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

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

1,453 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 73

Road Proposal Orange to Mudgee

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 6

Construction of a new road from Orange to Mudgee by converting the shire roads and tracks between Orange and…

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Bathurst-blayney Road Re-construction Work. New Plant for Council

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 1

The Department of Main Rondi informed the Abercrombie Shire Council on Saturday that the completion of the reconstruction of S[?]te Highway…

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Making Trams Pay Union's Scheme SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

Tram and Bus Employees, Union has formulated a scheme to place the services on a payable basis and yield a profit of…

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Railway Staff Changes

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

Recent staff changes as notified by the Lithgow District Superintendent's office, are as follows: I. L. Jones, clerk, Bathurst, to Wallerawang; S…

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Two Dead in King’s Cross—n’castle Train Smash London

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

Two soldiers were killed and five persons injured, when a fast express, bound from King’s Cross to Newcastle, crashed late last…

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Eight Hurt in Smash Truck and Tram Collide SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

Eight people were injured in a collision in Railway Square, Sydney, tonight between a tram and a motor truck…

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Motor Cyclists Will Seek Local Competition Sites

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

The recently revived Orange and District Motor Cycle Club will conduct a social ran this Sunday, which will…

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Condobolin Municipal Council Railway Construction

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

The Con[?] Town and [?] Association’s [?]that north and south be [?] as a railway form Nyngan…

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Floods in North Q'ld. Train Passengers Marooned

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The Inkerman River is 15ft above the railway bridge between Mackay and Townsville and flood waters may be…

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Another City Tram Smash Passengers Have Lucky Escapes

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: in a tram smash at Surry Hills this morning six people were injured and there were some remarkable escapes…

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Police Hide in Truck Alleged Railway Thieves Trapped Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Police investigations into the theft of railway goods between Sydney and Brisbane led last night to the arrest at gun point of two men…

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Big Roads Programme Proposed For Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 5

At yesterday's meeting of Blaxland Shire Council a comprehensive report (which was adopted) by the engineer suggesting the expenditure of £7,000 on concrete roads in Portland--the C.P.C. Company…

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Parliamentary News Racecourse-towac Road

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

Canobolas Shire Council’s request for classification of the Orange - Pinnacle, Racecourse - Towac roads, from Pinnacle to…

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Flyer's Creek Bridge Government Grant of £200

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 6

Government grant of £200 has been made by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) towards the cost of construct…

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Grant of £918 Coolah-Pandora Road Repairs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 17

A Government grant of £918 towards the cost of repairing the Coolah-Pandora Road, as far as its junction with the Waning State…

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Conditions Railway Travelling a Horror

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 13

In an editorial the Bathurst "Times" makes a few comments which will be heartily endorsed by practically every railway…

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Sydney's Ancient Trams

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sydney's oldest trams were 40 years old; the newest 11 years, the Secretary of the Tram Employees Union, Mr. J. Brock, said…

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Alleged Railway Theft Two Men Remanded

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Charged today a Ryde Police Court with stealing four cartons of footwear and one carton of drapery valued at £250 the…

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Railway Interest Burden Commonwealth Bank Can Rescue the Railways

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

The nature and extend of the Railway Interest burden has already been dealt with in two earlier articles, in which it was advocated that the…

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Toll of the Road Three Women Badly Injured

National Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Three women were seriously injured tonight when hey were struck by a car in Yaralla Street Concord…

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