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

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

2,446 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 123

Murder Charge Following Motor Accident TAMWORTH

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Following the death of Edward Carr in Tamworth Hospital on Monday night Arthur Gozbord has been charged with murder. Carr was in…

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Fall at Speedway Motor Mechanic Receives Concussion

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Thrown from his motor cycle while practising on the Bathurst Speedway yesterday afternoon, Mr. Jack Smith (19) a resident of Seymour Street, and…

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Driver Collapses Tram Out of Control ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

while driving a tram at North Adelaide to-day, Herbert Hemer (47) collapsed. The uncontrolled tram dashed along the street at a fast…

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Motor Notes Petrol and Oil Should Be Strained

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

The straining of petrol and oil every time one or the other is added seems to entail unnecessary trouble, and the motorist console…

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The Bathurst Motor Fatality

Leader · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

The Bathurst Xmas Eve motor fatality in which Mr. Alfred Joseph Brown was killed, was mentioned in the Bathurst Court, on Monday, when…

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Head on Motor Collision

Leader · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

In a [?] collision between two cars on the Parkes Road, about 10 o’clock on Monday night, Mr. Myles Gilmartin, of Daroobalghe, and a lucky…

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Bandit Bails Up a Tram. a Long Bay Sensation. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

when a tram was stationary at Long Bay, early this moraine, and the conductor, Arthur, Stapleton, was [?] to ring the bundy clock, a…

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Self-Starter New Motor Ship Bridge Controls Engines

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 18

Claimed to be the largest Diesel electric vessel afloat, the Brunswick is expected at Sydney on January 17 for the Atlantic Union…

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Wilbetree Road Culvert

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 28

Mr W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Under-Secretnry, Local Government Department: With…

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The Latest Telegrams Motor Train Derailed. Woman's Leg Severed. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 5

A rail motor, carrying 17 passengers, was derailed near Geelong last night, and six passengers were injured. One woman had her right…

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Elephant Charges Train Hobart

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 3

An elephant belonging to Wirth's Circus and ridden by an attendant named E. Weeks charged a moving train while waiting at a level…

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Train Wrecked Driver and Passengers Killed Bodies Mangled LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

Two coaches of the L.M.S. Company's, north bound Bristol mail train overturned in a collision with a goods train at Ashchurch…

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Railway Motor Fatality Old Lady Succumbs to Injuries. MELBOURNE

Leader · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

When a railway motor train, containing IT passengers, left the rails on January 9, Mrs. Isabel Tynuln, 56, suffered shocking injuries to her legs…

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Motor Accident Driver's Miraculous [?]Ale

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 22

A motor accident occurred on the Gunnedah Road on Friday afternoon January 4, when a Chevrolet truck owned by Mr. Man, of Greta…

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Railwaymen Charged All[?] Entertainment Both Accused Remanded

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 20

At the Gilgandre Police Court on December 10, Francis Henry Brown, 21, porter at Gilgandre, railway station was charged before Messrs…

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Motor Lorry Smash. Four Persons Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 20

An accident occurred on the Hill End-Bathurst read recently at a spot about 4 1/2 miles from Hill End The brakes of a motor lorry…

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The Motor World News and Notes From N.R.M.A.

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. states that nearly 1,700 motor vehicles were stolen in New South Wales during 1928. This is a great increase over the figures of…

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Motor Cycle and Car Collide. Three People Injured. SYDNEY

Leader · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

Three persons, named Robert, Sylvia and Marjorie Brown, were injured when a motor car and motor cycle and sidecar collided at Leichburdt,…

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Motors—roads—traffic

Leader · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. states that nearly 1700 motor vehicles were stolen in New South Wales during 1928. This in a great [?] over the figures of…

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Our Busy Railway. Lithgow Officials' Big Task. Record Train Haulage

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Easily the busiest men in Lithgow those days are the railwaymen. They are working from morning till night, and if indications go for anything…

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