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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Apportioning Work Council's Motor Repairs

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

Lithgow Council on Monday night decided to share its motor repair work with those firms in the town which are competent to undertake it in a…

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Motor Service Owners

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

The Government Tourist Bureau, wishing to make available to the travelling public complete details of fares and times of arrival and…

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REMANDED Alleged Wrongful Use of Motor Cycle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

At Lithgow court to-day charges of using a motor cycle without the consent of the owner, Edward Robert Crawford, at Marrangaroo…

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Help for the Motorist Testing for Polarity -- 2

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

If you do not wish to use either of those methods mentioned in the previous note, but happen to possess a "blue-print," take a strip of this,…

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Hannah's Bridge Weather

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 15

WEATHER conditions for the now year are indeed very promising. On the 3rd there were over two inches of rain, and on…

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Bad Roads "Driving People Away"

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 13

ARE district residents being forced to transact their business elsewhere owing to had roads here:…

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Why Pay Rates? "Roads for Everybody"

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 13

MR E. K. Bowman, of Wargundy, Craboon, suggested to last meeting of the Wyaldar Shire Council that an enclosed…

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Money for Roads Shire's Application Councillors' Meeting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 13

THE president (Cr F. Brophy) occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of the Wyaldra Shire Council on December…

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Road to Ruin Leading Girls to Destruction Is Chivalry Dead?

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 10

THE Rev. A. R. Ebbs, rector of St. Matthew's, Manly, preaching at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday night, said that 1935 brought with…

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Tragic Accident Old Man Fatally Injured Car Overturns on Cassilis Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

A MOTOR car trip from Scone to Mudgee on Monday resulted in tragedy for the Shearwin family, Arthur Victor…

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Trains Collide 23 Killed Near Moscow Railwaymen Arrested MOSCOW

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

Additional reports regarding the collision between two express trains yesterday, state that the Linengrad-Tiflis train caught fire. Fanned by a…

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Railway Men Arrested Moscow

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

The Secret Police arrested about a dozen railwaymen in connection with the accident, including a stationmaster and a signalman, who were…

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Good Business Railway Department's Splendid Month

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

Although there were only 22 working days in December the revenue ut Lithgow goods shed was the best for some years past during that month,…

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Not Always the Motorists

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

The appended figures are not published with a view of endeavoring to minimise the seriousness of the increasing . number of road accidents,…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

In an endeavor to reduce, the great number of road accidents in Germany, the Berlin police have introduced an accident investigation flying squad…

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Help for the Motorist Choosing Sparking Plugs

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

Makers of cars usually fit a certain make of sparking plug to their car as standard equipment. As a rule the plug selected gives good service, as it…

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Interim Awards Granted To Rail and Tram Men Judge on 44 Hours Application Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 1

Deciding to accede to the request of the parties concerned, Judge Drake-Brockman, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, said he would make two…

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Orange Road Car Crash

Leader · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Three men had a miraculous escape from Injury on Wednesday afternoon, when a car, skidding after it bad negotiated the Dunkeld Bridge on the…

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Russian Train Disaster. Second Within a Week. MOSCOW

Leader · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

The second railway [?] with. in a week has occurred at R[?] the [?] of the Don [?] when a [?] into the rear…

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Lithgow Council a Meeting of 1895 Discussion Regarding a Bridge

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

The "Mercury" of October 25, 1895, in its report of a Council meeting, contained the following:-- The Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. H…

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