"Train Call." Touring Mummers' Travelling
You come upon them suddenly while you are wandering in the wastes of the huge empty station, looking vainly for the Sunday train you are compelled to take. They are…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
285 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 15
Railway on a Glacier. Alaskan Venture
An Alaskan railway, the Copper River and North-western, runs for nearly seven miles over the lower end of the Allen Glacier, partly covered in this part with moraines…
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All persona interested in the expansion of railways connected with the Wellington district are reminded that a public meeting (under the auspices of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners' Report. How It Affects Dubbo. To the Editor
Sir,--I would like to again draw the attention of your readers to the excessive character of railway charges. The Chief Commissioner's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Railway Telephone
The lack of a telephone at the parcels office at the Dubbo railway station has been the cause of much in convenience and delay in the past,…
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All persons interested in the expansion of railways connected with the Wellington district are reminded that a public meeting (under the auspices of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Mishap at Balladoran
On Tuesday an an engine and [?] van were proceeding from Gilgandra to Dubbo, the van was derailed at the 314 mileage, and was dragged for…
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Mr. Cann has intimated that he intends to give notice of a special appropriation of £3,000,000 for railway constructional purposes. This sum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dash in Front of a Train. Woman and Brave Man Killed
An act of conspicuous bravery illumined a railway tragedy at Saughton Station, near Edinburgh, where a railway man lost his life in a vain effort to save a woman from being cut down by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vanishing Horse. Counteracting Effects of Motors
Some novel proposals for dealing with the shortage of horses in England were canvassed at an important private meeting of officials held at the rooms of the Royal Agricultural Society…
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On Saturday afternoon a largely attended meeting of the Railway League and others interested in railway expansion was held at the council chambers…
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A youth African motorist, named Chaplin, has succeeded in racing the railway express from Johnnesburg to Durban, a distance of 482 miles…
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Mr. T. A. Nicholas, hon, secretary of the Dubbo Progress Association, has received a communication from Narromine Municipal Council intimating its…
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Mr. H. McArdie, jun., who has been junior goods clerk at the Dubbo station for the past twelve months, has been ordered to Narromine, where he…
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A crowded attendanee of members of the Wellington Railway League and other sinterested in district railways expansion was held at the council…
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Apropos of a recent joy ride, which resulted in the overturning of a motor car on the Wellington-road and injuries of a more or less painful character…
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Passengers on the train from New York for Washigton last month were attracted to a woman who stood near the tracks when the train stopped at Manhattan Transfer…
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The District Works Officer, Mr. W. M. C. Moore, is inviting tenders for contracts on the Bourke-Wanaaring, Bourke Hungerford, and Bourke-Barringun roads…
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A sensational and daring robbery on the Broken Hill to Adelaide express equals in audacity those of the old-time bushrangers. The train was…
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Owing to a washaway at Rydal, the second division of the Sydney mail wan three hours late in arrival at Dubbo this morning. The first…
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