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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 8 of 103

Road Bullies

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 18

John S. Deuce (Epping): "Motor registration statistics show that there are approximately 181,500 cars and taxis on the roads of N.S.W., & 65,700…

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Mt. Panorama Road

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 2

To survey the possibilities of the new Mt. Panorama scenic road as a speed track for cars a party of representatives from the New South Wales…

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Train Smash Accident at Canterbury Thousands Late for Work Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

Thousands of people were late for work to-day as the result of n remark able train smash at Canterbury during the peak traffic hour…

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Heard in Tramcar

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 20

Mother and little girl sitting just inside, the latter watching very intently an old lady standing on the platform, "waiting to alight," talking…

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Russia's Reckless Motorists

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 13

Reckless motorists will no longer be tolerated in Russia. At Moscow recently five moujiks who ran amok were made to feel thoroughly ashamed of…

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Neilrex Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 5

Good progress is being made by the shire gang on the construction works on the Neilrex road, where it passes through the common. This…

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Bell-oakey Park Road (To the Editor)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 4

Sir,--I thoroughly endorse Mr. Arch Durie's (also the Editor's) remarks which Appeared in Thursday's issue regarding the above road. It is…

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Mr. L. C. Nicholls Tragic Death Former Lithgowite in Road Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

Leslie Claude Nicholls, 42, an instructor in engineering at Collingwood Technical College, Melbourne, and formerly of Lithgow, who was…

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Motor Cycle Trial

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 4

THE Hurstville Motor Cycle Club will hold a 24-hours reliability trial on February 27 and 28, and invites country riders to compete. The…

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Farewell to President. Railway Club Function

Leader · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Manwaring. who left Orange on Saturday for Werris Greek, where Mr. Man[?]aring takes up du[?]es it a position of production in…

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Motor Cycling. Redesigning Track

Leader · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

A paciy of riders and members went out to [?] on Sunday to redesign [?] They hope to make the [?]…

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Best in Australia New Road As Racing Circuit Officials Inspect Mt. Panorama Route

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

The great possibilities of the new Mt. Panorama scenic road, now in the process of formation, as a route for light car races were commented on…

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Railway Picnic Dubbo Committee Busy Dubbo

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

The Dubbo Committee of the Railway Picnic for Western District No. 5 is a busy concern and there was an almost full attendance of members at…

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Bridge Victim Waterloo Council Employee SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

The man who crashed to his death from the Harbor Bridge last night has been identified as Patrick Lawrence Navin an employee of the Waterloo…

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Broke Record British Train Cup of Tea Satisfied Driver

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

When the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company's No. 703 Express drew up at Euston after a world-record breaking journey from…

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Call-up Lithgow Youths Road Work on South Coast

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

The call-up in connection with the selection of 80 unemployed single men from Lithgow to go to Termeil and Towrang (South Coast) took…

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Water Pipe Broken New Road Loss Police Search for Culprits

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

One night last week thousands of gallons of water was wasted when the new pipe line under the Farmer's Creek Bridge in New-road was…

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Railway Passes Institute Exams. Lithgow Candidates Included

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

The following are additional candidates who passed the examinations in subjects shown conducted by the New South Wales Government Railways…

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Sick Payments Railway Fund Employees Receive £752 in Benefits During 1936

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 6

The balance sheet presented at the annual general meeting of Lithgow Railway Employees' Sick and Mutual Benefit Club…

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Help for the Motorists Running in the New Car--5

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 6

In my previous note I indicated the method of using "Oildag" as an addition to the ordinary oil lubricants and to petrol for running-in the new…

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