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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

2,150 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 108

Co-operative Motor Garage

National Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

The Cooperative Garage has been going only a few weeks and the work has been rolling in so fuel that the mechanics are compelled to work…

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Motor Cycle Road Races Garred

Leader · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1

Turin Shire Council have decided not to allow any motor cycle races to take place over the roads of the Shire. This has caused a [?] to…

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Vale Road Blaze Shed and Tobacco Destroyed

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

Shortly after 10 o'clock last night a large shed on the Vale Road, near Orton Park, containing a quantity of tobacco leaf, together with its…

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B Grade. Railway Institute v. HILLSIDE

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1

Railway Institute continued its winning sequence by easily defeating Hillside by 15 runs and thus gained an outright victory. The railwaymen…

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Mudgee Line Serves Rich Industrial Areas Railway Administration Criticised

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

A travelling representative has something to say about Mudgee's line in this week's "Mail" that will be road with interest throughout the district. "The only dilatory people one finds on the line," he says, "are the railway authorities."…

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Railway Pamphlet Cover Design Wanted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1

The preparations of an ald Australian tourist pamphlet, and the offering of a prize of 50 guineas for the best cover design by an…

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New Stales Again Advocated. Also More Railways Dubbo

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 8

Messres. H. V. Thoroy the president of the Farmers and Settlers Association) and R. S. Vincent Ms. L.A., addressed a meeting at…

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Guyra-Derrigo Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 8

Messrs. Thorby and Vincent, Ms.L.A. met Coonambel L[?] to discuss the Guvra-tooDorrigo railway proposal which has been…

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Hit a Tram Bolting Horse Killed Instantly Tram Conductor Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

Four people had narrow escapes from being seriously injured to-night when a horse attacked to a sulky at Rockdale took fright and galloped…

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Railway Strike Looming in England Mens' Demands Refused London

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

The Railway companies have refused the concessions demanded by the Locomotive Society. A Statewide railway strike is Inevitable…

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Industrial Matters. Railway Mine, Ivanhoe, and Newnes

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

The executive officers of the western miners have had a very strenuous time of late dealing with various matters in connection with the district. On Friday a…

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Broken Hill Railway. Parkes

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

A number of ballast waggons for use in the resumption of work on the Condobolin-Broken Hill line have passed through to Trida. It is expected that a supply of…

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Cycling Road Race

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

Great interest is being taken in the road race on Saturday next, and which promises to be the attraction of the year. It will be the biggest…

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Railway Drivers' Mileage Probable Strike. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

The "Daily Chronicle's" special Labor correspondent says the railway crisis illustrates the difficulty of adjudicating as between the industrial…

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Ray of Hope Threatened British Railway Strike a Conference Arranged Drivers Lose Heavily London

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" special Labor correspondent says that the railway crisis illustrates the difficulties of ajudicating as between…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The Sydney Harbor Bridge tenders closed at noon to-day. The first to arrive was a Canadian tender, which was too bulky to go into the tender box…

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"Motor Vehicle had to be Developed" Control of Road Traffic Shire Association Debates Question Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

"Motor car road contests are of no advantage to the public," declared Cr. P. F. O'Brien, of Milwarrie Shire, at the meeting of the executive…

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Main "Western Road. Prospects of Concrete Thoroughfare

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The proposal to construct a concrete road on the Blue Mountains to Mount Victoria is to be the subject of a report by an officer of the Local Government Department…

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Sydney to Mt. Victoria Proposed Road Reconstruction Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 3

Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, has given instructions for an expert from the Works Department to report upon…

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A Railway Concession. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners, for a change, are to receive a letter of thanks. It is from the Bathurst Chamber of Commerce, which is delighted at having a request to the…

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