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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Railway Picnic and Sports

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 4

We would remind our readers that the annaual Railway picnic and Sports will be held on the Show Ground on Monday week. This is really one…

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Buliding Railway Truoks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

Following on the outcry raised by the provincial press, it is pleasing to notify that the Railway Department has seen [?]t to consider the wants of…

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Coonamble Railway Station

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

Figures for the month of February in connection with Coonamble railway station:—Coaching, 626 passengers; revenue, £468 10s 7d. goods, received…

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The Railway Crossing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 5

That both Council and Association are fully alive to the need of better communication between Dubbo proper and the northern part of tbe town is…

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Profit-sharing Scheme. Detroit Motor Co.'s Distribution. Two Millions for Employees

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 3

A remarkable instance of the succesa of the profit-sharing scheme has just occurred at Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. The Ford Motor Co., which carries on…

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The Sunday Trams

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

Some interesting particulars wore contained in the departmental roply to the protest of the Evangelical Council against the running of trams during…

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Appalling Railway Accident Fourteen People Killed. Terrible Scenes of Carnage

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

The railway station at Exeter hear Moss Vale, on the southern lime was the scene shortly before 12 o'clock on Friday night of the most appalling…

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Great Railway Smash. Sydney—temora Train. 14 KILLED, 6 Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

The Temora mail train, which left Sydney at eight o'clock last night with a full complemeut of passengers, crashed into a stationary…

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Terrible Railway Disaster Collision at Exeter. Fourteen Killed, and Many Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 1

News of a terrible railway disaster reached the "Dispatch" since on Saturday morning stating that 14 people were killed in a pollutions at Excter…

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A Motor Mishap

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

About two miles out of the town, on the Talbragar road, lies a Ford motor car with the near side rear wheel smashed, minus a screen and…

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Temora Train Smashed Ran into a Goods Train at Exeter. 14 Persons Killed —16 Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, March 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

The Temora mail-train, which left Sydney at 8 o'clock last night, with a full complement of passengers, crashed into a stationary goods train at Exeter…

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William Cox. Builder of the First Road

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 2

If any member of the old day community warrants honorable reference as a founder of the present Bathurst, it is William Cox, the man who constructed…

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Railway Disasters. in New South Wales and Victoria

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 2

The worst railway accident on record in Australian history is that which is still fresh in the public memory, having occurred on Easter Monday night in…

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Dubbo-coonamble Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

Coonamble Municipal Council has attempted to move the Railway Department in the hope that it would move the Dubbo-Coonamble train along…

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Molong-cumnock Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 5

Mr. Usher, inspector of railways, visited Molong last week, and in company with members of the Railway League and others went through the…

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Molong-Gumnock Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

Last week Inspector Usher, of the Railway Department visited the Molong-Cumnock district for the purpose of collecting information with respect…

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Railway Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

The Railway Employees' Picnic and Sports will be held on the Dubbo Show Ground on Monday next. Special trains, as in the past, will convey the…

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Motor Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

that issue we mentioned that a motor car, as the result of an accident on Sunday afternoon, was lying disabled and dismantled on the Coonamble…

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District Court. (Before Judge S[?] on Thursday). DOLLISSON v. Chief Commissioner of Railways

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

This was a case in which Mrs. Jessie Isabel Dollisson, of Minore, who has been awarded £287 1s 6d as compensation under the Workmen's…

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Railway Gauges. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

C. Carter, Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Ballarat, has invented an appliance for overcoming the break of railway gauge. His…

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