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"Penmaenpool railway station at Penmaenpool in Gwynedd, North Wales, was formerly a station on the branch of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway, part of the Ruabon to Barmouth Line. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965. It had two platforms and a passing loop, plus an engine shed approximately half a mile west of the station next to the former fireman's house. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was no crane.1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission The site today The station is now occupied by a car park, but the original station signal box remains next to the Penmaenpool Toll Bridge and was used by the RSPB as an observation post and information centre for the local nature reserve. The former station master's house, ticket office and waiting room has been converted into an annexe for the George III hotel. Photographs of the station in its operating days are on display in the bar/reception area of the hotel. The former trackbed through the site is now in use as a footpath, the Llwybr Mawddach (or "Mawddach Trail"). References Sources Penmaenpool station on navigable 1946 O. S. map * Photos of Penmaenpool Station at Dolgellau.net * Photo of the engine shed * The RSPB at Mawddach Further reading * Category:Disused railway stations in Gwynedd Category:Beeching closures in Wales Category:Dolgellau Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Category:Former Cambrian Railway stations Category:1865 establishments in Wales Category:1965 disestablishments in Wales "
"Bemm River is a township and locality in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Bemm River and the surrounding area had a population of 60. Location and features The locality surrounds Sydenham Inlet and much of its area to the north is state forest, while Cape Conran Coastal Park adjoins the western shores of the inlet and Croajingolong National Park adjoins its eastern shores. The area is renowned for its bream fishing, which gives it its second name, 'The Bream Capital'. There are several tourist accommodation places in the town. There is a general store and a pub which is also a licensed restaurant. There is also a Local Radio Station that Broadcasts during the Victorian School Holidays on the FM Frequency 90.9BRFM. Bemm River Local Radio(www.bemmriverlocalradio.com) The Post Office opened on 1 July 1911 closed in 1920, reopened in 1933, then closed again in 1982. Sydenham Inlet Bemm River township is situated on the north-western shore of Sydenham Inlet, a natural coastal inlet that stretches over to the sand hills of the Tasman Sea shoreline of the South Pacific Ocean. The inlet is fed by the Bemm River in the west and the Little River in the east. It is from the beach, and from Py-yoot Bay (). References Category:Towns in Victoria (Australia) Category:East Gippsland Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia) Category:Croajingolong National Park "
"Gaius Caninius Rebilus, a member of the plebeian gens Caninia, was a Roman general and politician. As a reward for devoted service, Julius Caesar appointed him consul suffectus in 45 BC. Rebilus, a novus homo of the late Republic,Syme, pg. 94 served with Julius Caesar throughout the Gallic Wars and the Civil Wars. He was Military tribune in Gaul in 52 BC,Broughton, pg. 237 before becoming one of Caesar's legates in 51 BC.Broughton, pg. 244 Gallic Wars During the later stages of the Gallic War he commanded two legions on the southern slope of the heights during the siege of Alesia, where Caesar's defences were weakest.Holmes, II, pg. 218 With great difficulty, and the timely support of Titus Labienus, he withstood the last major attack on the Roman position there on October 2, 52 BC.Holmes, II, pgs. 219-221 The following year he was sent to pursue Cadurci leader Lucterius, who fled to the stronghold of Uxellodunum which Rebilus proceeded to besiege.Holmes, II, pg. 226 Attempting to emulate the tactics at Alesia, he was forced to deal with repeated sorties which disrupted his attempts to complete his lines. Eventually Caesar made his way there to take overall command of the siege.Holmes, II, pgs. 227-228 Two years after Alesia, the Andecavi, led by Dumnacus, continued war against Rome and laid siege to Limonum (present-day Poitiers), an oppidum of the Pictones. Gaius Caninius Rebilus led the Roman relief army and forced them to lift the siege and retreat. The army of the Andecavi was pursued by the Romans and suffered heavy casualties. In a decisive battle the following day, the Romans killed some 12,000 men. Dumnacus escaped, and when Armorica surrendered, he went into self-imposed exile.Aulus Hirtius, Bellum Gallicum 8.26–31. Civil War Upon the outbreak of the civil war in 49 BC, Rebilus accompanied Caesar in his march into Italy and he was sent to Brundisium as an unsuccessful negotiator to Pompey.Holmes, III, pg. 31 Later that year, he was sent by Caesar as a legate under Gaius Scribonius Curio in the hope that Rebilus would compensate for Curio's lack of military experience.Holmes, III, pg. 95 He pushed Curio to take advantage of a break in the enemy lines to achieve victory at the Battle of Utica,Holmes, III, pg. 103 and after the latter's defeat and death, he was one of the few who escaped from Africa Province.Holmes III, pg. 107 In the following year (48 BC), it is assumed that he was made Praetor.Broughton, pg. 272 In 46 BC he again returned to Africa as Propraetor with Caesar,Broughton, pg. 296 under whom he served in the Thapsus campaign, laying siege to Thapsus and accepting the surrender of Gaius Vergilius, the governor of Africa.Holmes, III, pgs. 270-273 The next year he accompanied Caesar to Spain as his legate,Broughton, pg. 311 joining him to fight in the last stand of the Republicans at Munda, after which he occupied the town of Hispalis during the push to drive out the demoralized Republicans.Holmes, III, pg. 309 On the last day of December 45 BC, the consul Quintus Fabius Maximus suddenly died and Caesar made Rebilus consul suffectus for the few remaining hours of the year,Broughton, pg. 304; Holmes, III, pg. 329 to the scorn of Cicero, who commented, "Understand therefore that in the consulship of Caninius no one breakfasted. However, while he was consul there was no harm done, for he was so astonishingly vigilant that throughout his consulship he never ever closed his eyes."Holmes, III, pg. 329 Family He had a son, Gaius Caninius Rebilus, who was suffect consul in 12 BC. See also * Caninia (gens) Sources * T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol II (1952). * Holmes, T. Rice, The Roman Republic and the Founder of the Empire, Vol II, Oxford University Press, 1923 * Holmes, T. Rice, The Roman Republic and the Founder of the Empire, Vol III, Oxford University Press, 1923 * Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1939 References Category:Roman Republican consuls Category:Roman Republican praetors Category:1st-century BC Romans Category:Roman people of the Gallic Wars Rebilus, Gaius "