Road to Mt. Arthur
At the meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council on Saturday last Cr. Edwards asked if anything further had been heard in regard to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Motor Truck Tragedy Two Dead-Ten Injured Perth
When a motor truck carrying 19 persons returning from a dance skidded and ovevturned near Reedy, Douglas Jolly (28) was killed outright and…
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An echo of an accident that occurred on the Nanomine road on toe night of January 2 was heard in Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before…
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The small children and mothers of employees are not to be forgotten at the Dubbo Railway Picnic to be held at the Showground on March 14. At…
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Before Messrs. E. J. Etherton and F. Meeban, J's.P., at the Dubbo Police Court this morning. Clarence Farrell (22) appeared on two charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo Aerodrome New Site Suggested Council's Decision
Acting on a suggestion contained in a letter from the manager of Southern Airlines and Freighters Ltd., Dubbo Council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Important Road Binnaway to Purlewaugh Improvement Foreshadowed
The need for improvement to the Purlewaugh-Binnaway road was brought up at the Council on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo District Centres Mendooran Items Church Fair New Bridge Tenders
The annual Methodist Church fair was held on Saturday afternoon last in the Mechanics' Institute. Owing to a sale being held on the same day,…
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"That the Secretary of the Dubbo District Hospital Committee be advised that with regard to his complaint about the condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed New Highway Taking in Coonabarabran. Connecting with Victorian and Queensland Road Systems
The Department of Main Roads is contemplating taking steps to recommend that the road from the Oxley Highway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Explorer Car and Motor Cycle Crash Carringbah
Mr. Donald Mackay, the well-known Central Australian air explorer, suffered a severe shock when his motor car came into collision with a motor…
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A member of the N.R.MA., recently back from America, brings the story of a motor horn, evolved originally as a novelty device, which barks like a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor World Happenings News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Too Efficient
When tests were made of a new snow plough at Lake Placid, an American winter resort, after a small fall of…
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On Saturday afternoon a Dodge motor car, driven by Mr. Birrell, manager of the Bank of N.S.W., Coonamble, capsized and turned…
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A case of considerable interest to motorists and the public generally was decided at the Wagga Police Court when Mr. J. A. Harris…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Old Goldfields Hill End Pullen's Battery—water Famine—hill End Hospital—a Plunge in the Dark—a Dangerous Dive—the Lucky Road—two Famous Coach Drivers (Copyright by Will Carter) Pullen's Battery
Among the crushing plants at Hill End, Pullen's claims the distinction of being the first distinction of being the first made in New South Wales…
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Although reports early in the week stated that a trial run of the Diesel train from Dubbo to Bourke would be made next week,…
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The British Ministry of Transport has established certain standards for various vehicles beyond which noisiness should not rise,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Rubber Number Plates
Number plates made of rubber are now obtainable in England. Their advantage are that they will not rattle, that they do not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanically-minded Motorists
Generally speaking, the present-day motorist is mechanically-minded, according to Mr. J. Fielder, chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. This…
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