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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 7 of 98

Bridge Repairs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

A GANG of men connected with the Main Roads Board staff: have been busy during the past week effecting repairs to the…

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Runaway Timber Train

Leader · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

[?] Community was treated to a sensation on Saturday last when a heavily [?] timber train carrying logs to the Briggavale [?] came…

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Australia Day Extended Excursion Train Arrangements

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

ADVICE received from the Department of Railways shows that additional excursion facilities will be available in connection with…

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Jumped to Death Another Bridge Tragedy SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

A YOUNG woman jumped from the Harbor Bridge last night and lier body has not yet been recovered…

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"I'm Not Going Over" Another Bridge Tragedy SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

The body of the girl who fell from the harbor bridge last night was recovered to-day floating face down ward near the old Milson's' Point…

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Newnes Road Special Grant of £250 More May Follow

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

Mr. Knight has been informed that £250 has been made available for repairs to the Newnes road, and that there is a possibility of…

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Car and Lorry Collide Accident on Caves-road But No-one Is Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

A road accident, fortunately unattended by injury to any of the passengers, occurred yesterday when a lorry driven by Mr. A…

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A Splendid Road Bilpin to Mt. Irvine Is Praised by Mayor Chivers Oakey Park to Bell Proposition

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. Chivers), who, with the Mayoress, paid a visit to the scene of the Bilpin-road job on Friday, was greatly impressed with the…

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Federal Railway Log

National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

The Federal Railway log has been served on the majority of railway workers throughout the West and it has been signed and returned to the…

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Railway Transfer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

THE following railway transfer has been announced: W. O. Donnelly from porter, Lithgow, to porter, Capertee…

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Tragedy "Trike" Is Derailed on Railway Line Children Believed Responsible Junee, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

When a railway tricycle hit an obstruction on the line near Ganmain last night, it was derailed and crashed into a culvert 15 feet below…

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Proposed Railway Reductions Hartley Assembly's Support to Unions

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 3

At the Hartley A.L.P. Assembly meeting on Saturday, Mr. T. Arthur successfully moved that the organisation endorse the action of the textile…

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Railway Station Drunk

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

That the defendant had only been released from gaol that day, was very drunk at the railway station, dan abused a ticket examiner, said…

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Costly Drink at the Railway

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

For having aided and abetted Laurence Henry Bentley Rigg, manager of the railway refreshment room at Bathurst to ell liquor otherwise that…

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Extraordinary Fire Dubbo-Nyngan Train Alight Following Escape of Petrol Train Scalers Burned Dubbo, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 1

Three youths were seriously burned When they jumped from the top of a blazing truck, one of a string of 35 attached to a goods train, three miles…

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Painting Railway Station

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 10

The tender of Mr. G. W Mead has been accepted for painting the Molong railway station buildings. If the authorities would now agree to provide…

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Rain in Queensland Railway Traffic Held Up TOWNSVILLE

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 2

Heavy rain in northern. Queensland be saffected, railway traffic and all services between Cairns and Babinda have been suspended, the water being…

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Help for the Motorist Motoring in Hot Weather--3

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 5

It is quite a fallacy to think that tyres should be under inflated in the summer. Correct tyre pressures as advocated by the makers, are always…

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Menace to Motorists Man's Queer Behaviour WELLINGTON

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 4

A man, whose mind must surely be unbalanced, is at the present time making himself a source of danger to the travelling public near Wellington…

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Level Crossing Fatality Trail and Motor Collide. MELBOURNE

Leader · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 2

When a train and motor lorry collided at a level crossing at Wallace, about 12 miles from Ballarat to-day. William Mills(23), of Kooweerup, was…

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