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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Knocked Down by a Train. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

Late on Wednesday night Austin Henry Barker. 21, living at Dulwich Hill, employed on the railway as carriage cleaner, while walking along the…

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Road-making Machinery. Public Meeting at Gilgandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 3

A public meeting, convened by the President of the Gilgandra Shire in response to a largely signed petition of ratepayers, in connection with the…

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Motor Service to the Wombeyan Caves

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 2

AT the instigation of the Government Tourist Bureau another important resort has been brought into quick touch with the railway by motor. Twice…

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Another Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

Another railway accident has occurred near Katoombs One of the trucks of a coal train was completely upset. The derailing of all cars was narrowly averted…

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A Railway Smash

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

A serious railway smash happened at the Central Railway Station at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning. It appears that while the northern train was being made up a line of carriages…

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Railway Traffic Receipts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

The passenger traffic receipts on the N.S.W. Railways have increased 42 per cent, in four years…

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Preserving the Roads

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 2

The condition of the Curra Creek road, in common with that of many of the other highways into the town, is not such as to bring joy to the hearts…

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Railways tad Nation Building

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

Kitchener of Khartoum lost no time in trotting across this little continent of ours, of which we are so proud, and in his flight he was…

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Cycling Amd Motoring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 4

But for a bit of bad luck, the attempt made last week by the Melbourne motorists, Messrs. S. Day and H. B. Junius, oil Mr. G. G. White's…

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Mountain Railway Mishaps

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

MATTERS in conucetion with the serious railway accident, which happened recently, when the passenger train known as the fish train was derailed, are now nearing finally…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

THE annual re-union of the railway employees from Apsley to Bourke and branches will be held on the Dubbo Show Ground on Monday, March 21st. Special trains will convey…

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Improved Railway Services. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

In reply to a deputation, the Chief Commissioner for Railways, stated yesterday afternoon that as soon as the strike is over, and the trucks now…

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A Giant Bridge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 7

The building of the great Manhattan Bridge has added another chapter to the romance of modern engineering. Whether the finished structure…

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Illustrated Notes From all over the World the Highest Bridge in the World

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 7

Our illustration shows the highest bridge in the world. It runs over the Sioule Valley, and opens a new route from St. Eloy to Volvie, on the…

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The Big Harvest. Railway Difficulties

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 3

A DEPUTATION was introduce to the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways on Tuesday by Mr. M'Garry, M.L.A. (who was accompanied by Mr. Taylor, M.L.A.) to represent…

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Railway Smash Averted. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

Another railway smash was narrowly averted at Beaufort. The brakes on a mixed train were found useless when descending Beaufort bank, but…

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A Railway Offence

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 2

At the Wellington police court on Friday before Mr. Oslear, P.M., E. Peters was charged with attempting to enter a railway carriage while it was…

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Steam v Hand Road Making

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

Following is a summary of the information supped by the Gilgandra shire Clerk to a recent public meeting:—Work done by Liverpool Plains road making…

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Daring Train Robbery. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 2

Fifteen robbers, who were travelling as passengers on a train in the Ekatrinoslav province, Southern Bussia, threw bombs and exchanged shots…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 4

An attempt is to be made to establish a paced bicycle record from Launceston to Hobart (121 miles) by the Victorian rider, A. G. Lloyd, who is…

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