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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 8 of 104

Millthorpe News. Week-End Road Races

Leader · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

Orange riders were successful when the [?] Sunday afternoon programme was held by the Millthorpe Cycling Club yesterday…

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Crossing Smash Car Carried Across Bridge Three Adults Killed; Children Hurt ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 4

Three adults, were killed and two children injured in a level crossing smash at Strathalbyn to-day. Before the train could be stopped…

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Lithgow-longreach Road Route Not Approved By M.R.B. Delegates Display Great Enthusiasm

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 1

Mr. H. H. Newell, Commissioner for Main Roads, informed more than 200 delegates to a conference organised by the…

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Hit and Run Motor Cyclist Killed Jammed Against Post Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

Police are seeking the driver of a car which crashed into a motor cycle last night and fatally injured the rider, Michael Robert Andrews, 37, of…

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Two Injured Tram Derailed Busy Night For Ambulance SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 3

When a tram left the rails in the city last night, the cow-catcher was torn off, forced through the carriage floorboards, and broke a woman…

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Cyclonic Storm Sydney's Heavy Floods Families in Danger Trains and Trams Derailed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday 2 p.m. ONE of the most terrific rain storms for many years swept the metropolitan area this…

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About a Dog Claim Against Motorist

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 6

A CASE of considerable interest to motorists and the public Generally was decided at the Waaga Police Court when Mr. J. A. Harris…

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Tram Passenger Injured Traffic Jam Delays Thousands. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

The tram traffic was held up in the [?] last night when a tram was [?] at the corner of [?] Streets and thousands,…

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Callous Motorist. Kills Man but Drives On. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

After a collision between [?] motor car and a motor cycle at [?] last night, the driver of the car proceeded [?] his…

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Injured Motor Cyclist Improving

Leader · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

Improvement is reported in the condition of [?] [?] Street, who was seriously injured when his machine met a large…

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Latest News in Brief. Motorist Dies at Wheel

Leader · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 3

ARMIDALE. Sunday.— [?] [?] died at the [?] of his [?] on Friday [?] and the [?]…

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The Motor World Interesting Items Tarred Roads And Drinking Water

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Sir Stenson Cooke, one of the outstanding administrative heads of organised motoring in Great Britain, is now on his way to Australia. Sir…

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Used Cars Problem for Australia Huge Tax on Motorists

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Recently, it was cabled from America that President Roosevelt had conferred with the leaders of that country's huge automobile industry, as to…

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Boy Electrocuted Experimenting with Motor Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 5

Harold Harslett, 15, was electrocuted to-day in a garage at the rear of his home in Kogarah Bay. He was experimenting with a motor when the…

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Australia's Motor Industry Big Trading in 1937. Record Truck Sales

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 4

The Australian automobile [?] in 1937 had its best year [?] peak sales of 1928 and 1929 [?]ing to figures issued by the [?]…

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All-glass Train

Leader · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

[?] all-glass train [?] [?] Lancashire [?] which [?] to show the [?] of glase [?] [?] has startest [?]…

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Train Under Way. Later

Leader · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

The Sydney to Brisbane train was able to proceed after a live hours' delay. There was a wash-out at Dorrigo…

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Floods in North. Rain Gauge Overflows. Train Service Disarranged. GRAFTON

Leader · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

Swollen by heavy rain, the North Coast riven are rising at a rate that in causing anxiety. The rainfall at Glenreagh and…

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Road Death Murder Alleged Man Charged with Running Cyclist Down Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

At the Redfern Court to-day Frederick William Grey, a motor driver, was charged with having on January 29. at Mascot maliciously murdered…

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Poor Motorist First Offence in 30 YEARS

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

Claiming to be the first woman licensed driver in Surrey, Mrs. Julie Dixon Hine, of Dorking, was fined £1 at Winchester the other day for…

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