The Narromine- Peak Hill Railway. The First Step
MR. LYNCH, the member for Ashburnham, has been informed by the publiuc Works Department that funds for the detailed survey of. two Narromine to Peak Hill railway recently…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
586 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 30
Mails and the Railways
The new rates for transport of maile over the railway came into force at the beginning of last month. At a conference of postal department officers and the Railway…
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The Minister for Works has announced his intention of this year forwarding the project of carrying one of the western lines—i.e., that…
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Good progress is reported in the construction of the Mudgee-Dunedoo line. If would not surprise the contractors, if nothing amiss happens meantime, if a…
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H. Thomas, the Victorian Dunlop crack, is without doubt the finest handicap rider Australia has produced since the days of W. G. Jackson…
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Messrs. H. Dutton and H. Aunger. the South Australian motorists, who recently made an unsuccessful effort to motor across from Adelaide to Port…
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In connection with the running of a train from Hornsby to Sydney on Monday morning the guard was left behind at Meadowbank, and when the train reached the next station the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Monday, February 10. (Before Mr. W. N. Dove, acting-P.M.) Railway Offences
Three men were fined 10s, or three days in gaol, for travelling in a railway carriage without paying their fares. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Land Board. Forthcoming Sitting. THE following cases will be dealt with at the sitting of the Dubbo Board commencing on 25th instant. (Before the Chairman.) for Consideration. Frederick Hobbs. Application to Enclose Road. Robert Paterson, James Forsyth Lych. Inquiry As to Fulfilment of Conditions
William O'Connor, Henry Thomas Wheatley, Edward David Rankmore, Andrew Rankmore, James Quinton, George Henry Kent, William Groves, James Josiah Nott, G. H. C. McDowall,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Around the World. Smoker Delays a Train
Entering a suburban train near Paris, a smoker who had just lighted an excellent cigar was forced to leave a non-smoking compartment, and searched the train in vain…
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The apathy of the Cobar people, and the residents of the important towns on the Western line, with the exception perhaps of Dubbo, is not…
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A settler named Ernest Clark was run over by a passenger train at Ironbark Creek Bridge, near Maitland, on Monday morning. He sustained fearful injuries, one side being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lincoln to Spiger's Creek Road
"Bargo" writes as follows in reference to our Lincoln correspondent's criticism of the state of the above road appearing in our last issue:—"The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cobar-Broken Hill Railway. Action in the Cobar Council. a Good Move Started
We are very pleased to see that the aldermen of the Cobar Council are alive to the matter of agitating for the connection of Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fares & Freights. a Country Member's Plea for the Inlanders
Speaking in the Assembly at the close of last session, upon the proposal of the Government to borrow £700,000 for the purchase of railway rolling-stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Across Two Continents. Pekin to Paris in a Motorcar. Some Strange Experiences
The motor-car ride of ten thousand miles from Pekin to Paris was one of the great events of the year now drawing to a close. It was,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fares & Freights. a Country Member's Plea for the Inlanders
Speaking in the Assembly at the close of last session, upon the proposal of the Government to borrow £700,000 for the purchase of railway rolling-stock,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained by Soldiers
A fatal motor-car accident had an extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheaia yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Privileges Enjoyed by Railway-men
RAILWAYMEN, in addition to regular and permanent work, enjoy many advantages which, although not in every case expressible in pounds, shillings, and pence, are…
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While in Wellington recently, Mr. Milne, district superintendent in the the railway department, who is an enthusiast in ambulance work, suggested…
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