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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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The Road to Spicer's

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 7

Mr. Editor, staff, and folk, Here I am with "me" poor old moke, And 'me' sulky battered and 'broke'…

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State-owned Railways

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 7

State ownership of railroads is tic subject of a report recently issued by a British Commission. Forty-one countries are dealt with, the number being…

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State-owned Railways

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 7

State ownership of railroads is the subject of a report recently issued by a British. Commission. Forty-one countries are dealt with, the number being…

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The Railway Employees' Picnic

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

EXTENSIVE preparations are being made, and are now almost complete, for the railway picnic and sports, to be held on the Dubbo Show Ground on Monday, the 21st inst. The picnic…

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The Railway Revenue

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 5

The railway revenue last week showed an increase of £25,284, compared with the corresponding week of last year…

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Interesting to Motor Vehicle Owners

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 2

Immediate steps are being taken for putting the new Motor Act into operation, and the owners of motor vehicles would do well to make themselves…

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Attempted Train-wrecking

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

An attempt at a double train derailment occurred at Katoomba on Sunday night. A train from Mount Victoria was approaching the station, when the…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 4

Should A. E. Pearson not succeed! in increasing his 24-hours' Bicycle Road record of 301 miles, whilst making his attempt on the…

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Railway Accident

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

WE learn that early on Thursday morning last on accident occurred in the station yard during operations. It appears that a line of carriagen was at the Coonamble siding when an engine…

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A Railway Smash

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

On Thursday morning last some trucks were being shunted at Dubbo railway yards, when the engine and trucks ran into two carriages which…

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Latest Wires. Accident to a Bathurst Train Two Ladies Injured. Sydney

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

The second division of the Western mail train, which left Bathurst for Sydney last night, met with a sensational accident at Wambool early this…

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Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 5

At Murrurundi yesterday an engine attached to 22 hoppers got beyond the control of the driver and crushed over a dead and, leaving the rails, and taking 14 of the hoppers with it…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 4

On Monday next, the railway employees on the line from Apsley to Bourke and branches will hold their annual picnic on the Dubbo Show Ground. An excellent programme has been…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

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

At Murrurundi yesterday an engine attached to 22 hoppers got beyond the control of the driver, and crashed over a dead end, leaving the rails, and…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

OFFICIALS.--President, Mr. J. Rivers; vice-presidents, Messrs. L. Sproule, J. Lewis, R. Simpson, W. McNamara; treasurer, Mr. D. O'Sullivan; general committee, Messrs…

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Killel by a Tram

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 3

An unknown man died in the hospital yesterday as the result of injuries sustained through being knocked down by a tram on Saturday…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, March 23, 1910. Railway Picnic Committee and the "Liberal."

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

Some explanation is due to our readers for the absence from our columns of a full report of the event that occupied the attention of a number of…

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Killed by a Tram. Sydney

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

An unknown man died in the hospital yesterday as the result of injuries sustained through being knocked down by a tram on Saturday…

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John Bridge at Homebush

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 3

Graziers, farmers and selectors all over the State will be interested to learn that the great wool-broking firm of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., of…

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The Railways

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 3

WE clip the following from the 'Sydney Stock and Station Journal':--Now that the city is full of inland visitors there will be meetings of producers who have not met for a…

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