Shire Roads
Turon Shire Council has done a remarkably good job on many mads in its area following the flood rains of last year. The continuous wet weather…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,233 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 62
Landslide Holds Up Northern Train Traffic
SYDNEY, Sunday: Rail traffic on the main northern line in N.S.W. has been held up since yesterday following a landslide which derailed part of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Two men were killed in road accidents over the New Year week-end. Peter McDonald (19), of Goldsmith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big New Road Programme
LONDON, Sunday: Britain has a big new road programme ready to be started as soon as circumstances permit. The number of vehicles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Year Drive for Road Safety
1950, with a record number killed on the roads, was a tragic year, not only in New South Wales, but in practically every other country. The appalling position existing, however, is nor a matter for despair— it is a challenge to civilisation to conquer the…
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Today : ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY: 4 a.m., to Coonamble; 4.25 a.m., to Forbes and Broken Hill; 5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle in Collision
A motor cycle and a utility truck collided in Paisley Street near the Railway Hotel at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Ghost" Train Scares Travellers
LONDON, Tuesday. -- A railway staff and travellers on the platform of three London stations stared in amazement last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Road Accidents In Holiday Period
A Sydney man and his two daughters were admitted to Lithgow hospital last night after the car in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Road Toll 627 Deaths Last Year
SYDNEY. Monday: Death toll of the roads in N.S.W. during 1950 was 627, the highest in the history of the State, being 39 more than the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Injured
Falling from his motor cycle on the Orange Road, about 16 miles west of Bathurst, at 11.45 yesterday morning, Desmond Marshall (23), of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Champion Motorcyclist Revisits Lithgow
A visitor to Lithgow over the holidays is that former outstanding motor cycle rider John Hutchison, who is the guest of his brother, W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Arrested After Seizure of Motor Parts
Police arrested a man at Parramatta yesterday and charged him with receiving a Bedford engine, wheels and other motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Presses Will Cut Out Aeroplane Wing
DAYTON, Ohio, Wednesday.-- A contract for the construction of two of the largest and heaviest hydraulic presses ever devised has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Runaway Train London Incident
LONDON. Tuesday: Railway staff and travellers on the platforms of three London stations stared in amazement last night when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1950 “Year of Violence on Roads”
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— 1950 was a year of unparalleled violence on the roads, road Transport…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: 1950 was a year of unparalleled violence on the roads. Road Transport Commissioner (Mr. A. A. Shoebridge) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taxi—motor Cycles Collide
A Bathurst taxi and two motor cycles were involved in a collision in Durham Street [?] 55 yesterday afternoon. No person was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A motor cyclist broke his right arm when he collided with a utility truck on the Great Western Highway, 18 miles east of Bathurst at about 11.30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints for Safety on the Roads Pedestrians
In 1949 there were 43 persons killed and 589 persons injured in N.S.W as a result of walking across the roadway without due…
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