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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

1,946 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 98

Crop of Casualties Jumped From Bridge Young Man Who Still Live S Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 2

Divesting himself of his clothes, Charles Hallagher, 43, single, of Dulwich Hill, jumped from the Sydney Harbor Bridge early this morning…

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Man and Wife Both Seriously Injured Motor Crash Near Yetholme

National Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 3

On a combined business and pleasure trip, Mr, W. A. Smith (52) a well known Sydney union secretary, accompanied by his wife was bound by…

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Bathurst Railway Christmas Business a Satisfactory Result

National Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 3

Though it is claimed there has been a perceptible improvement in things generally the Bathurst railway Christmas business, which can be…

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Young Man Killed Motor Cycle Crashes Into Gates Armidale

National Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 2

William Edward Kimpton, 21 of Coolamon, was fatally injured last night when a motor cycle and sidecar in which he was riding crashed…

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Aeroplane Accidents Death of Parisian Beauty PARIS

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

Embarking on her first aeroplane flight with a pilot whom she met at a dinner only on Friday, the divorcee, Yvonne Delauney-Belleville, famous…

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Bridge Suicide Epidemic SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

Some little time after a man was reported to have been seen to jump from the Harbor Bridge last night a young girl made a similar attempt,…

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Worried Wife Throws Herself in Front Of Train a Pathetic Letter Henty

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

At the inquest into the death of Mrs. Ethel May Piltz, whose body was found on the railway line at Henty on December, l0th, the principal…

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64 Miles an Hour Motor Racing MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

Maintaining an average speed of 64 miles an hour C. J. W. Williamson, driving a Riley car to-day won the 100 miles road race at Port Philip…

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Main-street Sensation Visiting Motorist Pursued by Police and Charged with Drunkenness Takes Pledge of Abstinence

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

After a short chase down Main-street yesterday in a car Constables Oldfield and Graham arrested a visiting motorist and…

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Missing Aeroplane. Six Passengers Aboard. [?]

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

A large [?] aeroplane, which had just arrived [?] by steamer from America [?] with six passengers [?] for Lake…

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Pulled From Death Struggle on Harbor Bridge a Girl Saved Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

A young woman was prevented from jumping over the Harbor Bridge early this morning. She was noticed climbing the railing by a party of men…

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Motor Thefts Two Men Heavily Fined Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

Pleading guilty at the Central Police Court to-day to a charge of having used a motor car without the consent of the owner, Franois Foran (22)…

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Railway Coal Orders Will Prices Improve? or Government Subsidy Be Granted High Rail Freights Kill

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

According to a Sydney report the coal trade anticipates the New Year with mixed feelings. Prices have continued to fall in 1933, and the problem…

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Help for the Motorist the Engine As a Brake

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

There are several ways in which motorists use the engine as a brake; one is simply by closing the throttle, without switching off the engine; a…

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A During Motor Cyclist

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

On Monday a serious accident (if not a fatality) was narrowly averted at the Fitzroy Street level crossing at Dubbo, when a motor cyclist, in…

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[?] Motor Fatality

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

The many Orange friends of Sister Mary [?], of the Orange Convent of Mercy, will sympathise with her over the death of her brother, Mr,…

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Motoring. Shell Chief Leaving for England. Farewell to Mr. O. W. Darch

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

To give Mr. O. W. Dar[?] an opportunity of saying au revoir to a number of his personal friends, before leaving for England, via the U.S.A…

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Yetholme Motor Crash

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

When Mr. A. W. Smith, a well-known Sydney union secretary, accompanied by his wife, was motoring to Orange on Saturday, their car…

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Hannah's Bridge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 9

CHRISTMAS afternoon was quite a gala day for the Bridgeites. Altogether about 50 persons, young and old, gathered and had all sorts…

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Coonabarabran Bridge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

IMPORTANT tenders accepted recently by the Department of Main Roads include: State Highway 11. Oxley Highway, shire of…

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