Are Main Streets Main Roads?
And the same answer is "Yes"—if they are portions of main roads from one town to another. Therefore, Macquarie-street, Talbragar-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1927
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Bush Fire Claims Against Railway
Acting for land-owners in the district who suffered from bush fires. Messrs Broderick and Hunter solicitors, have made claims against the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Railway Wants Attitude of Chief Commissioners. Dubbo Aldermen Resentful
The failure of the Railway Commissioner to more reasonably meet the wants of western people was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Of Interest to Motorists Sydney's Motor Show
Au cxamnination of th his of exhibi tora at the forthcoming Motor Show to be held in Sydney from the 14th to the 28nd.January, shows that this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Reo Heavy's Big Voyage. First Motor Wool for Sydney
At 8.30 this morning there arrived in Dubbo the first load of wool from Bourke to Sydney carried by motor truck. The load…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. Attitude of Railways
Although no decision has been reached by the Railway Commissioners on the claim by the farmers at Wirrinya, near Forbes, for compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wellington Motor Cycle Club
As promised, an interesting and enjoyable morning's, outing was the outcome of Sunday morning's run. The Geurie road was selected as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Language on Railway Station
Inspector Wark, appearing on behalf, of the Railway Commissioners, proceeded against Con Williamson, for using alleged obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Inquiry.f £400 Worth of Fencing. Verdict Against Fruit Train
An inquiry was hold last Saturday into the bush fire that took place on Barbigal Station on Sunday, December 5, 1926. Mr. W. Bromhead, P.M., acted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Inquiry Railways Responsible
On Saturday, the Coroner, Mr. Bromhead, P.M., held an inquiry into the cause of the fire on Barbigal and Plain Creek stations on December 5, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Engine to Blame
An enquiry by the coroner concerning the origin of the bush fires which swept Aleetown and district last month has been concluded. The Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Again Late
The mail train arrived at Narromine on Tuesday morning just on two hours behind her proper time. Residents are getting used to the vagaries of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Engine Blamed
An Inquiry was held at Parkes on Thursday last before the District Coroner into the circumstances surrounding an outbreak of fire which occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool for Sydney by Motor
A lice motor truck loaded with 10 bales of scoured wool from Toorale Station, Bourke, on route to Sydney, passed through Narromine on Friday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor (Written Specially for This Paper by an Expert.) a Cheap Observation Mirror
A cheap and efficient observation mirror, suitable for open or enclosed cars, can be made by fixing a small, convex mirror, such as is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Further Footprints How Dubbo Has Progressed. the Railway Advance
During the couple of weeks we published figures showing that Dubbo had taken the lead among western towns last year in the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Near Railways
Commenting upon a resolution by the last Farmers and Settlers' conference that the Railway Commissioners he responsible for fires caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Guard Killed Sydney
Six trucks of a ballast train were derailed near Goodwood (Q.). The guard, Thomas Kilpatrick, received injuries which resulted in his death a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ousting the Horse in Favour of Motor Trucks
A few unbiassed observations will perhaps be welcomed by many country tradesmen, and men on the land, aneat the value of motor transport as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The "Flate Rate" System. Of Interest to Motorists
Those motorists who have at any time studied American motor magazines, will no doubt have been interested in the details concerning the flat-rate…
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