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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

1,285 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 65

Heavy Loads of Wheat by Train

Central Western Daily · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 5

The Superintendent of Railways at Werris Creek (Mr. A. J. Keirnan) said recently that to December…

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Mudgee Council to Support Rylstone Move to Have Sydney Road Bitumen Sealed from Ben Bullen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 13

The fact that very little progress has been made for years towards bitumen sealing the Sydney road came in for severe criticism at Monday night's meeting of Mudgee Council…

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Railway Beats Lue at Cricket

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 11

The Kandos Railway cricket team visited Lue on December 21 and defeated the locals by 220 runs to 200…

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Driver Killed When Taxi -- Tram Collide

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--A taxi-driver was killed and another man injured when a taxi and tram collided at…

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Heavy Toll of Roads

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: At least 67 people were killed on Australian roads in the Christmas and-New Year holliday period…

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Collision Between Motor Car and Bullock

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

A motor car collided with a bullock and a cow at the Erimbie Bridge, on the Mitchell Highway, about four…

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Motor Cycle Skids

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

Another New Australian was involved in a motor cycle accident about nine miles out of Molong, on the…

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Molong's Toll of Motor Traffic Accidents Five Deaths

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

Molong had 13 per cent of the road accidents and 30 per cent of deaths — 58 accidents, 28 injured, five deaths — in the Orange police district during 1952…

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Turned Motor Lorry Over

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

A motor lorry, loaded with gravel, turned over on the Manildra Road about five miles from Molong on New…

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Motorist Charged

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

A man was arrested last night in Bathurst and charged with driving a car whilst under the influence. The defendant, who is a Bathurst resident,…

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Taximan Killed Car Crushed Between Trams

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: A taxi-driver was fatally killed when his cab was crushed between two trams at the corner of Lords and Botany Road,…

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Railway Ready For Resumption At Western Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

Ample stocks of empties for the resumption of work on the western coal mining field on Monday are assured…

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Earlier News In Brief Motor Accident Insurance Payments

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

Most insurance companies in N.S. Wales (the N.R.M.A. excepted) will adopt a new form of comprehensive motor…

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Train Gets a Parking Fine

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

Motorists in Sydney are always under fire when it comes to parking but at Pasagoula, Missouri, a…

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Bathurst Motor Cycle Notes

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 3

Most of the boys are looking forward to the Orange races on Saturday, January 25, and the miniature TT at Wentworth Park on, Sunday, January…

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Motor Racing Mishap

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 15

ADELAIDE. — Twenty-five thousand people attending the opening of the new motor racing track at…

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Train Flood Bound Fink River Rises

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sunday: An attempt to get a train through the Fink River floods in Central Australia failed to-day when the flood rose again after…

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To All Motorists

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

Here's one tip for the road that can cake a wonderful difference to the running, of your car. It's Marfax, the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

A motor cyclist collided head on with a utility truck at Mount Lamoie, 25 miles east of Bathurst on the Great Western Highway on Friday…

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Motorist Charged

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

A migrant motorist, a resident of Bathurst, was charged on Saturday night with driving under the influence and indecent language. At 8.20…

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