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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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WUULUMAN Road Repairs

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

THE weather for the past few days has been very hot, the thermometer showing well over the hundred. Miss Enid Crawley, after spending…

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The Proposed Coonabarabran to Gulargambone Road a Scenic Road of Access Interesting Facts and Figures

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 1

The wisdom of making road from Coonabarabran to Gulargambone has been debated for some time. As in the near future representatives of the Government are to inspect the proposed route, the following article will be of especial interest. “ The North Western…

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Fall From Train Man in Serious Condition Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 1

A young man whose name is believed to be William Evans, fell from a moving train near Stanmore railway station late last night, and sustained bad…

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Proposed New Road Chamber of Commerce’s Attitude

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

The most important question at the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday, 20th January, was the proposed…

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Royal Automobile Club Weekly News Summary. Harbour Bridge Toll Gates

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 13

Considerable delay is being caused to traffic at the Harbour Bridge Toll during peak hours, not because of any inefficiency of the collectors…

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Wasting Money? Binnaway Progress Association Attacks Council Complains of Bad Roads

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

A large number of members of the Binnaway Progress Association attended the annual meeting last Wednesday week, January 22nd…

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Motor Cars Great Increase

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 9

RECENTLY issued statistics of the automobile industries of Great Britain and U.S.A. [?]how that both countries during 1935 materially…

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Motor World Happenings News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. His Safety Lesson

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 13

A youthful motorist who was involved in an accident with a police car in Chicago was sentenced by the…

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Loose Gravel Roads

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Motorists who have returned from holiday tours in the country are complaining to the N.R.M.A. of the danger of loose gravel on many…

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Road Music

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

At a remarkable concert held recently in the town of Nauen, Germany, under the auspices of the Prussian Transport Ministry,…

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America's Super Road

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

After 22 heater of work, an allwether, hard-surfaced road now stretches for 3,300 miles across the Continent of America. The last…

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Magistrate on Road Deaths "Wicked, Ruthless Slaughter,"

Western Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

"Wicked slaughter on the roads" was a phrase used by Mr. Dummett, the Bow Street, London, magistrate, when remanding in custody for a week…

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Children's Holidays Railway Department Record

Western Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

No fewer than 168,000 tickets at sixpence each were issued to children in the metropolitan area by the Railway Department during the Christmas and…

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Attendants For Live Stock. Railway Concessions Extended

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 6

Some time ago representations were made to the Commissioner for Railways by several Pastures Protection Boards and the R.S.P.C.A…

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Motor Mechanical Exam

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

The annual examination of motor mechanics for the N.R.M.A. certificate will be conducted at the Sydney Technical College on the…

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

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

When riding in a motor car as a passenger one must not engage the driver in conversation is a new rule just issued by the Berlin…

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Railway From Mt. Isa to the Gulf

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Blaikie Webster (the chairman of Mt. Isa Mines Ltd.) announced to-day that the company had applied to the…

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Motor Items

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

It was in U.S.A. that closed cars first came into the mass production field. Even in 1925, 2,186,638 cars of that type were sold as…

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Tram Topicalities

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 8

Trangie has just passed through a very trying period, when the thermometer wandered about anywhere between 100 and 110 degrees, finally…

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Terrific Storm Sweeps New Zealand Several Killed Train Derailed Auckland

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 1

A terrific cyclonic storm raged throughout the Auckland, New Zealand, district yesterday, causing extensive…

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