Road Tenders
TENDERS for the undermentioned work were opened at the Court House by the District Assistant Engineer (Mr. Quodling) on Monday. (The name of the lowest tender is appended):--…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
544 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 28
Murder in a Train
M. Durel, a French architect living at Geneva, Switzerland, was murdered while the train was passing through a tunnel and robbed of £14,000. Two youths have been arrested upon…
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M. Durel, a French architect living at Geneva, Switzerland, was murdered while the train was passing through a tunnel, and robbed of £14,000. Two youths have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Returns. The State Motor Omnibuses
THE Railway Commissioners state that the total earings for the first week of the New Year amounted to £100,000, which is the largest amount ever taken in one week in connection…
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The ethics of Motor Driving: It is a frequent source of wonderment to a great many people that their cars do not give them anything like the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cobbokah Railway And the "Dubbo Dispatch." (To the Editor if the Dubbo "Liberal.")
Sir,—Tour local contemporary having well charged its editorial squirt with corrosive sublimate, smites the Dubbo Railway and Progress Association in its…
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An attempt has been made to. wreck a train at Orange, by placing a steel wire across the rails. It is believed to be the work nf mischievous boys…
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The following refreshingly candid paragraph is extracted from the "Western Post," Mudgee:—"'Dubbo 'Liberal' says that the railway must…
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It is proposed to open a road through portion 35, parish of Draggy, county of Narromine, 200 links wide. The official description is furnished:— The following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General. Cheap Train
FOR the Anniversary Holiday the Railway Department announces that Holiday Excursion tickets will be issued generally to and from all stations…
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Some time during Wednesday night a valuable steel rope, used at the Great Wesoern Flour Mill at M[?]l[?]thorpe Siding for shunting purposes, was placed across…
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The Public Works Committee took evidence at Coolah on Wednesday regarding the proposed extension of the Mudgee Railway to Cobborah. The witnesses were practically unanimously in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cobborah Railway. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)
SIR,--I have read with great astonishment your Leader headed "The Cobbora Railway and the D. R. and P. Association" in your issue of 13th inst. One is prepared to meet in country news…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mundooran. the Proposed Cobborah Railway
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, consisting of Mr. J. Hurley, (Chairman), the Hon. W. G. Hurley, Hon. W. Robson, Hon. G. Flowers, Messrs. Jas. Fallick,…
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The following [?] were, opened yesterday :— [?] No 18, S A Halton £40, G French [?] 16s 9d. S A Hatton…
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The Public Works committee who are engaged taking evidence relative to the extension of the Mudgee line towards Coonabarabran arrived here late on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derailment of an Express Train. London, Monday night
Disastrous results attended the derailment of an express train in Belginm. The smash up ended in a fire in which 48 British ma[?]ags were consumed. There bags…
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A wonderful piece of fast cycling was recently accomplished by the crack French pace follower Henri Contenet, paced by a motor cycle fitted with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cobborah Railway. And the "Dispatch." (To the Editor of the Dubbo "Liberal.")
Sir,—Impartial readers of my first letter on this subject will admit that I endeavoured to avoid the personal element. The DISPATCH, in its efforts to escape from a…
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