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

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

1,532 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 77

Motor Car Accessories Factory For Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 4

Formerly an ash tip overgrown with blackberry bushes, Genders Garage, near the Drill Hall in Sandford-avenue, has been sold to an English firm of manufacturers for an undisclosed sum…

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No Change Likely on Site of Aerodrome

Central Western Daily · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

Orange City Council is not likely to be influenced by a deputation, formed from councils to the west of…

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Rabbits on the Road

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3

Mr. G. A. Dunn, Trustee Estate C. W. Durack. "Rainville," Locksley, wrote in yesterday's meeting of the Bathurst p.p. Board, drawing Board's…

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General News Blackberries on Road

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 2

Blaxland Shire Council advised yesterday's meeting of the Bathurst P.P. Board that blackberries on the Meadow Flat. Portland Road will be treated in…

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Fell Under Train Orange Man's Shocking Injuries

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3

MOLONG, Friday: A railway signal man, Clarence Rogers. (24). received shocking Injuries when he fell under a goods train at Gamboola siding near…

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Run Down by Goods Train Man Loses Leg and Hand Condition Critical

Central Western Daily · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

MOLONG, Friday. —A railway signalman, Clarence Norman Rogers, 23, of sale Street, Orange,…

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Railway Robberies Heavy Losses

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Mention of the last that thieving of goods in trans[?] the railways involved the department in the loss of £30[?],000 a year…

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Motor Cycle Again Youth Killed — Brother Severely Injured

National Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

ORANGE, Sunday: Donald Bradman McCarthy (19) Pitcher Street. Millthorpe. was killed instantly. when a motor cycle smashed into a…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

Falling from has motor cycle near the over-head bridge, South Bathurst shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday. Jack Esleigh of Oberon suffered a severe…

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Deathroll Increases in Us Railway Smash Mangled Bodies In Wreckage

Central Western Daily · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK Sunday. —Hospital authorities said last night that they feared the death-roll would rise to 34 in the Long Island railway collision on Friday night…

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Rain Causes Heavy Damage to Roads

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

COONABARABRAN. Monday. Although high rainfall this year has put farmlands in a good condition it has caused tremendous damage to country…

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Driver Of Train To Be Charged

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.— Motor man Jacob Kiefer must bear the sole blame for Friday night’s train…

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Railwayman's Win

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: While railway employee Mr. Ken Donn (52) was being told thin he had won first prize of £6000 in today's lottery he received an…

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Railway Men’s Pensions

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

Mr. Charles Cutler, MLA for Orange, said yesterday that present and retired railway officers were wondering what was to…

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Motor Cyclist Fined for Riding Under Influence Rode To Station

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

A Orange Court yesterday Mr. W. K. Smith, S.M., fined a man £6 for riding a motor cycle while…

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Remand for Train Driver

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.— An electric train driver, Jacob Kiefer, has been remanded until March 6 on 10,000 dollars ball…

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Man's Instant Death in Motor Cycle Crash Brother Badly Hurt

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

A man with a broken leg lay for eight hours in the rain, within a few feet of his dead brother, when a motor cycle crashed into a telegraph pole on the Spring Hill-Millthorpe Road on Friday night…

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"Those Frosty Highlands Around Caccoar" Railway Department's Explanation Regarding Sleeping Berths. (To the Editor)

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 5

With reference to the article healded "Those Frosty Highlands Around Carcoar" which appeared in your issue of the 1st inst., regarding the time…

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Tram Trouble Strike in Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday Tramway track maintenance men walked off the job in Melbourne today. Later by a 3 to 1 ma[?] they…

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Seaport and Railway Decision by State Cabinet

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: State Cabinet today made two decisions affecting the development of northern and northern western NSD…

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