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

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

1,389 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 70

Rest of the News in Brief .... Severe Tremor Hit Golden Gate Bridge

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.— Rocks rolled down Telegraph Hill and the main 4,200-foot span of the famous…

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Duplicate Main Or Install Booster Railway's Advice to Molong Council

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

The Department of Railways considers that duplication of the existing main, or the installation of a booster pump would overcome Molong's water supply problem…

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Motor Races on Easter Monday?

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 6

There is still a slight chance that the Australian Sporting Car Club will conduct races at Mt. Panorama on Easter Monday…

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Motor Traffic Cases S.M's Warning to Cyclists

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

"I had previously said that I would take a serious view of this particular nuisance when there were a batch of prosecutions before the…

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Special Train

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

The Bathurst EWA will charter a special train to Katoomba tomorrow The Bathurst branch will play Lighgow the annual cricket match…

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Bad Roads Complaints to Abercrombie Shire

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 6

"As the tomato and cauliflower season is just about to start, I would like to sec something done to this road as soon as possible,"…

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Bad Roads Rain Damage in Turon Shire

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 1

Recent rains in the Turon Shire Council's area has caused havoc on the roads Notice of bad condition of roads was brought before Councillors…

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Officers for Road Safety Council

Central Western Daily · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

Keen interest was shown by those who attended a public meeting in the Memorial Hall on Thursday night to…

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Obsolete Railway Service: Big Protest Planned Mudgee Council Discusses Aerodrome and Sports Ground Proposals

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 3

Mr. McGirr State Premier, wrote to last Monday night's meeting of Mudgee Council acknowledging receipt of a protest regarding the unsatisfactory train service on the Mudgee line and stating that the matter was receiving consideration…

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Leg Severed in Motor Cycle Crash Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

A young man had his right leg cut off yesterday in an unusual motor cycle accident. He is John Simpson, 23 of London…

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Motor-cycle Skids

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

When a motor-cycle skidded and left the road on River Lett hill on Saturday morning, the pillion passenger, Miss Ruth Purnell, of 16…

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Many Changed in Cricket Competition Blayney; Railway Share Lead

Central Western Daily · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 8

Blayney and Railway share the lead in the A grade cricket competition after Saturday’s round, in which the only surprise was the easy defeat of Nashdale by West End…

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Complaints of Rabbits on Shire Roads

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 2

The restrictions imposed by the Federal Government on the necessary equipment to fight the rabbit plague would make it appear that the Government was preparing a golden age for the rabbit,…

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Motor Cyclists Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 2

Const. R. F. Smith told Mr. Dash, S.M., at Bathurst Court yesterday how last January 6 he was on traffic duty on his motor cycle. As the Court…

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Aged Witness Upset Motor Cycle and Truck Collide Young Rider Charged at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 1

At the Intersection of Queen, Rocket and Bent Streets, Bathurst, on January 3. shortly after lunch, there was a collision…

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Maintenance of Roads Bridge Survey In Boree Shire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 9

The Main Roads designing bridge engineer inspected the Boree Creek bridge at Cudal last month, the shire…

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Repairs to Bridge

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 9

In a letter to the Boree Council meeting on Monday, Canowindra Chamber of Commerce asked that the…

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Carcoar Goods Stolen From Bridge Store

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 2

When Mr. I. G. Sinclair opened his general store for business on Friday morning he found that it had been burgled…

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Nurse Murdered on Train Lahore

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 4

The body of a 35 years old London nurse, Elsie Williams, was found with stab wounds in a compartment of the Karachi-Lahore night mail train…

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Dangerous Bridge Wear Lyndhurst. Heavy Lorry Could Go Through It?

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 2

A bridge on file road to Mr. F. K. Bardsley's property, near Lyndhurst, is in a dangerous state and liable to collapse under a heavy…

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