
Road Contracts
TENDERS for the undermentioned work were opened at the C.P.S. office by the District Works officer (Mr. Quodling). The lowest tender was as under:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Christmas Tramway Traffic
The Tramway authorities state the traffic during the four holidays in connection with Christmas showed a substantial increase on that of the corresponding days of last year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Recent Bush Fires. Action by the Railway Commissioners
THE Railway Commissioners have decided to bring in the same arrangements in regard to the carriage of hay, straw chaff, and fodder as were in existence during the drought, viz., to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Returns
DURING the year 1904 the quantity of goods handled at the goodsheds belonging to Dubbo amounted to 2800 tons, against 3184 tons the previous year. The decrease…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Resumption of Roads
The GAZETTE of 7th instant notifies that that the following lands have been resumed for deviation in the road from Dubbo, via "The Springs," to Obley:—5 acres 3 roods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Railway Picnic. May be held at Dubbo
THE railway representatives meet on Saturday evening for the purpose of making arrangements for the holding of the annual picnic promoted by railway men in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waterless Balladoran. The Precious Fluid at a Premium. Supply Maintained by the Railway
THE population of Dalladoran which has the unfortune to be of recent establishment is just at present suffering all the discomfort attendant upon a partial water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Railway Returns. Satisfactory
THE railway returns for the month of December are satisfactory, and do not show any falling off, but generally an increase. Especially is this so in the passenger traffic,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Fatality. Sydney
A tram conductor named Lionel Burns fell off a tram whilst in motion at Coogee last evening, and died upon admission to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Western Lands. the Road to Prosperity.—fair Rentals, Water Conservation, Licht Lines of Railways
Mr. A. E. Collins, M.L.A., writes:—The landholdes in the Western Division have received at the hands of the Western Land Commissioners a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Train Romances This Year's Railway Annals
In the days when the telephone was a toy and the motor-car an expensive hobby, no one, save, royalty, ever dreamt of chartering a special railway train. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Siberian Railway Its Present Condition
From accounts we have received from a traveller who within the last month passed over the whole of the Siberian railway from Mukden to European…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Bridge
RAPID progress is being made with the new bridge, and it is anticipated that the work will be finished in about three weeks time. The main structure is now completed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways and the Grain Freights
The Railway Commissioners state that the low grain freights preclude the maintenance of a chucking staff…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warning to Tramps
A THAMP, who had moved on without extinguishing a fire which he had lit to boil his billy, and which spread and destroyed a quantity of grass, has been fine £25 at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Derail a Train
An Indian has been arrested at Bundaberg (Q.) on a charge of attempting to derail the Brisbane mail train by placing stones on the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways and School Children
The Railway Commissioners deny that it is legally obligatory upon them to carry High School or Superior Public School pupils free of charge. The matter has been referred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scholars on the Railway. Sydney
The Rail way Commissioners deny that it islegally Obligatory upon them to carry high sehool. and superior public school pupils free of charge. The mutter has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Picnic
PREPARATIONS for holding the annual railway pi[?]nic are being made. At a meeting held at Wellington on Saturday it was decided that a ballot should be taken as to…
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