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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
285 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 15
A private of the Welsh Regiment, named Cox, escaped from the guard-room at Bordon Camp, Hampshire, where he was awaiting court-martial, and lay hidden for a day in a small wood between the camp and the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We often receive complaints of the bad condition of roads in Dubbo district, but the following paragraph, telegraphed from Melbourne last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man who was bringing a racehorse from Cobbora to Dubbo on Sunday night had a trying experience on the road. He was driving in a sulky, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Robertson, Police Magistrate and Coroner, conducted an inquiry at Dubbo yesterday into the circumstances attending the burning of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A special train passed through Dubbo at 3.30 this afternoon conveying Sir William McCormack, Dr. Rennie, and two nurses to Coonamble, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The pressing need of a railway to Nymagee is a question which should be kept continually before the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The most remarkable constable in the Metropolitan Police Force is attached to the Hendon division. His name is Coult, and he not only owns his own motor-car, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council on Saturday, incidental to a suggestion to metal the decking of the Buckinbah Bridge, Cr. R. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioner last week decided to slightly Increase freights on some descriptions of merchandise. All goods that are convoyed under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There is great satisfaction among local railway employees at the recommendation in the interim report of Mr. A. Piddington, especially with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wages award for locomotive drivers, firemen, aud cleaners was issued on Tuesday. It provides that the ordinary hours of labor shall be 96 per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. [?]. Robinson has taken over the duties of locomotive foreman at the Dubbo engine sheds in place of Mr. G. Wilson, promoted to Cowra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Villagers in Ringland, Norfolk, were startled by the apparition of a woman wearing no clothes wandering along the road. A constable took charge of her, and a search resulted in her clothes being found two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Public; Works Committee bus ut last arrived at a decision regarding the proposed cross-country railway. The committee decided to recommend the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Halley motor waggon, specially designed for carting wool and other produce over the rough trucks in the back blocks of Australia, arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As the train from Dubbo to Gilgangandra was about two miles on the Dubbo side of Mogriguy, on Friday morning, a valuable draught mare,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the previous article, published on 30th May last, we gave a short description of the laying of an asphalt pavement. From what can now be seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A far reaching redistribution of the railway staff is announced in connection with the retirements of Inspectors W. Close (Armidale) and E.Flot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IN the previous article, published on 30th May last, we gave a short description of the laying of an asphalt pavement. From what can now be seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Progress Association was held on Friday night, when the Public Works Committee's verdict as a sequence of its…
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