Quick Returns. Railways Missing Chance
In the districts surrounding London and many other big towns in the United Kingdom, the railway companies are manifestly losing a great opportunity…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
588 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 9 of 30
Bourke Railway Revenue
The following were the earnings at the Bourke Railway Station, for the month os March:—Passengers £258; goods £271. Total, £1,431. The amount of goods, live…
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The question as to whether the Wellington Railway League is dead or is only sleeping was raised at the meeting of the municipal council on Thursday…
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Three youths named Morgan, Smith, and Hart were brought before Messrs. Lee and Fulton, J's.P., at the police court this morning with travelling on…
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On Saturday afternoon last, Mr. Russell Barton, of Mooculta Station, arrived in Bourke with a splendid Maxwell motor car, which he recently purchased in the…
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The Chief Railway Commissioner has refused the request to grant extended leave to all employees in the railway and tramway services after 20 years'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Discontent. Sydney
The New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association have for some time been asking that the minimum wage should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transcontinental Railway. Sydney
South Australia has granted the Commonwealth a strip of land, a quarter of a mile wide, for the transcontinental railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parkes-Peak Hill Railway
Preparations are being pushed forward for the early commencement of the construction work on the Parkes-Peak Hill railway. Mr. J. A. M…
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Mr. A. McRae, President of the Merriwa Railway League, recently received the following letter from the Secretary of the Public Works Committee:—…
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The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners have under consideration the purchase of motor carriages for use on country and branch railway lines, where there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cross-country Routes. Railway Engineer's Preference
Mr. T. Kennedy, engineer in charge of railway and tramway surveys, Department of Public Works, gave evidence before the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cross-country Railway. an Abortive Meeting
A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held in the council chambers on Friday evening, in connection with the inquiry now being made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maryvale to Muswellbrook Railway
During the public meeting in the council chambers on Friday evening in regard to the cross-country railway there was an interlude in which those present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Presentations. Vice-Stationmaster Honored
The waiting room at the local railway station was the scene of a pleasant little function on Friday night, when Mr. J. H. J. E. Sicard,…
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Some little time age we announced that Mr. W. J. Jackson was visiting the Metropolis with the object in view of purchasing a good reliable motor car, and this has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macquarie Shire Road Plant
The road plant purchased by the Macquarie shire council is expected to arrive in Wellington about the 14th inst. Mr. Hoskins, the engineer, has been to…
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The secretary of the Wellington Railway League has convened a meeting of the league for Wednesday evening next at eight o'clock in the band ball. All…
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When the train from Narrendera to Finley was within three miles of Jerilderie, two trucks of lucerne hay, consigned to Berrigan and Finley, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Delegates at Uralla
Messsr J. Lord and J. P. Purcell, delegates representing the cross-country railway leagues, visited Uralla on Friday for the purpose of organising that…
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