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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 14 of 77

Unsettled Victorian Tram Strike

National Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Thursday: The Victorian Tramways Board has asked the Arbitration Court to deregister the Tramways Union…

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Orange Motor Cycle Fatality "Machine Doing 80 m.p.h."

National Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

ORANGE, Thursday: At an inquest at Orange today on two youths who were killed in a motor cycle accident on the Orange-Bathurst Road last…

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Speeding at 80 Miles an Hour Inquiry On Motor Cycle Deaths

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Two youths who were fatally injured in a motor cycle accident last Saturday were told by a man at the hotel at Luck now they should “lay off” riding the machine if they “did not feel too…

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Life Ban on Motorist Brisbane Fatality

National Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE. Friday: A Queensland judge, Mr. Justice Matthews, today cancelled for life a driving licence of a man found guilty of dangerous…

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Gaol for Motorist Sequel to Fatal Smash

National Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: A drunken motorist who had a car accident in which a passenger was killed, was sentenced to three years…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Central Western Daily · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 2

Orange police said yesterday that Robert Cummings, 18, of 170 Anson Street, who was fatally injured in a motor cycle…

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General News Sunday Train

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2

The Sunday afternoon train from Bathurst to Sydney was again well patronised yesterday afternoon. A total of approximately 200 passengers…

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Six Killed When Train Hits Car

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

CEDARVILLE (Ohio), Sunday .— Father and three of his five children were killed when a goods train smashed into their…

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Still Going Melbourne Tram Strike Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

THERE is still sign of a settlement in the 11- day-old Melbourne team strike The Premier (Mr. Hollway) has…

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Two Killed Motor Cycle Again

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

WARREN, Sunday: Athol Coops (18), and John O'Neil (18), were killed last night when a motor cycle they weer riding collided with a motor car…

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British Motor Industry Now Leading in Vehicle Exports London

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

The British motor industry, already the world's biggest exporter of motor cars, has now become the largest single supplier of both cars and…

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Motor Cycle Suspension New Developments London

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2

A new type of front and rear rubber suspension for motor cycles which, gives an improved damping, tractive effort and braking was recently…

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Railway Will Pay X-ray Fees

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

Although arrangements are being made by factories and private concerns to have their, employees X-rayed for tuberculosis…

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Diggers Grip On Cricket Final Against Railway Seven Wickets To J. Manuel

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 8

Collapsing for 87 runs on a rain-damaged wicket, Railway seems certain defeat by Diggers in the final of the Orange first grade cricket competition. Diggers has a lead of 51 runs,…

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General News Shire Roads

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

Abercrombie Shire engineer, Mr. R. C. Cox, staled yesterday that he had received no complaints regarding damage occasioned to roads in his area…

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Melbourne Tram Strike Men Obtain Other Work

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: More than half of the 4700 tramway employees who struck 10 days ago, when they refused a wage increase of £1 a week, are…

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Another Fatal Motor Cycle Accident Forbes Man Killed

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

FORBES, Monday Twenty-one-year-old Jack Johnson of Forbes, was killed instantly early this morning on the Parkes road near Forbes when…

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Railway Activities Big Increase in Passengers

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Garside, has presented to the Minister for Transport his report of the operations of the…

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Fined for Joyride on Motor Cycle

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

A young man pleaded guilty at Orange Court yesterday to a charge of joy riding on a motor cycle. He was charged with taking and using the machine…

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Drovers To Control Travelling Stock On Certain Roads

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 3

Drovers travelling stock along a highway are not lawfully required to employ a person in front of the stock in warn…

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