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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Railway Picnic Splendid Function Anticipated Meeting of Committee

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

Judging by the plans laid out by an energetic railway committee at a meeting held in the Railway Institute yesterday, the pleasures of…

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Motorng Round the World Trio Reach Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 4

Leaving Atlanta City, Georgia, on July 25, 1921, N. G. Hann (South Australia), W. Todhunter (Queensland), and Johnson (Queensland) set out to…

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In Front of Train. Woman Seriously Injured. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

At Cairns Mrs. Grimlisk, 48, stepped directly in front of an approaching engine at a level crossing near Malanda station. Instinctively clutching the…

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Latest Telegrams. a Narrow Escape. Car and Train at Level Crossing Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

When Thomas Froome was approaching the level crossing between Liangothlyn and Guyra late last night the brakes failed to act when he attempted to bring…

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Motorists and Hush Tires

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

The recent bush fires in the country districts at the State have prompted an appeal to the N.R.M.A. to "all tourists and others to refrain from…

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Railway Picnic. Meeting of Committee. Record Day Anticipated

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

The whole of the committeemen appointed to organise the No. 5 Western District Railwaymen's Picnic were present at a meeting p[resided over by the…

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Motor Notes. Buying a Car

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

Nowadays there is little risk in buying a new car. Cars are all good, only some are better and more expensive than others. The intending…

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Bourke-Barringun Railway

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

As soon as the State Parliament resumes we will probably see the report of the Public Works Con [?] on their inquiries into several…

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[?] Tters No Water [?] Road

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 4

Cr. Haynes rew attention to no water being [?]ilable on the road from Gilgandra to Collie for traveling stock, [?] the Dubbo P. P…

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Unlawfully Taking and Using a Motor Car. Cass Dismissed

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 9

At the Wellington Polite Court on Friday, John William Carson, a young man, was charged-with unlawfully taking and using a motor car,…

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Movement of Western Stock. a Railway Opinion

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 7

In connection with the movement of western stock in time of drought, a Dubbo railway official said the system of shifting all the stock from…

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The Motor Show Studebaker's Two Exhibits

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 6

AT this year's motor show in Sydney Studebaker is exhibiting at two stands. Cars on show include the New President Straight Eight…

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The Motor Enquiry Into Starter Faults

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 6

If the self starter will not work, the general assumption of the amateur is that the accumulator has become too exhausted to supply…

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A Motor Trip in N.Z. From Wellington to Palmerston North

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 11

NEW Year's Day! The time, 5.30 a.m. We jumped from our cosy beds and hurried into our picnic clothes. Six o'clock saw breakfast…

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

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 13

[?]E who are in intimate touch in the world's, automobile mar[?] estimate that open cars will [?]ute less than 10 per cent, of…

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Local Jottings. Wellington's Railway Traffic

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 10

[?]Railway passengers over the [?] The [?] for passenger [?]…

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Rolling Cigarette Leads to Motor Accident. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 10

When a motor lorry overturned on the Ashford-Bonshaw road, John Perrin, his wife and three-year-old son were thrown out, the boy being…

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Dubbo Boy Killed As Result of Motor Overturnng. An Inverell Tragedy INVERELL

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 1

When a motor lorry, driven by John Perrin, of Dubbo, and containing his wife and three-year-old son, was overturned on the Ashford-Bonshnw road,…

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Railway Returns Comparative Figures December Totals Less

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 8

Mainly owing to the early wheat harvest, the December returns at the Dubbo Railway Station were slightly less than these for a similar…

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Unemployment Bad in Dubbo Railway Guards Affected

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 6

During the past few week hundreds of men have drifted into town in search of work, very little of which, however, is to be secured…

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