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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Motoring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1923 · page 2

Under the jibbing motor car The grimy owner lies. A hot and angry man is he, When benzine in his eyes,…

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Closing of Roads. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 6

Sir.—Your Bodangora correspondent is in error regarding the closing of roads. The road referred to by the Maryvale P. and S. Association was…

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Notes on the Motor

Western Age · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 1

The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has decided to held its 1000 miles Alpine Trial about the end of November next. Should accommodation…

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Local & General. Approach to the Railway Station

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

The Mayor has been informed that the suggestion made by him to the Railway Commissioners regarding the widening of the approach to the Dubbo…

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Motor Bus. Drops Sixty Feet. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

A motor 'bus ran over the railway embunkment at Lilyfield at 6 o'clock this morning and dropped 60 feet on to the railway lines, being badly smashed…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

A motor car overturned near Windsor, and a man named Shepherd, the only occupant, was seriously injured. His skull was fractured…

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Dubbo Railway Station

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

Mr. J. Clark, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the secretary to the Commissioners for Railways : -- "With reference to the request of the…

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No Railway Deficit. Losses Balanced. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

It is now stated authoritatively that the Railway Commissioners do not expect to have a deficit on the railway and tramway works this year…

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The Railways

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 2

Speaking at the luncheon at the sheep show, Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner attacked the Government on the pamphlet it had issued regarding closer settlement. in…

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Railway Ambulance Classes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 6

Nearly every depot in the railway service can boast of an Ambulance Class, and a good number of the employes avail themselves of the…

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Good Roads Policy. Feeding Lines Proposal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 5

Mr. L. J. Astley, who has returned from a business trip to Sydney, Informs us that the Motor Traders' Association, of which body he is on the Council, w[?]is…

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Condobolin-broken Hill Railway

Western Age · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 2

With reference to representations by Mr. Horsington, M.L.A., on behalf of the Parkes Chamber of Commerce and Parkes Railway League regarding the…

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The Railways

Western Age · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 4

Speaking at the luncheon at the sheep show, Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner attacked the Government on the pamphlet it had issued regarding closer settlement, in…

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Notes on the Motor

Western Age · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 4
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The presence of water in the oil in the crankcase is occasionally noted, and it usually proves to be somewhat of a mystery to explain where it…

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Railway Sleepers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 6

Messrs. W. F. Dunn and Joe Clark have been making inquiries re railway sleepers, and Mr. Clark has received the following from the…

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Dubbo As a Railway Centre

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 6

The supreme importance of Dubbo as a railway centre in the central-west must now be patent to everyone who has considered the town's geographical…

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Big Railway Smash in New Zealand

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 2

The most disastrous railway smash in the history of New Zealand railways occurred on Saturday, when the main trunk express, bound from Auckland to…

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Roads Beat Railways Mr. Fitzpatrick's View

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 1

Another revolution in transport methods is looming up in this State. So pronounced has been the rivalry of the roads with the railways, corresponding…

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Craboon-merriwa Railway Proposal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 1

Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., informs us that he had not seen the comment in the Wellington "Times" when he wrote to the Dubbo Progress Association…

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