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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,033 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 102

Storms Damage Roads

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

AT the last meeting of the Bloxland Shire Council the engineer reported that some of the principal roads had been damaged by…

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Hannah's Bridge Parochial Council

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 8

At the annual parochial meeting at Dunedoo on 5th inst., Mr A. J. Schimer, Mr. P. Schiemer and Mr F. Bull represented Hannah's…

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Great Bridge Hand. Player With 13 Spades. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 1

The odds are 1[?],000,000 to I aga[?] a contact bridge player holding [?] cards of the one suit in a game, yet this was what Mr. B. S. Sergeant, of…

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Good Men and True Praise for Railway Staff

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

The Commissioner for Railways, speaking at a meeting in Sydney last week, praised the employees generally, and remarked that he…

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Settled the Argument Motorist Got His Cross

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 2

Boy: "If an express train and a motorist both reached a level crossing together, and the motorist accelerated, how would he get across?"…

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Human Motor "Fatty" Lamb's Marvellous Ride

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 2

Riding at a speed of more than GO m.p.h. R W. ("Fatty") Lamb, the Australian cyclist, broke-Hubert. Opperman's one hour…

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Motor Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

ROY Pincham, of "Nebraska," Coonamble, was found on the Carinda road, about seven miles from town, in an unconscious…

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Railway Porter's Discovery

Leader · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 2

Whilts cleaning on one of the compartments of a first-class carriage of the Blayney-Harden train, after arrival at Harden at 4.16 a.m. on…

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Motorist Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 2

Charges of driving a motor vehicle without a light and also on the wrong side of the street were levelled against Cecil Reidy at the Bathurst Police…

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Railway Picnic Committee Consideration of Tenders Dubbo

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Dubbo picnic committee was held in the Railway Institute yesterday morning with the president Mr P. Colohan presiding…

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Rail Block. Train and Engine Collide. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 2

The main southern railway line was blocked last night Bethungra when a collision occurred between a goods train and an engine which had…

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Thanks, Mr. Bayley Advocates Bell to Lithgow Road IN N.R.M.A. JOURNAL

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Bayley is a friend of Lithgow, as well as of the motorists of the State generally. He advocates the Bell to Lithgow road, a proposal…

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Our Railway Traffic Continues To Be Satisfactory

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 4

The revenue at Lithgow goodshed continues to prove satisfactory, last month's total being £9290…

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Severe Sentences. Railway Thieves Gaoled. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 2

A heavy sentence was imposed on four men at the Quarter Sessions, today. after they were convicted of thefts from the Railway Department…

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Hannah's Bridge Holidays

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 16

Mr. A. L. Schlemer is spending a few weeks with relatives at Manly…

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Narrow Escape Fell From Train

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 11

A narrow escape from injury was experienced by A. Jones, engine driver or Lithgow. when he fell from the engine of a goods train…

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Dangerous Bridge Application to Shire Council

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 8

The Chamber of Commerce have written to the [?]raldra Shire Council [?] their attention to the [?] state of the Denison…

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Important to Motorists Dunlop Perdriau Co., Weekly Bulletin

National Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 6

To the man in the street, the fall of one penny a gallon in the price or petrol may not appear to be a matter of much importance, but to the…

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Motor Notes Draining the Petrol Line

National Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 5

Much trouble may be averted if the the practice is made of giving the petrol system a general overhall, say, every three month. This process should not…

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