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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Was Very Game Aeroplane Tragedy MELBOURNE

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

James Hort, on engineer attached to the Civil [?] Department, giving [?]dence at the inquest concerning the deaths of Brian Rhodes and Fred…

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Was Very Game Aeroplane Tragedy Statement at Inquest Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1

James Hart, an engineer attached in the Civil Aviaries Department, giving evidence at the inquest concerning the deaths of Brian Rhodes and Fred…

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For Mexphalte Roads Recent Contract for Grecian Government

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

Greece, a country essentially agricultural, with a population of over six million, his in the past cultivated but 11.35 per cent. of her soil, whilst…

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Spending Millions on Our Main Roads Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1

During the financial year 1927-1928 the Main Roads Board spent £3,365,000. This year the expenditure is expected to reach £3,300,000. The millage of…

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Into the Torrent Man Hurled From Train Auckland (N.z.)

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

John Dempster, a holiday passenger on the Auckland, Whangar[?] eve[?] was standing on the carriage platform when the train took a sharp curve, with…

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Into the Torrent Man Hurled From Train Fell 60 Feet Auckland (N.z.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1

John Dempster, a holiday passenger on the Auckland, Whangarei excursion,was standing on the carriage platform when the train took a sharp curve, with…

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His Last Tramp Ended The Old Swagman's Christmas

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Where was he going and where would he rest? The "tucker box" and the dog, and that place "nine miles from Gundagai"…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

BLAND Shire Council has decided too call tenders for the construction of a wood and concrete bridge across the Temora-Barmedman Road,…

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The Motor Mending a Belt Without Tools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

Sometimes a fan or speedometer belt will break when one has not at hand the necessary tools or fastener to repair it. If the driver be of the…

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A Motorist's Pipe-rack

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

The practice indulged in by pipe-smoking motorists of knocking the ashes out of their pipes through tapping on the paintwork, door…

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How the Motorist Pays. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

East year motor registration fees received by the Victorian police exceeded one million pounds for the first time…

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Motor Lorries Collide. Two People Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

When two motor lorries collided at Haberfield last night two persons were seriously injured, namely Miss Marjorie Doherty, 21, and George Masterton, 35…

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Motoring Fatality. Car's Wild Progress. Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

At Adelaide three persons were injured in a collision at Norwood, when a motor car, driven by Mrs. Gwendoline Everett, ran down a pedestrian, street…

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Railway Matters. the Wheat Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. J. Usher, District Superintendent to Railways reports that the removing of the wheat to the seaboard from the Dubbo district has been completed. The…

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The Hawkesbury Bridge

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

As the foreword to an article in "The Staff" Magazine suggests, the current interest in the Hawkesbury River Bridge, on account of the very…

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Car Smash on Mendooran Road Motorists' Lucky Escape

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 1

When a car struck a tree stump on the Mendooran road about 8 o'clock on Friday night it was badly smashed and the two occupants…

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Petrol Explosion on Walcha Road Motorist Killed SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 1

Information has been received by the Cossnock police to the effect that Patrick O'Neil, a miner, formerly employed on the Walcha-Port Macquarie…

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Train Flood Bound. Rockhampton

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

The passenger train, which was marooned at Mille Creek, owing to the flood waters, succeeded in reaching high ground. The passengers…

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Attempt to Wreck Train. Adelaide

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

When the Adelaide express was between Baccus Marsh and Ingleron the driver noticed an obstruction on the line, which, on…

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