Accident on Curra Creek Road
A serious accident happened on Curra Creek Road, near the Finger Post, yesterday to Mr. D. A. Munday, who was on his way home to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Balloons for Railways
It is proposed by a German engineer to use balloons for railway purposes. A stationary balloon is fixed to a slide running along a single steel rail. This…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mail Service via Port Darwin. Motoring across Australia
MESSRS. BRADSHAW BROTHERS, of Melbourne, are negotiating with the South Australian Government through the members for the Northern Territory, suggesting the institution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo Cycle and Motor Club. Meeting of Members
A GENERAL meeting of the Dubbo Cycle Motor Club was held at the Fire Station on Thursday night, Mr. J. Ritter in the chair. Before starting the business of the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo Railway and Progress Association. Special Meeting of Committee
A SPECIAL meeting of the Committee of the Railway and Progress Association convened by the President (Mr. G. H. Taylor) was hold at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lands and Railways Departments. Severe Criticism by the " S.M. Herald."
HTE "S.M. Herald" of Thursday last declares that the present Government has made no special effort to size up its opportunities of securing profitable occupation of the land. It denounces…
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Sir Charles Metcalfe has just reached England from the Conge Free State border, to which business in connection with the survey of the extension of the Cape to Cairo…
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A meeting of the committee of the Dubbo Railway and Progress Association was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening last, the 12th instant, Mr. G, H…
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The Railways Act provides for the appointment of an appeal board, which is composed of head officers and a representative of the employees, such representative being…
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A general meeting of the above was held at the Fire Station on Thursday last. Mr. J. Ritter occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of members. Before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Railway Bridge
Aldermen Rose and Matheson had a thoughtful eye to pleasing the ladies at the Council meeting last Thursday, when they told how, when ladies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Around the World. Glass Bridge
Colorado is About to astonish the world with a glass bridge. Across the gorge of the wonderful Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River, near Canyon City, a suspension-bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Wednesday, Februar 20, 1907. Railway Rumors
ALDERMAN TULL sounded a warning note at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday night when he referred to the persistently circulated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scarcity of Railway Sleepers
The question of the supply of sleepers for the railway is one that is causing the department a good deal of anxiety, owing to the difficulty of getting a prompt supply. Within recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed New Entrance to the Railway Station
Mr. Hunt, representative of the Railway Estate Department, duly arrived from Sydney on Tuesday morning and was met at the railway station at 9 a.m. by his Worship the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Station Approach
On Tuesday Mr. Hunt, valuer to the Railway Department, visited Dubbo for the purpose of conferring with the Council regarding the approach to the railway…
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The following communication has been received from the Works Department with reference to the above:— With reference to petition signed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday,February 23.1907. the Railway Approach
It is a marked characteristic of Dubbo, that agitation for something eminently desirable generally becomes keenest when the object sought is about to slip, or has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrabella Bridge. the Extent of the Damage
Last issue we briefly referred to a fire haying destroyed portions of the bridge over the Little River at Terrabella on Wednesday. Mr. W. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Safe Robbery
Two men, named Albert and Harry Griffiths, have been arrested at Townsville, Queensland, on a charge of stealing £1250 from a safe at the railway…
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