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

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,399 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 70

Volunteers Train on Golf Course

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 7

Because of the prolific growth of weeds on the local recreation ground, where members of the local Volunteer Defence Corps usually…

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Strategic Road Good Progress Being Made

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 3

Five hundred relief workers are engaged on the construction of the strategic road from Kurrajong to Bowenfels, via Bell and Lithgow…

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A Road Idyll "Spots Before the Eyes"

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 10

COME with me in my merry motor car and witness some of the highlights of the open road. The trip from Sydney to Mudgee…

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The Motorist's Corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes Who Learned to Drive

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 5

When you have held clean licences in six different countries over a period of twenty years, you are apt to hang around in the offing when…

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American Motor Imports to Be Cut

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Minister for Custom, (Mr. Harrison) to-day announced large reductions in the number of motor car and truck…

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New Parking Rules at Bathurst Railway Station

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 5

In a drive to reduce traffic breaches, Bathurst police have formulated new parking regulations at the local railway…

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Saturday's Road Racing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

BOTH Mudgee Bicycle Clubs ran off road races on Saturday afternoon with Mr. Sam Arnold's Paragon Hotel the starting and finishing…

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Cycling Allsop's Road Race

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 4

Lithgow Cycle Club conducted a race from Lean's garage, Main-street West, to Middle River and return--10 12 miles--on Saturday. A. Allsop…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

Steve White, a militia trance of Walgrove camp, and Mary Enright, a young woman residing at Penrith, were killed to-day in…

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Rylstone Shire Council Serious Damage by Floods Culvert and Bridge Matters

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 4

AT last meeting of the Rylstone Shire Council there were present: Councillors W. R. Darton (president, in the chair). J. Neale…

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Injured Motorist Robbed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 1

WHILE a motorist was being admitted to Lithgow Hospital suffering from injuries, his overturned car on the Lidsdale-Cullan Bullen…

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Friday Passenger Tram Restored

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

AN agitation has been proceeding locally for the restoration of the regular passenger train from Sydney to Mudgee on Fridays, which…

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Motor Cyclist Victim of Hit-run Driver

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

An injured motor-cyclist, an apparent victim of a hit-run driver, was discovered in an unconscious condition at one o'clock this morning…

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Four Motor Lorries Destroyed In Last Night's Fire. Splendid Save By Brigade At Produce Store

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

Lithgow Co-operative Society's bulk produce store in Vale-road was damaged by fire last night, when four motor lorries were destroyed, as well…

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Improvement Works On Shire Roads Stopped

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 6

Department of Main Roads has informed the Abercrombie Shire Council that no improvement works can be carried to trunk…

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Gates On Shire Roads Policy Re-Considered

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 1

Abercrombie Shire Council has decided to reconsider its policy [?] connection with [?] on orads in the shire, providing by-parses for…

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Police Find Bathurst Man Hurt on Road

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 3

Relieved to have been knocked from his motor cycle by a lorry which did not stop. Allan Shipley (22), of Keppel Street…

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Toll of the Road Two Evils in Acidents

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 6

Research into road ancients shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the State but to the…

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Police Trucks Are "A Catch," Said Speeding Motorist

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 2

Robert James Cuming, of Burwood, drove his car down Stewart-street, Bathurst on December 27, at a speed of 40 miles an hour for half a mile…

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