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

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

2,049 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 103

Denison Bridge Park Turned Down by Minister

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

(Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A. for Bathurst has received the following from Mr. E. C. Buttenshaw, Minister for Agriculture:…

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Off to England Main Roads Chief Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

The Commissioner for Main Rends (Mr. H. H. Newell) will leave Sydney on March 23 in the liner Orama to tour Great Britain, the…

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Migrants for Roads Australian Needs Lord Barnby's Proposal London

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

Reference to Lord Nuffield's gift of £5000 to the Fairbridge Farm School in Western Australia is contained in a letter on migration to 'The Times'…

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Graced Pearls In Form of Necklace Believed Left in Train Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

Jewels, the value of which has not been definitely stated, but is believed to be many hundred pounds, are reported to have been lost by the wife…

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TERRORISTS In Motor Strike Area President's Intervention Attempt at Settlement Detroit (Michigan)

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

Representatives of workmen and employers conferred to-day in an effort to find a basis of settlement of the strike at the General Motors…

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Help for the Motorist Effect of Water on Brakes--2

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

Experiments have shown that the friction produced by an ordinary brake shoe may be reduced to anything between one-fifth and one-tenth…

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Motoring and Cycling. for the Motorist. New Pricing Policy

Leader · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 7

A new pricing policy has be[?] adopted by the American car manufactur[?] For many years p[?] it ha[?] bee[?] the c[?]tom of [?]o[?]ile…

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Bridge Over Macquarie Turon Shire Support

National Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 6

Reporting on the proposed low level bridge over the Macquarie River at George Street Falls Mr. J. O'Neill informed the Turon Shire…

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Back to Wyong Jubilee Week. Marking the 50th Anniversary of Railway to Wyong February 14 to 20, 1937

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 3

All former residents of Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes district, all friends of residents, and all people who would like to see this delectable area under…

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An Army of Motor-cyclists

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 12

Australia has 76,000 registered owners of motor-cycles They are practically all free, white, male, of military age, adventurous and fighting fit…

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Seriously Injured Well Known Bathurst Carrier Accident at Bathurst Railway Yards

National Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 1

George William (Doc.) Rowlings, the well known Bathurst carrier was seriously injured at the Bathurst railway yards shortly after 9 o'clock…

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Left in Tram Valuable Oriental Jewels Detectives Baffled Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 1

Detectives are trying to trace oriental Jewels, belonging to the wife of an Indian doctor. They were it is believed, either…

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Dubbo Unemployed Public Protest Meeting Mooted Over Railway Job Dubbo

National Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 5

Allegations that men employed from Dubbo and the Maryvale to Sandy Hollow railway line and taken from the ranks of the unemployed at…

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Those Curves Motorists Warned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 8

THE N.R.M.A. appeals to drivers to regulate their speeds with care when going round bends…

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Jenolan Caves Railway Was Once Proposed

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

The "Mercury" of October 1118 [?]4, set out the following:--"We have received the following from Mr. Cook (how Sir Joseph), then M.P.[?] for…

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Australia's Motors. Sales, Registrations in 1936 obsolescence increasing

Leader · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

A review by the Dunlop Perdriau Co. of the sales of new cars and motor trucks In Australia for the calendar year 1936 shows that the sales of…

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Road Safety Warning to Drunken Motorists No Special Limit Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

The executive of the Road Safely Conference, reporting to a meeting of the Conference to-night, referred to the allegations which have been…

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Railway Picnic Committee Has to Pay For Granting Concession to Contractor DUBBO

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 5

The Dubbo Railway Committee for Western District No. 5, met at the [?]way and Tramway Institute the [?]crning Mr. P. Coleman, the…

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New [?]S. C[?]t Bridge

Leader · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 4

C[?] Bridge [?] will be interested in the new and highly informative [?] on the come by M[?] A. MIlli[?] from [?] and…

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Hartley Vale Bell to Newnes Road

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 6

The welcome rain which fell last week was the salvation of the water supply, both for stock and domestic purposes, as the supply in dams and…

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