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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Fearful Railway Accident. Fettler and His Wife Cut to Pieces. Children Badly Injured

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 2

The Railway Picnic train which came to Bourke on Saturday night last was responsible for the awful death of Mr. E. J. Mutton, known…

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"John Bridge" at Easter Preparation for Visitors

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 7

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., have requested us to publish the following:— To Our Clients and Friends. Ladies and Gentlemen,—…

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Better Way of Buying. "John Bridge" Takes a Hand

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 9

There is good reason to believe that, when our readers, and, especially the producing division, have perused the interesting announcement in another part…

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John Bridge. New Department

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

Elsewhere in this issue John Bridge and Co., Ltd., announce the inauguration of a new department. A perusal of this announcement, which is both…

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"John Bridge" at Easter. Preparation for Visitors

Western Age · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent, The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., have requested us to publish the following:—TO OUR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS. Ladies and Gentlemen…

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"John Bridge" at Easter. Preparation Fob Visitors

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 14

John Bridge and Co. Ltd., have requested us to publish the following:— "To our Clients and Friends…

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Mending Roads with Old Boots. a Fortune Was Made Out of the Discovery

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 5

The first man to hit upon the idea of utilising old boots for mending roads made a fortune out of it. He tore the leather to pieces. by mechanical means, and treated it…

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Important to Motor Car Owners'

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 7

The business announcement in our columns in connection with Firestone Tyres is of an unsual interest to motor car owners, for it carries with it…

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Railway Picale. the Takings a [?]

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 4

Seen at night, Mr. C. Sproule, hon. secretary for the annual railway picnic, held on Monday on the Dubbo Show Ground, said the financial…

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Important to Motor Car Owners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

The business announcement in our columns in connection with Firestone Tyres is of unusual interest to motor car owners, for it carries with it…

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Recruiting Meeting at the Railway Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

Sergeant Saunders, an Anzac, of the Sydney Recruiting Office, as a result of his speech on the Show Ground during the Railway Picnic, secured the names…

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Dubbo Railway Institute

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

We desire to draw the special attention of Dubbo parents to the advantages offered students of shorthand, typewriting, accountancy, telegraphy,…

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Opening of Dubbo Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

An error erept into our report of the speech of Mr. G. H. Taylor, J.P., at the railway employees' luncheon. He was made to say that the was Mayor…

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"John Bridge" at Easter. Preparation for Visitors

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

John Bridge & Co, Ltd., have requested us to publish the following:— "TO OUR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Result of Inquest

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday last the Deputy Coroner held an inquest concerning the death of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mutton, who were killed by the picnic…

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Crushing Roads to Pieces

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 2

This is the wheat carting season. There is as usual, a hunt for records in heavy loads. A team of 14, drawing 280 sacks of wheat, recently came into…

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The C.S.A Railway. Absorbing Canbelego Unemployed

Western Age · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2

Corporal C. S. Fern, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Public Works, under date 21st instant:—"With reference…

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Main Roads

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

The "Dispatch" has persistently maintained that the Central Government should adopt the alternative of taking the construction and…

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