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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 2 of 102

New Tram Cars Big Tender for Clyde Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 2

The Commissioner for Tramways, Mr. S. A. Maddocks, announced to-night that the tender of the Clyde Engineering Company Ltd. for the…

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Railway Dismissals Condemned by Railway Union Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

The Government's proposed railway dismissals were to-night condemned as unjustified by the decretory of the National Union of Railway men, Mr…

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Motor Notes Important to Motorists

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

Motorists have all got so used to driving nowadays without a vestige of trouble, that when anything does at last go wrong, some are apt to be…

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Happy Motoring a series of Talks Flexible Rubber Mounting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 11

Probably the most talked of feature in the new cars of 1933 is the flexible mounting of engine on rubber. which permits the engine to…

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Will Run On Water 1936 Motor Car New Type of Engine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 10

Some weeks back brief reference was made to a new type of combustion engine which offered practical and economical advantages of a…

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Railway Dismissals Are They Necessary? SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

W. Skelton, Federal Secretary of the National Union of Railways, soys the Government's decision to dismiss about 2000 railway…

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Motoring N.r.m.a Notes

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

From January 1, N.R.M.A. Insurance Ltd, will institute a plan for the payment of insurance premiums in quarterly instalments. Any member…

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Fire at Sunny Corner Motor Cars and Garage Destroyed

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

A destructive fire occurred in the early hours of this (Wednesday) morning, when a motor garage and sheds on the property of Mr. T…

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Payment by Instalments New Motor Registration Scheme Is Popular in Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

The innovation of quarterly motor registrations has proved-popular at Lithgow. For the fortnight before Christmas about 50 local motorists…

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Railway Administration a New System of Co-ordinated Control

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

Important changes in the organisation of the Railway Department are announced by the Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan). The number of separate…

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Aeroplane Crash. N.Z. Pilot Killed. LONDON

Leader · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

R.A.F. [?] John Laurence Armstrong, flying a bulldog machine, crashed at Blackmore while topping the [?], and was killed…

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Nineteenth Bridge Tragedy SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

The body of the woman who jumped from the Harbor Bridge last night was found in Lavender Bay today, and removed to hospital for…

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Over the Bridge Elderly Woman's Leap Body Unrecovered SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

After wrenching herself free from the grasp of a young man who attempted to hold her, an elderly woman to-night threw…

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Bell--oakey Park Road M.r.b. Cannot Yet Construct Difficulties of Through Traffic in Lithgow Hassan's Walls Project Also Negatived

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

At present the road to Bell from Oakey, Park cannot be constructed. According to the Deputy Premier there are many disadvantages which,…

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Constable Charged Alleged Assault on Motorist Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

Constable Arthur Jones was charged at the Manly Court to-day with having asaulted Frank Alexander Mercer, a fish cafe proprietor…

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One Killed Another Critically Injured Two Others Escape Motor Fatality Near Orange Driver Arrested ORANGE

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

FRANCIS MANNIX (36), a well known resident or Orange, died on the roadside near Luccnow in the early hours of this morning,…

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Warning to Motorists

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

In all motor renewals of registrations whither quarterly or yearly, the owner of the car or lorry is asked to furnish the engine number of his…

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Two Shot Another Attempts Suicide Madman's Hail of Bullets Motor Car Fired at Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

WHEN a man, believed to be temporarily demented, pouted a fusillade of bullets into a motor car in Fewing Street, Clovelly, at 8 10…

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Railway Staff Changes

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

The following is the latest list of staff changes announced from the railway superintendent's office at Lithgow :--…

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Lucknow Motor Fatality Taxi Driver Charged Manslaughter and "Under the Influence" Orange

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

A motor car fatality occurred at 3 o'clock this morning on the Bathurst, road between Orange and Lucknow, A touring car, driven by Mr. Joseph…

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