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

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

883 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 45

Turon Shire Road Jobs

National Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Turon Shire Council, Mr. D. Boyd, the acting engineer, reported that work of patching and draining had been…

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Gains on Baltic Front Russians Using Log-made Roads

National Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Along a front of 300 miles from Narva on the Gulf of Finland down to Vitebsk the Red Army is rolling forward into the…

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New Railway By-Laws

National Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A new railway by law gazetted today provides that a person failing to shut and securely fasten a gate at a level crossing shall…

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Cheap Apples But Only for Railwaymen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 8

It has been announced that the Railway District Superintendent's office is making arrangements for the sale of apples to railway…

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Odessa Railway Cut London, Later

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 1

The Russian drive in West Ukraine is progressing with great speed. The line from Lwow to Odessa…

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Railway Staff Changes

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

Following is the latest list of railway staff changes as notified by the District Superintendent's office at Lithgow : W. J. Swift, clerk,…

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Constant Worry Keeping Roads Trafficable

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 1

Lyndhurst Shire Council's Engineer has the worry of looking after the Shire roads. And it seems a worry with not much…

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Further Local Train Guts Possible

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 3

It has been learned from a reliable source that another severe reduction is to be made in the railway time table because of the…

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German Fate Sealed. Vital Railway Cut. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 2

Dramatic news hat arrived from Russia to-night to the effect that the Iwon-Odessa railway was cut by the capture…

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Dramatic Story of Road Accident by Eye-witness

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

When the door of the car in which she was travelling suddenly came unlatched along the Great Western road last night, Miss Alma Waddop…

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Further Train Cuts? Saturday and Sunday Services Affected Disquieting Rumors

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 8

According to rumors flooding the town, further drastic cuts in the Mudgee train service are on the cards. The coal miners, it…

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Chamber of Commerce Railway Matters — Dental Surgeon Sought — New Loading Facilities at Railway to Be Installed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 17

The Gulgong District Chamber of Commerce held, its usual fortnightly meeting in the Town Hall on Tuesday night, February 29…

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Railway Staff Changes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 16

Mr. Vince Adams, who has been junior porter at the Gulgong Railway Station, has been appointed to the relieving staff, and left during…

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Will Not Lease Road

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 10

At a previous meeting of the Molong Municipal Council, a letter was received from Mr. Tom Carney of Thistle Street, with reference to the leasing…

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To-morrow’s Tests. Railway or Nashdale ?

Leader · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 4

Quite an attractive programme of games is set down for to-morrow, hut I do not think there will be any earth shaking happenings. The runners up,…

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Advance on Road to Tokyo. Just Beginning

Leader · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 1

[?] in the Washington [?] that [?] to be [?] by the [?] in the…

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Shocking Railway Accident Man's Foot Severed Caught Under Trucks

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred in the Mudgee railway yards at about 5.15 on Saturday afternoon last, when Mr. Ernest…

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Must Shut Railway Gates

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 6

A new railway by-law recently gazetted provides that any person failing to shut and fasten securely a gate at a level…

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Railway Staff Changes

National Advocate · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

Following is the latest list of railway staff changes as notified by the Lithgow District Superintendent's office: E. Kenemore, clerk…

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Bombers from Italy Strikes at Subs and Na[?] Railways

National Advocate · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday American Liberators flew out from airfields in Italy yesterday to bomb the German sub[?] in to[?] Prance's chief…

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