Motor Trains
Recently Mr. H. V. C. Thorby M. L. A., wrote to the Railway Commissioners advocating that passenger traffic on motor trains should be…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
937 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 9 of 47
The Motor Weekly Notes Victorian Dependability Contest
The annual long distance dependability contest of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria started from Melbourne on March 19th and is due…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Recent Motor Car Accident
In the recent car accident near Geurie, in which three men were pinned underneath the motor, car, which completely turned over, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mail Train Tender Derailed
The tender of the engine taking the mail train from Nyngan to Dubbo became derailed four miles west of Trangle on Friday morning. A relief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Interest to Motorists New Drivers and the Law of the Road
Motoring bids fair to achieve an even greater boom than was the case last year, and so it is that there are more and more novice drivers on the road,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scare on Train Woman in Hysterics
The appearance of a man from the lavatory shortly after the Bourke mail left Nyngan for Dubbo on Saturday, caused a nurse returning to the city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting. Sunday Train
In a letter received at the fortnightly meeting of the Dubbo Municipal Council on Tuesday night, under the chairmanship of the Mayor, the Municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leg, Not Life Is Lost Woman Jumps in Front of Train. Sensation at Narromine
Spectators awaiting the arrival of the mad train at Narromine yesterday evening, were horrified to see a woman jump off the platform and throw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railway Bill. Drastic Provisions
Drastic provisions are contained in the Government Railway Amendment Bill, read the first time in the Assembly on Wednesday. The principal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gilgandra-dubbo Motor Cycle Record
On Sunday, Mr. Harold Semmler, of Gilgandra, mounted on a 2¾ A.J.S. motor cycle, established the first official motor cycle record, Galgandra to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Bill. I[?]stic Alterations
The Government Railway Amendment Bill, read in the Assembly for the first time on Wednesda, contains some drastic provisions. A Government is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Matters. Stock Traffic
Some of difficulties met with in manipulation of cross-country stock traffic on the railway will be gathered from the following account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Week-end Train
Alderman J. B. Macdonald. who was in Sydney during the week-end to attend a meeting of the Executive of the Local Government Association, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →United Services v. RAILWAY
United Services won the toss, and sent Railway to the wickets Wickets fell rapidly, and with the exception of Hawkins and Wright the batsmen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Again Delaved
In car last issue we mentions [?] train [?] Myall Mi[?] On the following morning s[?] the man [?] struggled into Trangie stations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Sleeping Accommodation
Me M A Davidson has received the following letter from the Minister for Works and Railways:—"I desire to acknowledge your personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bourke Football League. Season Commences. Railway and Town Play a Draw
The football season was officially opened on Sunday last when the Railway met the Town on the local Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor Weekly Notes the Use of Enamel
Many owner-drivers occasionally wish to smarten up the appearance of the mudguards fitted to their cars with black enamel, but the main…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Motor Era
Good transport is vital to the development of a nation. And good transport is impossible without good roads. The railways have done and will…
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