Song of the Road
Heel and toe, to the West I go, Apace to the redbreasts ditty; Sinless eyes on the smokeless skies, Three leagues away from the city!…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1912
588 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 30
Important Deputation. Minister for Works Interviewed. Connection of the Western Railway. (By Telegraph.) March 15
A deputation consisting of several members of the State Parliament, interviewed the Minister for Works to urge upon the Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cross-country Railway. Attitude of the Wellington League
A meeting of the Wellington Railway League was held in the band hall on Saturday evening to consider what action should be taken by the league in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor-car Burned
Messrs. W. Watson and J. Conway, two Coonamble bookmakers, went for a trip in their newly-purchases motorcar to the Cardina runs the other day,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Future of the Aeroplane
Mr. Graham White contributes to the 'National Review' an enthusiastic article concerning the safety of the aeroplane. He says:—'The air is not the dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Road Grader
The grader recently purchased by the Municipal Council has been given a trial, and proved to be a great success. The work of clearing water tables off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Control
Replying to a deputation from Newcastle, which waited upon him on Monday, requesting, among other things, that a level crossing which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Engines. Sydney
The Cabinet has decided to place an order with the North British Locomotive Company for twenty engines of the "T" class to meet the urgent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Meeting. Closing of Brisbane-street Railway Gates
A public meeting, convened by his Worship the Mayor of Dubbo in compliance with a requisition signed by a number of citizens, was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Destroyed
Messrs. T. Conway and W. Watson, Coonamble bookmakers, were proceeding to the Carinda races in the Brush runabout motor car they recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gilgandra-curlewis Railway Proposal
The Bearbong branch of the Gilgandra-Curlewis Railway League is the latest to more in real earnest. A meeting has been convened to take place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Purdah and Motors. Women and the Durbar. (By a Lady Correspondent, in the "Daily Telegraph.")
Among the splenders of the camps that centred upon Kingsway and Coronation Road there might occasionally be seen a costly and high powered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors. Signalling Device
Motorists who travel at night realise to an acute degee the danger in passing a car which is travelling ahead in the same direction. The following car (says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Commissioner of Railways
It has been made evident that the relations between the Government and Mr. Tom Johnson, Commissioner of Railways, have become very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Limiting the Speed of Motors
The municipal council recently passed a motion requesting the government to limit the speed of motor vehicles in the municipality to eight miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Offences
At the police court on Friday, before Mr. Gates, P.M., a young man named John Locksley was charged with travelling in a railway carriage from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle on the Railway Line
A couple of cattle cases from Geurie were dealt with by Mr. Gates, P.M., at the police court on Friday, Inspector Davidson, of the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullock Derails Train. Sydney
The northern express yesterday ran over a bullock near Ourimbah. The impact was so severe that two of the rear carriages were derailed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees' Picnic. a Great Gathering
The annual picnic of the Railway employees took palce yesterday. A large influx of visitors was noticeable from a little before 9 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cross-country Railway
At a public meeting held at Mudgee last week, it was decided to support the Gulgong to Maryvale extension. Mr. D. H. Spring (Gulgong), in the…
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