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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 4 of 77

Two Injured in Road Crash

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 3

PEAK HILL, Wednesday: Two men were injured on the Peak Hill road, 17 miles from Dubbo when a truck and semi-trailer overturned. The…

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Wife of M.H.R. in Road Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 20

Mrs. W. C. Wentworth. sister-in-law of Mr. G. N. Wentworth, of "Kanoona," Leadville, and wife of the newly elected M.H.R. for…

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Horse and Cart on Motor Truck

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 20

People of Dunedoo were interested one day last week, when the unusual sight was presented, of a motor truck passing through town…

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Switch Gear and Motors Damaged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 19

The electric switch gear and motors at the Coolah Shire baths were badly damaged, by fire on Thursday afternoon last…

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Railway Weighbridge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 16

Recently, the Gulgong branch of the Wheatgrowers' Union of New South Wales drew the attention of the Railway Department to the…

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Boy's Death at Forbes Motorist for Trial

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2

FORBES, Wednesday: A Jemalong soldier settler, John Bollard, has been committed for trial for the manslaughter of 10-years-old John…

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Motor Firm's Big Profit New York

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 6

General Motors Corporation, motor, vehicle manufacturing firm, has had a successful trading year. The chairman (Mr. Alfred Sloan)…

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Railwaymen's Golden Tribute To "Lady Marjorie"

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 5

Local railwaymen paid a spontaneous tribute to star sprinter Marjorie Jackson-- aptly described as a real lady-- when they presented her with an inscribed gold wristlet watch at an informal little gathering held in the Loco…

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Motorists Fined Following Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 5

The sequel to a collision on the Mudgee-road, Lidsdale, on September 7, 1949, as a result of which one passenger died, came up in Lithgow…

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Reds Attempt on Railway

Central Western Daily · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday (A. A.P.-Reuter).—Communist forces, together with Irregulars, are attending to cur the India China…

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Road Casualties Greater Than War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Few, people realised that road casualties between 1943 and 1949 were 51 percent greater than Australian active…

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Attack on Woman Train Assault SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

Police think a man who attacked a woman in the Brisbane mail near Greta last night, forcing her to jump from the train, was picked up by a…

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Ordeal Of Girl From Orange On Mail Train

Central Western Daily · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

Miss Coral McLachlan, who jumped from a fast moving train on Wednesday night was employed at the…

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Manildra Road to Be Tar-surfaced Work To Cost £10,000

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

Boree Shire Council decided on Monday to tar surface the Manildra-Parkes road from Manildra to Meranburn, a distance of about…

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Cumnock Chronicle Cumnock Wheat Receival Totals 77,000 BAGS Railway Trucks Remove Some Wheat

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 7

A total of 77,787 bags of wheat had been received at Cumnock Stacks and silos up till last Saturday, Cumnock Station Master A…

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Turon Shire Roads Requests by Ratepayers Main Roads Proclamation Sought

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

The Hill End Progress Association wrote to the Turon Shire yesterday advising that they had written to their local Member, Mr. W. F. Dunn,…

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Road Sign Application

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

At a meeting of the Turon Shire Council yesterday, councillors supported an application by the Bathurst Chamber of Commerce for the…

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Road Closure Proposed Request to Turon Council

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

The Turon Shire Council is to seek the advice of the Shires Association concerning an application received at a meeting yesterday from the…

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Air Survey of Road Route Mudgee To Orange

Central Western Daily · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 12

The country through which the proposed Orange-Madgee Rd. will pass had already been photograph from the air and the…

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Railway Football Club "Smoko"

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

All members of Railway Football Club are reminded that the blazer presentation "smoko" will be held at the Railway Institute tonight,…

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