The Vacancy on the Railway Commission
It is understood that more than one leading commercial man has declined the Government's invitation to fill the vacancy on the railway commission inquiry…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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Curra Creek Road. Result of the "Times' "Representations
The strictures of the "Times" concerning the state of newly metalled portions of the Curra Creek road have had excellent results, aided by the prompt…
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Colonel Burns has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the Royal Commission inquiring into the railway administration…
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A runaway goods train collided with a passenger train near Montana, America. The latter caught fire, and six passengers were killed and twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Castlereagh Gilgandra, Friday, February 9, 1906 the Curlewis Railway
IN last issue we were able to a[?] that the Public Works Committee would visit Gilgandra on Feb 12 and take evidence on the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Conductor to Railway Commissioner. Now They Be Things in America
The following report from a New York newspaper to hand by the Oceanic Company's liner Ventura is of interest as it tells how a railway…
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THE District Assistant Engineer (Mr. Qu[?]dling) opened at the C.P.S. Office on Wednesday last tenders for work specified hereunder. The name of the lowest tenderer and his price is…
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The following wore the lowest tenders for road work opened by Mr. Cummins on Monday last.: Cobar to Jacob's Well, A. Edwards, £175; bridge maintenance,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Fares to Shows. Question to be Re-considered
REPLYING to a deputation from the Bathurst P. A. and H. Association on Thursday asking that the system of running special trains to Shows at 2d and 1d mile return might be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring
Floyd M[?]eFarland, the American cyclist, has issued a writ against the Melbourne Bicyole Club, claiming a sum of nearly fifty pounds as stakes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Czar's Movements. Fast Motor-boat Sent to St. Petersburg
By special arrangement with the Russian Embassy, a well-known London company is despatching a motor-boat to St. Petersburg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trangie. the Dangerous Railway Crossing.--
Some time ago a deputation waited on the Railway Commissioners when on their annual tour, in reference to the appointment of a gate-keeper for the railway crossing near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Fire Brigade Demonstration at Orange. Railway Authorities Blamed for Deficit
AT the final meeting of the Committee of the State Fire Brigade Demonstration at Orange, on Tuesday, the Secretary (Mr. W. Boulfer) read a rough statement of receipts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Complaints. Poultry and Stock
COMPLAINTS are made respecting the death of poultry and stock transit on the railway. The Secretary to the Railway Commissioners (Mr. McLachlan) states that, generally speak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strikes in South America
Serious railway strikes have occurred in Chili. One hundred of the rioters were killed by the Chilian troops sent to the scene…
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On the Rooky Mountains a goods tram escaped from a siding, and rushed down aslope, colliding with a passenger train at Helena, Montana. The wrecked carriages caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Clergyman on Motor Cars
Rev. F. T. Wethered, vicar of Hurley, writing to a meeting at Wycombe, recently described the motor-car us a scourge of humanity, and says:-- 'I am certain that…
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DURING the present year it is anticipated that over £4,000,000 worth of automobiles will be manufactured and sold in England. France, the hub of the motoring world, will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Curra Creek Road. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Some little time back I was very pleased, as I dare say many others, to see you had taken notice in your paper of the very disgraceful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Market Report. John Bridge & Co. LTD., report
Sheepskins.—Improved competition was experienced for all descriptions today, but the upward movement was more noticeable in connection with unsound than…
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