At the Bridge Meeting. A Sotto Voce incident
AT the meeting on Monday to arrange details for the opening of the new bridge over the river, the question of the naming of the structure came up. Two leading officials of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
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The Opening of the New Bridge. Final Meeting of Committee
THE final meeting of the Committee appointed to arrange for the official opening of the new river bridge over the Macquarie River was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Association. The Dubbo Branch's Resignation
ON Friday evening last a meeting of the railway employees was held at the Railway Station to hear Mr. W. Perritt, vice-president of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway…
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On Friday evening last a representative gathering of railway employees assembled at the Railway Station to hear Mr. W. Perritt, vice-president of the Amalgamated…
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IN response to the personal solicitations of our present energetic member (Mr. T. H. Thrower), the hon. the Minister for Works is to visit Dubbo on Tuesday evening for the purpose of…
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IT is scarcely news to our readers that the annual re-union of the railway employees on the G. W. line, Orange to Bourke and branches, is to be held on the Dubbo Show Ground on…
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M[?]. McLachlan, secretary to the Railway Commissioners, and Mr. Fraser, engineerin-chief, will represent N.S.W, at the International Railway Congress at…
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The Minister for Works, Mr. C. A. Lee, M.L.A., arrived on a visit to Dubbo by Tuesday's mail from Narromine, accompanied by Messrs. Thrower…
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The Minister for Works, the Hon. C. A. Lee, accompanied by Mr. H. Macdonald, M.L.A., arrived at Narromine on Tuesday morning. He was…
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The ceremony of formally opening and naming the bridge was performed by the Minister in the afternoon. About 2.30 p.m. the sohool children assembled in…
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THE Acting Assistant District Engineer (Mr. Newell) opened at the Court House on Friday tenders for the following works (the name of the lowest tenderer being in each case…
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THE following were the lowest tenders received on Friday for the work specified below:— Contract 31, road Dubbo to Yeovil, nil…
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It was thought that wolves were extinct long ago in England. But last year the savages of a wolf in Cumberland were unmistakable. Ultimately the fierce animal…
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The official opening of the bridge took place about 3.30 p.m.--some [?] minutes after the appointed time. The new structure was [?] with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturduy, March 18, 1905 The Ministerial Visit. A £5,500 Bridge for Narromine. A Visit to The Bridge Site
THE residents of Narromine and district will long have cause to remember the visit of the Hon. C. A. Lee, Minister for Works, which took place on Tuesday last. The…
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In the presence of the chief inspecting officer of railways, a new method of coupling trucks was exhibited recently at the South Eastern Railway, London. The…
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One hundred and eighty thousand car loads of grain have [?] in Russia on the railways, etc.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] the Railway Picnic a Record for Dubbo. 3000 People on the Show Ground
DUBBO, per medium of the enthusiasm of railway employees of the Western line, had the privilege of creating a record on Monday, when there assembled on the Show…
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The annual reunion of Western railway employees was held at Dubbo on Monday last. The day was hot, but there was a great attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farrandale Races. A Successful Meeting Condition of Country and Roads People we Met
The Farrandale Picnic Race Club's annual race meeting, which eventuated on Saturday last, must be classed with the many other successes of the past…
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