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

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

2,061 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 104

Be Careful Warning to Motorists

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

MOTORISTS using the Great Western Highway should exercise particular care at two points between Sydney and Bathurst,…

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Avoided Train Fare Police Court Conviction

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

Charged with travelling' on the train from Bathurst to Carcoar without paying her fare and attempting to avoid payment, a young married…

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Two Injured Bathurstian and Visitor Cars Collide on Blayney Road

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

A woman was admitted to the Bathurst District Hospital yesterday, afternoon, and two men received medical treatment as the result of a…

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Motor Bodies Amazing Progress

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

One of the amazing things about modern industry is the manner in which research, development and progress bring into being new industries,…

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Motor Truck Industry a Remarkable Increase

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

Evidence of the increasing use of the motor track in industry and agriculture in Australia is the fact that more than 20,000 new trucks are…

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Railway Gardens Bathurst a Prize Winner Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

The Railway Department tonight announced the prize winners of the railway gardens competition, which is conducted annually…

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Railway Picnic "[?] Holiday at Dubbo Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

The application of the railway picnic committee for a half-holiday on March 14 when the annual [?] for Western District No, 5 will be hold at…

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Motorist Makes Speed Bet With Judge New York

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

Carl Becher, a motorist, was summoned at Trenton, New Jersey, for speeding. The police evidence was that he had…

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Bombard All Roads Invaders' Intention Hong Kong

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

The Japanese informer the British Ambassador in Toiko the it is their intention to keep the roads from the border to the new territories and from…

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Portland-' Wang Road the Bitumen Surface Long Time Yet

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

At yesterday's meeting of the Blaxland Shire Council the question of bitumen surfacing the Portland-Wallerawang road was raised by Cr. L…

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North Coast Floods Train "Missing" No Danger Apprehended Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

The Murwillumbah passenger train which left Casino at 3.5 yesterday afternoon, and should have reached The Risk, 14 miles from the…

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Car Races Road Being Widened Council's Decision Revealed Panorama Negotiations

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Stated to be very pleased with the Mount Panorama road, which it considers will be one of the best racing tracks in the world, the New South…

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Train Lost In North Coast Floods Man Swept to Death Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

THE Sydney-Murwillumbah passenger train, which left Casino at 3.5 yesterday afternoon, and should have reached…

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Railway Picnic Half Holiday at Dubbo Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

The application of the Railway Picnic Committee for a half-holiday on March 14, when the annual picnic for Western District No. 5 will be held at…

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In Germany N.S.W. Railway Orders Placed Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

Orders for stel and equipment for Die new railway rolling stock have beean placed in the United State, and Germany, as well as in Australia…

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Railway Statistics

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 7

Following are returns made available at Dunedoo railway station for the year ended 1937: Goods revenue £4417, total revenue £5797;…

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No Railways For Northern Territory CANBERRA

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

THE recommendation of the Payne committee that new railways should be built in North Australia is unlikely to…

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Motor Notes Altering the Face of the Earth

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 16

FIFTY-THREE Bedford trucks are engaged upon the task of moving within 12 months nearly a million tons of slag alone, in one…

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Motor Smash Man's Foot Amputated

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 15

RONALD Pulbrook (21) was so severely injured in an accident at Wellington on Sunday that it was found necessary,…

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Miraculous Escape Mr. V. J. Scully in Motor Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 8

WHILE holidaying at Palm Beach during the festive season, Mr V. J. Scully, the well known district auctioneer, was involved in a…

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