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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

1,295 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 65

Local Motor Cyclist's Lucky Escape

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

A Lithgow motor cyclist, who was found lying beside his crashed machine, on Saturday night in a…

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Motor Cyclist Killed on Bathurst Rd. Brother (riding pillion) severely injured

Central Western Daily · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

A motor cyclist was killed on the Bathurst Road on Saturday night and his brother, riding pillion, was seriously injured…

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Allies Blast Red Railway Link With Rear Bases Monday morning column by the Roundsman

Central Western Daily · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

In thousands of Australian homes, provident housewives are preserving and bottling fruit, vegetables, meal, poultry,…

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Allies Blast Red Railway Link With Rear Bases

Central Western Daily · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sunday.— In Korea, United Nations carrier-borne bombe rs yesterday broke up the main railway link be tween the Korean battlefront and Communist supply bases in Russia and…

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Motor Cyclist Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

Motorcyclist Frederick Saxeburg, of Picnic Point, was convicted and fined at Bathurst Court yesterday on a charge of having illegally carried a…

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Stole Motorcycle Bathurst Men Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

Pleading guilty to a charge of having illegally used a motorcycle on Jan. 11, two Bathurst men were each fined £10 by Mr. Tunchon,…

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Garland Residents Require a Bridge

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

Residents of the Garland district want a bridge over "Old Woman's Creek" and are prepared to supply a…

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Repairs Needed For Caves' Road

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

A deputation of users of the "Chefden Caves" Road near Mandurama was received at Monday's meeting of Lyndhurst Shire Council. The deputation consisted of…

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Desperate Efforts To Reach Snowed In Train

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday.--Two men lost their lives in an attempt to get food and medical supplies to 226 persons snowbound in an express train high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains…

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Jet Car Ready for Road Tests U.K. Experiments

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday: After two years of experimental work, the "jet" car engine produced by a U.K. car firm, is ready for trials…

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Motor Cycle Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

Francis De Jonge, 65 west Street. Bathurst, suffered a fractured right wrist; when a motor cycle outfit in which he was a passenger,…

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Orange Motor Cycle Smash Second Victim Dies

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

ORANGE, Tuesday: A man who was injured in a motor cycle accident near Orange on Sunday night, died in Orange Base. Hospital…

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Second Victim Of Motor Cycle Crash Dies In Hospital

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

Second victim of the motor cycle accident on the Bathurst Road on Saturday at 7.40 p.m, Cecil Williams, 27, died at the Base Hospital late. yesterday afternoon…

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Further Moves in Quest For Aerodrome

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 15

Coolah Shire Council must bs congratulated on its. efforts to secure an aerodrome within the Shire. There is no…

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Success In Snowed Train Adventure

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

EMIGRANT GAP, California, Thursday:--A fleet of motor cars, last night began Evacuating 222…

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Two Die In Train Rescue Attempt

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday.—Two men lost their lives in in attempt to get food and medical supplied to 226 persons snowbound in an express train high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They were killed when their…

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Two Die in Rescue Attempt Train Snowbound in Mountain

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 6

SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday: Two men lost their lives in an attempt to get food, and medical supplies to 226 persons snowbound in an express train…

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Flares As Safety Measure Heavy Lorry Road Menace

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— Drivers or big Sorties parked on roadsides may be required to light flares 50 yards head and behind their vehicles…

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Minister Blames For Non-finish of Railway Line

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 12

While the governments of the day continue to give nothing but lip service to de-centralisation, country areas…

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Railwayman Injured

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

An apprentice after suffered severe lace[?]tions to the right knee and injury to the left knee when he fell down a pit at the Railway [?] sheds…

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