Wyaldra Shire Roads £8587 ALLOCATED Programme for Year Bitumen Surface: £4000
THE main and trunk roads programme mapped out by Wyaldra Shire Council for the current year is as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,583 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 80
Dunedoo District News Dunedoo In 1940 Steady Progress In Town and District Water Supply: New Bridge Recognised Stock Selling Centre
DUNEDOO, the little-big town which occupies pride of place in the wheat belt and agricultural district—the town which because…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident : Brake Van and Truck Damaged
During shunting operations in the perway section of the Bathurst railways early yesterday morning a brake-van and a truck overran a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Trucks Catch Fire Two Totally Destroyed Large Quantity of Goods Burned Brogan's Creek Sensation
AN unusual fire entailing considerable loss occurred at Brogan's Creek, on the Mudgee line, when two trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Atheist Caused Stir in Court And Embarrassment for Railway Detective
A MAN named Ronald Elliott, who openly professed to be an atheist, caused a stir in the Junto Police Court. His…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Real White Elephant a N.S.W. Railway
THE classic example of a nonpaying country railway line in this State is that between Booyong and Bailina, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Notes New Safety Device
THE production oF the modern car, and truck has reached the stage where the safety of the occupants depends almost entirely, on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cycle Again Two Injured At Penrith SYDNEY, This Afternoon
When a motor cycle rider, Reginald White (22), and his passenger, Bessie Jones (14), who was riding pillion, were thrown to the roadway at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Prices Move To Prevent Excessive Increase CANBERRA
Because a number of agents have announced that motor car prices will shortly rise, the Commonwealth Prices Commission is investigating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rocked In The Cradle Of The Dole the Government and the Mudgee Main Road We Ask for Tar and They Give Us Bricks Dusty Unfinished Work and Costly Maintenance
DETAILS of the latest brain-wave of the State Government in connection with the Mudgee-Lidsdale Road have already appeared in the "Guardian." In order to take unskilled men off the dole it is proposed to do only earth and rock work…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Road Toll Grows In Country
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to Judge that the mileage , travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Faulty Cars Are Kept Off Roads SYDNEY, This Afternoon
The Commissioner for Road Transport, (Mr. C. N. Neale) revealed to-day that a total of 13,430 motor vehicles failed to pass compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tea Interval For Road Workers Makes for Increased Efficiency Sydney, This Afternoon
According to the secretary of the United Laborers' Union (Mr. McNamara, M.L.C.), workers on Main Road Department jobs, who have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Motorist. Spotlights on Car
The subject of nuking automobile ch[?]ses and engines In Australia [?] been much In the limelight during recent weeks, and as various…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Accident
When the Morris 8/40 saloon car driven and owned by Mr. J. Reidy, of Wellington, skidded in loose gravel on the approach to the Bell River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Toll Grows In Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that the mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the St[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist's Mishap. Light Utility Truck Wrecked
At about one o'clock on Tuesday the Morris 8/40 utility truck in which Mr. A. J. Rogers, of Kogarah, was en route for Trangie, left the road on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Institute Dance
Old and new vogue dancers are assured of an excellent night of entertainment at the Railway Institute Social Club dance to-night on a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Other News in Brief. Family Killed by Train
BRISBANE. Sunday [?] [?] and their [?] [?] were killed [?] car colluded with a [?]…
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