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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Tree Planting for Beauty

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 11

The N.R.M.A. has been advised that the Boree Shire Council has undertaken extensive tree planting for roadside improvement. On the…

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Better Roads in Sweden

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

A considerable advance in the condition of Swedish roads is indicated by the fact that 8.2 per cent of 15,000 kilometres, of the…

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Better Roads in Sweden

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

A considerable advance in the condition of Swedish roads is indicated by the fact that 82 per cent of 15,000 kilometres, of the…

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Train and Motor Truck Collide Three Trucks Destroyed by Fire Temora

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

When a motor lorry collided with a train at a level crossing near Temora the petrol tank of the wrecked lorry caught fire The flames destroyed…

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

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Answering a question in the House of Commons, the British Minister for Transport said that, as far as practicable, it would be…

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

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Answering a question in the House of Commons, the British Minister for Transport said that, as far as practicable, it would be…

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Tenders Road Formation and Causeways

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

Tenders are called and will be received up to 22nd February for construction of eleven causeways, formation and clearing on the…

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Tenders Road Formation and Causeways

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

Tenders are called, and will be received up to 22nd February for construction of eleven causeways, formation and clearing on the…

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Aberfield Colliery Attempt to Blow Up a Bridge

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

An attempt was made on Sunday night to blow up a bridge leading to the Aberfield colliery a few miles from Swansea Lake Macquarie It…

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Tram Conductor Injured Swept Off Footboard May Lose Leg

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Keith Giles, 85, while collecting tickets on an old type tramear, at Waverley, was swept off the footboard, receiving a fractured right thigh and…

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Girls on the Tramp

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

The story is related from Leeton, in the Yanko irrigation area, of the arrival there in search of employment, which they got at the fruit cannery, of…

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Railway Unification REPORTED N.S.W. OPPOSIT[?]

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

It is reported that the New South Wales railway authorities are opposed to the proposed unification of railway throughout the Commonwealth, which…

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Annual Railway Picnic

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

On Sunday morning the committee of management of the coming annual Railway employees' picnic, No. 5 district, to be held at Dubbo, advanced…

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Motor Racing on Liners

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Some facts about the new French liner Normandie, published in England, reveal not only the lavish scale on which such liners are…

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Motor Racing on Liners

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Some facts about the new French liner Normandie, published in England, reveal not only the lavish scale on which such liners are…

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The Railways In 1935. Some Remarkable Figures

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 6

According to statistics 1931 was the peak year in railway passenger transport in this State, when 151,000,000 were lifted and put down…

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Dubbo Aerodrome Shire Drops Proposal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

Talbragar Shire Council has decided definitely not to take any further action in connection with the provision of an aerodrome for…

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Local and General Railway Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 2

Elsewhere, Sec. Adams invites tenders for several commodities and services in connection with the coming railway picnic. The supplies needed include…

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Of Interest to Motorists By an Expert Back-pressure and Obstructed Exhausts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 7

Many false impressions are held concerning the possible effects of backpressure in the exhaust line and a majority of car owners seem to think…

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Young Hoodlums Fire Stationary Trams Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

Two boys, aged nine and 10, were arrested by detectives yesterday in connection with the attempted burning of one of the large number of trams…

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