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

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,731 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 87

Hannah's Bridge Painful Injury

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 7

Mr A W McMillan, of Hannah's Bridge, who has only recently recovered from a severe illness was the victim of a nasty accident one…

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Wheat Train Wrecked Fourteen Track Smashed PERTH

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

A wheat train was wrecked yesterday near Moulyinning. and 14 of the sixteen trucks s[?] to matchwood. Nobody was hart…

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Crops Destroyed Fires at Hannah's Bridge Number of Outbreaks

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 7

There have been an unusual number of outbreaks of fire at Hannah's Bridge. A few weeks ago two adjo[?]ring wheat crops were…

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Cobbora Shire Council Proposed Division of Motor Tax Charges for Petrol Pumps Control of Footpaths Method of Paying Wages

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 4

At the December meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council communications were received from various shires and municipalities stating…

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Railway Receipts Boxing Day Figures Less Than Last Year

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 11

Railway revenue showed a falling off on Boxing Day compared with last year. Official receipts showed £3478, or £1191 less than…

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Tyre Blew Out Car Overturns on Orange Road Bathurst Bowlers Injured

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

WHEN a Studebaker car turned over on its side on the Rocks Hill, at 8 o'clock last night, four Bathurst bowlers, returning from…

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Motor Notes Causes of Car Fires

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

Back fires of course are the most frequent—in fact one might say invariably, are the cause of cars catching alight. When the back firing…

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Railway Staff Changes Very Small List

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

The following is the latest list of railway staff changes, as notified by the Lithgow district superintendent's office:--…

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Remarkable Stamina Lithgow Man's Unusual Accident Motor Car on Chest

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Alex. Davidson, of Bell's-road, Oakey Park, was injured in a remarkable manner yesterday. He was in a car near the…

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Trapped and Drowned Train Falls Into River PARIS

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

Many people were killed and injured when a Paris Nantes express was derailed last night at Oudon, near Ancenis, and the engine and two…

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20 Years Suspension Reckless Motorist Gaoled

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 2

A sentence of three years' Imprison sentence of three years' penal servitude was passed at Glanmorgan Assizes on John Taliesin Mordecar, 39,…

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Summoned for Motor Breach LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

The "Daily Herald" says that when Amy Johnson was summoned for a technical motor offence on Wednesday the case was dismissed. It was…

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£300,000 Aeroplane Order Belgium's English Purchase London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The Belgian Government has confirmed the giving of large orders for British two-seater aeroplanes intended for re-equipment of the Belgian…

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Train Derailed. Four Passengers Killed. LONDON

Leader · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

The engine of an express train from Edisburgh to London kept the [?] near Car[?] last night, and [?]ried…

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Unusual Accident. Coal from Train Hits Man

Leader · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

Joseph Spicer, of Nile Street, was admitted to the Orange Hospital, on Wednesday, suffering from a…

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Train Wrecked 4 KILLED; 12 Injured Express Engine Leaves Rails London

National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

The engine of the express from Edinburgh to London left the rails at a sharp curve near Carlisle, burying its nose in the loose stones on the…

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The Motor World News and Notes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 18

There was no N.R.M.A. service on Christmas Day. This is the only day in the year that the Association is at rest…

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Sad Motor Fatality

Leader · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

New year’s eve brought sorrow [?] the home of Mr. and Mrs S William, the time of Orange. and now of Ne [?] who were spending their [?]…

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Hit by Car Bowenfels-road Incident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

William Rosewarne, a resident of South Bowenfels, sustained injuries to the back, when he was knocked over by a car near the Royal Hotel,…

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