Increasing Railway Traffic
About five or six years ago one night passenger train was sufficient to haul all the passenger traffic from SYDNEY to Dubbo; until about two…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
653 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 33
Bourke Railway Gates. (To the Editor.)
Sir,--Allow me space in your valued paper, to again complain of the Departmental treatment of respectable citizens by the terrible management…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. Geurie Railway Figures
Following are the railway returns for the mouth of March:-- Passenger revenue £12071, goods £23922; total £30893; tickets is…
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Outward railway traffic was particularly heavy at Sydney on Sunday night, with the result that the through (second) Western mail (No. 61) had to…
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Henry Cheekett, a fottler, was run down by the down Bourke mail near Orange on Saturday morning and killed. The train was an hour late; hence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Gates Again
Endless inconvenience has been suffered by those approaching Dubbo from the Bourke district owing to the closing of the railway gates, and on Satur-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Toll of the Trams
The toll of the Sydney trams is a heavy one. The last good life sacrificed was that of Mr. John Kendall, son of Mrs. Kendall, of "Girilah,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Redecking the Service Bridge
It is expected that the r[?]decking of the Service Bridge across the Macquarie at Dubbo will be in full Bwing with a very few days. Mr. A. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cobar Train Service
According to a Cobar exchange, the statement that the ordinary, mail train would run only three times a week in incorrect. The daily goods train is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shockingly Mangled. Railway Fettler's Fate. Run Down on a Trolley
A fettler named Henry Checkett was cut to pieces on the railway at Orange on Sunday by the mail train from Sydney at 6 o'clock…
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During the first quartor of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,C28 were injurod in train accidents. In othor than train accidents, including accidents to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Co-operation System. a Suggestion for Railway Men. "Snap Our Fingers at Manufacturers."
"Although the cost of living Is going up at a greater rate than tbe increase in wages," said Mr. P. Maloney at a meeting of railway…
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The following letter from Mr. R. W. D. Weaver, of Dubbo, appeared in the Sydney "Herald" on Tuesday last-- "Although the public age…
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A new railway officers' award has been issued by the board of which Mr. G. S. Beeby is chairman. Respecting the western district a climatic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wellington Railway League
At a meeting of the above, on Saturday night, it was stated that the Minister for Works, who had promised to inspect the route of the…
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A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday morning on the railway line [?] Huntley, when Henry Cheekett, a fettler, was killed. He was on a tricycle…
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The Orange "Advocate" has the following in reference to the s[?]d fatality which occurred at Huntley, near Orange, last Saturday:-- It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents in America
During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Railway Brothers
"Mr. Thomas Gardner, who is about to retire after 46 years spent in the service of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, in one of a remarkable quartette of brothers, all of whom are in the employ of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Pilferers
There is a regular recrudescence of the epidemic of railway theft which were so numerous a few months ago, and traders in Dubbo are loud in…
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