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

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

2,239 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 112

Roads and Reserves P.p. Board's Expenditure

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

During the year ended December 31, 1929, the Bathurst P.P. Board spent the following amounts on roads and reserves:…

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Roads and Water Mains Board's Protest to Council

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

A letter from the Acting Divisional engineer of the Main Roads Board on trunk road matters and alterations to water mains was read, at last night's…

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Sunday Train Service for Mudgee Line Residents

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

The railway authorities announce a new service on Sundays which will benefit Portland and Mudgee line residents considerably, particularly…

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A New Railway SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 2

The State Cabinet to-day decided that the construction of thn Hlllston- Roto rallwny, under the British Go­ vernment's migration agreement with the State Government, be put in hand as soon ns possible. The building of the lino will b,-> pushed on with the grea­ test possible speed in order to absorb .".i many of the unemployed ns prac­ ticable. ? _. ,„?…

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Musings of a Motorist

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

My car is pretty well all in; it needs a thousand things. Including battery and tyres and valves and piston rings…

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

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

New York officials are becoming alarmed by the problem of what to do with motor cars that have outlived their usefulness. Recently the city…

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Lady Motor Mechanic Doctor's Daughter in Bathurst Garage

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 3

Busily engaged in McDonald and Stringer's motor garage in Russell-street is Miss Joan Harris, daughter of Dr. Harris…

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In Good Spirits Railway Thief's Venture Parkes

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 3

Somewhere, sometime between the loading of a railway truck in Sydney and its arrival at Parkes, a man started the New Year in good spirits…

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MOTORS—ROADS—-TRAFFIC. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Leader · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. reports that the repair work on the mala Western Highway over the Blue Mountains, which has been In progress for some months…

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Sunday Train Service Will Be Appreciated

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

The announcement male in Wednesday's Guardian concerning the establishment of a Sunday train service to and from Mudgee was…

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Tyres -- Pneumatic and Iron Are Chief Enemy of the Road

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

The wheel travelling along the road cushioned with its pneumatic tyre, or jolting more harshly with an outer rim of solid rubber or steel -- here is a…

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Rothbury Coal Reaches Newcastle by Train Foreigners Employed at Mine "Starving Out Police" Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

A train of 36 trucks of coal was lifted from Rothbury and arrived safely in Newcastle at 7.25 a.m. to-day. Railway officials declined…

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Wheat and Wool Railway Statistics Falling Off This Year

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

The dry spall through which the district has passed is reflected in a somewhat reduced yield of wheat and wool…

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Police Court Costly Omission Motor Traffic Offences

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

At the Mudgee Police Court, on January 6 George R. Parker proceeded, against, Leslie J. Wright on a charge of failing to take out a…

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Motor Smashes Two Victims Dead Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Two victims of motor smashes, one of which occurred yesterday and the other last night, died in Hospital to-day. In a collision between a motor…

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Motor Lorry Overturns on the Old Pass

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

Leslie Raper, 36, of Woolloongabba, Queensland, was to-day travelling with his wife from Camperdown to Bathurst in a motor lorry. Mrs…

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Railway High Power Line Great Progress Being Made

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Excellent progress in regard to the construction of the high power transmission line between the Railway Commissioners' departmental power…

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Motoring and Cycling Notes. Comparison of prices

Leader · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

In comparing the [?] of thing before the was [?] many of [?] remarkable [?] that [?]…

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Mental Hospital v. RAILWAY

Leader · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 10

The following team has been selected to represent Mental Hospital against Railway, at the Mental Hospital [?] (Saturday) afternoon:…

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