Eugowra A.t.c. Parade at Payten's Bridge
The Air Trailing Corps was active over the week, when a parade was held at Payten's Bridge (Eugowra's Bondi). Principal features were the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1945
980 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 49
Britain's Railways Go To War
While the White Paper on the United Kingdom war effort shows a great increase in the "normal" activities of Britain's railways in wartime (10 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Instal Electric Motor Pump
Owing to the heavy demand for water from the local town supply, the Shire Council intends installing an electric motor pump in place of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shire Road Jobs
At the meeting of Turon Shire Council yesterday, the shire clerk (Mr. Boyd) presented the engineer's report is follows: Pipe culvert at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World Where is Road Safety Council?
In view of the steady growth in motor traffic. and the consequent increase in traffic hazards. the NRMA asks that the NSW Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gelignite in Bridge MELBOURNE
Receiving reports that children were playing with gelignite near a railway bridge, detectives visited the spot and found 84 plugs of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed By Train BLAYNEY
A young man named Kevin Bruce Price, of Spring Hill, was run down by a train in Blayney railway yards and fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Train Accident Man Run Over at Blayney
Kevin Bruce Price (19), a farm worker of Spring Hill, died in hospital at Orange yesterday morning following his being run over by a train to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Road Jobs Tenders Accepted by Abercrombie Shire
Two important road jobs are to be carried out in Abercromble Shire Council. One is the resurfacing of 15 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Trams on 27th SYDNEY
Tramway employees at a mass meeting decided by a two to one majority., not to operate trams or buses under Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Washaways on Railway. General Rain Coming Sydney, This Afternoon
Some train services have been interrupted by washaways following the general heavy rain. The Silver City Comet, running…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Few Fatal Road Accidents
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Death toll by read accident during Christmas-New Year period was only eight persons, the lowest on record for the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Rail Accident Tricycle Struck by Train at Lithgow
LITHGOW, Tuesday: James McDermott. of Mudgee, received fatal Injuries when the motor tricycle on which he was riding was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burma China Road Soon to Open Chungking
United Press says that a patrol from the Chinese First Army in northern Burma has linked up with the units of the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier's Death After Road Accident Evidence at Bathurst Inquest
An inquest was opened at Bathurst yesterday on Phillip Keitch Dillon, a Soldier, who died from injuries received in an accident on the Peel-road near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man’s Legs Cut Off. Fatality at Blayney Railway
At briefly reported on Monday, a Spring Hill farm laborer, Kevin Brace Price, lost his life by being run over by a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wolaroi Eight Points! Banks Win; Railway and Mental Fail
The initial games in the second round, concluded on Saturday, were full of thrills and shocks, with some consequent re-shuffling in the top…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orange Court. Monday. (Before Mr. Meagher, P.M.). Stole Motor Parts
James Lovett, laborer, pleaded not guilty to having stolen a number of motor parts, the property of A. Devenish, of Stuart Town…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World Records in Model Aeroplane Contest
NEW YORK, Wednesday: World records were shattered in at least one and possibly three model plane contests at Akron (Ohio) as hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Troubles Train Jumping and Pilfering SYDNEY
The Railway Department is keeping up its unending fight against train-jumpers, whose numbers have increased…
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