15 KILLED Bus Strikes Tram
SAN CALVADORE, Sunday: In the city, of San Salvadore, Brazil, yesterday, 15 passengers in a bus were burnt 10 death after the vehicle capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1952
1,295 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 65
1800 Killed in Motor Accidents Australian Road Toll
SYDNEY, Monday: Nearly 1800 people were killed in road accidents in Australia in 1951. In three States, NSW, Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blazing Roads Fail to Halt Enraged Jews
JERUSALEM, Tuesday. -- Police flooded roads with petrol and set them ablaze last night to keep back 10,000 Jews marching on Parliament and shouting: "No truck with Hitler's heirs."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Found With Wrists Slashed Army Police As Patrols Road Safety Proposal
SYDNEY, Monday: A 52-year-old truck driver arrested at Balmain last night on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor, and SYDNEY, Monday: Military police, if properly trained and given authority would be of invaluable assistance to the State police in road safety, NRMA…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Costly Escapade Three Years Suspension Bathurst Motorcyclists Lose Licence
A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were each disqualified from holding a licence for three years by Mr. Tunchon, S.M., at Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trammies' Huge Demands
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A new log of claims for increased pay and a 35 instead of a 40- hour week will be placed before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Fined £27 On Four Charges
A 27-year-old Orange labourer who rode a motor cycle mile under the influence of liquor, used indecent language…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“No Heads” Ride On Motor Cycle Brought £10 Fine
Traffic offenders dealt with at Orange court yesterday included a new Australian, who, according to the police, rode his motor cycle along Summer Street with his arms stretched out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Set Ablaze to Stop Jews
JERUSALEM, Tuesday.—police roads with petrol to set them ablaze here last night to keep back 10,000 Jews marching on Parliament shouting “No truck with Hitler’s heirs.” The demonstrators—supporters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Work At Minimum In Shire
Because most Blaxland Shire outdoor employees were on holidays during the period and are not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Booking Seats On New Train: Dubbo Official Explains
A recent issue of the Dubbo “Dispatch” quotes the Dubbo train seat booking-clerk (Mr. H.J. Egan) as saying: “The greatest enemy of the system is the person who books a seat on the Sydney train, and then fails to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident on Rylstone Road
Two well known local men Messrs. Amos Taylor and Slim Jordon, of Charbon, were injured in an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blitz on Road Straddlers
SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Police would act against motorists and transport drivers who straddled the centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Portland Section of Lithgow "Mercury" Company Should Help Recondition Roads, Says Shire President
Where a company exploited a district's resources the Government should legislate to force payment of so much per ton to the appropriate Local Government organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work to Commence of Building of New Bridge over Cadgegong; Other Council Correspondence
Work in connection with the construction of the new bridge over the Cudgegong River near Lawson Park, Mudgee, will be commenced next week…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bitumenising of Sydney Road Between Lidsdale and Mudgee to Be Pressed for by Councils
Mudgee Municipal and Cudgegong Shire Councils intend making every effort to have bitumenised the Sydney road between Mudgee and Li[?]sdale. At last Monday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Driver Arrested Three Hurt in Sydney Smash
SYDNEY, Wednesday; At Kingsgrove, Sydney tonight, a man and two girls were injured when a car in which they were travelling collided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Has Road Courtesy Gone
Wholesale condemnation of motorists for lack of courtesy and bad temper can be overdene, in the opinion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Truck Leaves Road
A mechanical defect caused a heavy truck to run off the Turondale Road, about 15 miles from Bathurst, at 7.30 p.m. on Friday. The vehicle was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Killed Accident Near Orange
ORANGE, Sunday: A man was killed and his brother seriously injured when their motor cycle crashed into a creek on the Mitchell Highway near Orange…
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