British Record Motor Car Output
LONDON, Sunday: Nearly 800,000 vehicles were produced in 1950 by Britain's "Big Six"—Austin, Ford, Nuffields, Standard, Rootes and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,233 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 62
Road Toll 34 Deaths This Month
SYDNEY, Monday: Thirty-four people have been killed in road accidents this month—a record for the month of January…
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WECT WYALONG, Monday: Two motor cyclists who struck a rabbit on a country road near here were admitted to the West Wyalong…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A motor mechanic arrested while allegedly under the influence of liquor, was told by Mr. Solling. SM. in Paddington Court…
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SYDNEY, Monday: In future the speed on motor cycle may be reduced to sale running. The Premier (Mr. McGilr), when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1,184,000 To Be Spent On Rural Roads
SYDNEY, Tuesday, Prime Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. J. J. Cahill, has allotted a sum of £1,184,000 for expenditure on rural roads apart from main roads, he announced tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Korea: US Troops In Clash At Vital Road Hub
TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter).—American 7th Division elements and other Allied troops fought against suddenly-aggressive North Koreans in the south-east flank sector near Yongwol yesterday. It was the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle and Car Collide in Heavy Rain
Heavy rain contributed to a road accident yesterday afternoon, when a new motor cycle, owned by an S.A.F. apprentice,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rejection of Main Claims by Railway Unions
MELBOURNE, This Afternoon. The main claims by the A.R.U. and A.F.U.L.E. for passive time and overtime after eight hours,…
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MADRID, Wednesday: Seventeen people, including four children, were killed and 28 were injured 10 seriously when the Valencia-Barc[?]…
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Six special trains will be chartered to carry railwaymen and their families to the annual Western Railway pionic at Dubbo on February 19. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Official Farewelled Bathurst Function
Chief Clerk of the Bathurst Railway Goods shed (Mr. Viv. Edwards) has retired after 45 years service with the Department. For the past 35…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dirty Trick on Motorists
Police in Rome are using large spray pistols against traffic light crashers and other non-stop motorists. The pistols eject a thick stream…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →lllegally Used Two Motor Cycles, Gets 6 Months’ Gaol
A 21-year-old Sydney laborer, who police say broke into three Orange shops and later converted two motor cycles, was yesterday sentenced to six months’ gaol at Orange Court…
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Wet weather and treacherous road conditions--a motorist's chief hazard--resulted in two accidents within the Lithgow…
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MADRID, Thursday,— Seventeen people, including lour children, were killed and 28 were injured, 10 seriously; when the…
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Two men are dead and five others injured, two seriously, as the result of a truck overturning on the Orange-Bathurst road shortly after 4 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chamber Again Takes Up Bank Street Railway Crossing Question
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) will be asked by Molong Chamber of Commerce, when he will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manildra News Farewell To Railwayman After 17 Years Service
After 17 years service with the Railway Department, Mr. Stan Knight has resigned from the permanent way branch to which he was attached at Manildra. He and his son have embarked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orange Road, Smash
It was reported at Orange last night that the police there had not so for been able to positively identify the two men who were killed in a truck…
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