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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

According to the N.R.M.A., during the last six years, the motorists of New South Wales paid to the State and Commonwealth…

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Railway Picnic Further Arrangements

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

Further arrangements for the No, 5 Western District Railway Picnic, which will be held at the Dubbo Show Ground on March 6, were made at a…

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Better Inland Pastures Road to More Cows and Sheep Per Acre. Better Grassland Simplifies Storing of Vital Fodder Reserves

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 7

Though pasture improvement work in the past has been more general on the coast and tablelands than further inland, the agrostologist of the…

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Heart to Heart Advice to Motorists

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 2

Following is an explanation [?] three stages in the distillation [?] motor oil crude which is vital knowledge to anyone who drives a motor…

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Saving One Penny Per Gallon What It Means to Motorists

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 9

TO the man in the street, the fall of one penny a gallon in the price of petrol may not appear to be a matter of much importance, but to the…

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Excursion Train

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 2

A cheap excursion train leaves Bourke next Wednesday morning. This has been timed so as to enable country people to attend the Fifth…

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Cemetery Road

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 2

The branch road and culvert leading from the main road to the Cemetery gate is a decided improvement for traffic and the Trustees are grateful to…

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Narromine Aerodrome. Town Clerk's Reply. To Controller Of Civil Aviation

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

On January 27, Mr. E. C. Johnston, Controller of Civil Aviation wrote to the Narromine Council, asking conditions of tenure under which the…

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Of Interest to Motorists Draining the Petrol Line

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 7

Much trouble may be averted if the practice is made of giving the p[?] system a general overhaul, say, every three months. This process should not…

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To Motorists

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. warns motorists that it is almost is dangerous to operate a car from which all fresh air is excluded as it is to remain in a closed garage with…

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Railway Picnic No Complimentary Tickets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 5

With the annual function only a few weeks off, the No. 5 Western District Railway Picnic Committee had little to arrange at Sunday's…

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Fall From Tram Westerner's Life Ended Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 1

Frank Mulligan (40), of Inglevale, near Coonabarabran, who was on his first visit to the city, was killed when he fell from a tram in Pitt Street last…

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Brought to Book Two Motor Cyclists

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

A series of charges faced James Harris (26) and Kenneth Francis Carroll (28), when they appeared in the Dubbo Police Court…

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Brothers in Trouble Over Railway Ticket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 6

Two brothers, Herbert Ebenezer and Frederick Rundle Wills, appeared before P.M. Oram in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday. The former pleaded…

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Gigantic English Motor Works. New Ford Plant at Dagenham

The Western Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 3

The latest edition to the motor manufacturing works of England is the gigantic plant of the English Ford Company recently completed at Dagen…

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Amazing Aeroplane Murder Student's Terrible Deed

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 1

Murdering the pilot of an aeroplane when a thousand reel above the earth, a student passenger then made a forced landing and shot himself…

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Sailing Vessel Can't Get Under Bridge Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 1

The German four-masted sailing vessel, Magdalene Vinnen, arrived in Sydney yesterday to load wool, but found that her masts, which are 215…

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New Bridge To be Built Across the Parramatta Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 1

The construction of a new steel bridge across the Parramatta River, near Ryde, is to be undertaken shortly. The bridge will cost £133,000, of…

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Railway Men Department's Retrenchments

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 3

THERE has commenced in the railway department a wholesale reduction m the staff, and the result is that there will be another big batch…

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Bridge at Wanaaring

The Western Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 2

Tenders are called and will be received up to 26th March, for the erection of a timer beam bridge over the Wannaring Billabong, road Wannaring…

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