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

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

2,440 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 122

Motor Notes. What a Woman Should Know

Leader · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

It one can place implicit reliance on all the statements made, by Interested parties. It would appear that certain modern cars need only to be…

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Australian-made Preference League. Exhibition Touring Train to Visit Molong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 20

It is gratifying to learn that, as a result of the representations of the local Chamber of Commerce, it has been decided that the great Exhibition Train…

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Boree Shire Council. Road Works in Progress. Noxious Weeds Control In Operation

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Boree Shire Council reports were presented in regard to road formation and repair works in progress and in respect of…

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The "Times" Special Motor Section Note About Motor Racing and Some Fallacies

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

The motor-racing season that has now closed has been a memorable one in many resperts, says' the London "Daily Mail." Unfortunately it is most…

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Road Costs

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

A bridge is a road, and touching the Sydney one someone or other alleges that the projected one across the Golden Gate, San Francisco, is going to cost less. Seeing that…

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Topples 25ft. Car Crashes Through Fence Occupants Miraculous Escape Accident Near Railway Bridge

National Advocate · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

When that big powerful Hudson Super Six motor car owned by Mr. W. Winslett but driven by Mr. Fred Clifton of Bathurst, crashed through…

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Motor Car Theft Revealed by a Fire. Firemen Avert an Explosion Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

The prompt arrival of the Petersham fire brigade prevented a possible explosion at a late hour last night, when a motor car, in which…

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Motor Cycle Overturns

National Advocate · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

While James Toohey (23), employed by Mr. A. Macfarlane, of Ulamala station, near Hill End, was riding home from work on Saturday, the…

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Mount Victoria-- a Motor Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Bye, of Yantabulla, near Hungerford, while motoring west on Thursday last, met with an accident when about a mile past the local post-office…

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Motor Accident. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

John O'Malley, son of Mr. John O'Malley, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Blarney, had his skull fractured through a motor car overturning and pinning him…

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Motor Cycling

Leader · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

A motor cycle speed trial was made by five local boys, on the Forest Road, about ten miles from Orange, yesterday, when Tom O’Brien…

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Car Impaled Three Motorists Killed. Hurled 100 Yards. London, January 13

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

Three motorists—a woman and two men—were killed at Minshull Vernon, four miles north of Crewe, when the Scotch express from Aberdeen to…

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Mudgee Mail Train Derailed. Between Excelsior and Carlo's Gap. Capertee

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

The Mudgee mail train was derailed this (Monday) morning between Excelsior and Carlo's Gap. A delay of several hours was caused. No one was injured…

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First Motor Liner Arrival in Australia. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

After a long voyage of 17,000 miles on her maiden voyage from Southhampton via the West Indies, Panama Canal, and New Zealand, the…

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Carnival and Trades Hall. Objection to Closing Railway Parade

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

At the meeting of the Council on Monday night, a letter was received from Mr. W. E. Phillips, secretary of the Trades Hall, protesting against the closing of part of…

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Motoring Fatality Near Cumnock. Cadiaite the Victim

Leader · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 1

A car, cont[?]ning four men. collided with the Yu[?]ndry bridge between Cumnock and Yeoval at [?] clock on Monday night, and Jack Dunleavy…

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Road Repairs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 14

The Blaxland Shire road gang have been doing up the roads of the district which were in a very rough state owing to the heavy…

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New Road Inspected

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 14

Several of the Blaxland Shire councilors and their w[?] inspected the new road [?] Mt. Vincent to Vulcan siding…

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Train Amok En[?]inemen Leap for Safety

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 24

Six trucks attached to an engine were derailed on the South Maitland railway, the driver and fireman jumped clear of the engine…

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Oberon Shire Monthly Meeting. Condition of Roads. Interesting Correspondence

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Oberon Shire was hold at Oberon on Saturday last, when all the councillors were present…

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