Public Telephone at Railway Station
Mr. H. R. M. Pigott, M.P., is in receipt of the following letter from the Postal Department:—With reference to my letter of the 4th ultimo, relative to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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Railway Sleepers
Difficulty having been experienced in securing an adequate supply of steepers for railway purpose, the Minister for Works has derided to open…
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Mr. G. Rissell, our genial stationmaster, travelled to Orange yesterday to represent the Dubbo Railway Ambulance Rifle Club at the meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Machinery
The question—the practical question—is, how best to make the roads? And to this question the best available answer, is furnished by the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Went the Wrong Way. New Line Wanted
A Dubbo correspondent says: A trip from Dubbo to Orange as the present time shows that the wheat harvest in Dubbo and Wellington district has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Main Road
The T[?]brebougie Shire Council has been notified by the Public Works Department that the Dubbo-Warren road, via Nevertire, has been classified as…
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The main road from Girilambone to Coolabah is in a fearful condition, and a disgrace to any civilised community. Some of the gates are not worthy of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Items
Mr. A. Hunter, night officer at Dubbo railway station, and Mr. O'Meara, guard, are on holidays. Mr. F. Hurd is looking after the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Timbee Wanted
The Minister for Works calls for tenders for the supply and delivery of [?]oabark or hardwood timber to the 20 mile peg section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Railway Shoot at Orange
Shooting at Orange on Monday Mr. G. Russell, stationmaster, made the respectable scores of 26 at both the 500 and 600 yards ranges—52 out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the Railway Comes
A well-knows resident of Dubbo remarked yesterday: "The navvies engaged on the Nimitybelie-Bombaia railway construction works are paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Honoring a Railway Officer
On Saturday evening, the stationmaster (Mr. J. Usher) presided over a large gathering of railway men and others, at the refreshments rooms, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Picnic
The annual railway picnic and sports will be held on the Dubbo showground on Monday, March 23. A good programme has been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Accident Man's Legs Cut Off
A shocking accident occurred on the railway line near Dubbo last night, whereby a man named George Wllkic, 21 years of age. had his legs cut off by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fitzroy Railway Gates
A correspondent writes, complaining bitterly of the inconvenience to the general public caused by a recurrence of the hardship of once again closing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, February 3, 1914. Local and General. Railway News Items
Mr. James Donnelly, goods clerk at the Dubbo railway station, is on the sick list, suffering, so it is understood, from enteritis. His placc is being…
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On Saturday last a man named Peter Gallighan, aged 62, presented himself at Jandra station in a very precarious state. He stated that he had walked from Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Burned
Last night at about 7.30 Mr. L. A. Hamilton had his motor car destroyed by fire on the Comobella-road. It appears that Messrs Alf and Roy Stringer were…
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There is a good deal of justifiable grievance up Gilgandra way in the matter of the allocation of the Government Road Grant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brigalow's Bridge
Mr. Biggs, contractor, expects to have the bridge over the Macquarie River at The Brigalows finished this week. The cost of this bridge is…
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