Water for Cobar Railway Carting 240,000 Gallons Weekly
The railway department at Dubbo on Wednesday began the transport of 240,000 gallons of water weekly to Cobar, where a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
972 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 9 of 49
Uniform Gauge for Our Railways Conference of Transport Authorities to be Held Defence Standpoint—opinions Differ
The Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union recently sent a telegram to the Prime Minister urging the unification of railway gauges as a defence measure. It is known that the Government has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety Vital Need for Care
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Mechanised Army Motor Units Subjected to Gruelling Military Tests
The spur, so long a symbol of the artillery man's association with the horse, is rapidly disappearing from that branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Drive with Your Knee
A knee-operated accelerator has been invented by an American; he claims a greater degree of control, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety. Children
For the 12 months ended June 1938 the number of children under 15 years killed in road accidents amounted to 77, and those who received injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Killed Struck by Train Sydney
The body of a woman, later identified as Lea Caroline McVeigh (33) was found cut to pieces on the railway line near Eastwood station just before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narromine Council Breaches of the Traffic Laws Council Takes Action Railway Crossing Danger
The Mayor of Narromine (Ald. M. V. Duffy) believes that breaches of the traffic laws are more prevalent in the town because the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of Interest Motorists Fined
Const. J. Penny told Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday that on January 19 he found Edward John Turner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety Vital Need for Care
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Defence Works Huge Programme Includes Road Passing Through Gilgandra
The Premier, Mr. H. B. Stevens, has told the Commonwealth Government that certain works, which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Competition Premiers Eumuagerie Repeat Last Years' Success Railway Go Under by One Point, But Have the Best Performance
The final jnatches in the Gilgandra District Cricket [?]tition were played on Sunday last, and with a five point w[?] over Springfield, Eumungerie have emerged premiers, thus repeating the success of last season. Railway filled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pruning Expenses at Expense of Small Country Centres Decision by Railway Commissioners Stations at Eumungerie and Curban Affected
Evidently the Railway Commissioners, on top of their promise to increase freight charges, are out to balance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WONGARBON Wheatgrowers' Union Proposal for Warning Signs at Railway Crossing Personal Paragraphs
A meeting of the Wongarbon branch of the Wheatgrowers' Union was held on Tuesday night in the old school. There was not a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety. Vital Need for Care
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary cause in most of them are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coronial Inquiry. Great Western Motors Fire. L.A.J. Clarke. Committed for Trial to Quarter Sessions
Before Mr. F.W. Permewan, Deputy Coroner, on Monday last, a Coronial Inquiry into the recent fire which destroyed the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Fatality. Sydney
Melbourne. James Albert John Phillips, 37, and William Stewart Ferguson, 43, were tolled and Kenneth Madely, 41, hotel licensee,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangerous Motor Cycles
Several cases of motor cyclists overtaking and passing other vehicles on the wrong side have been reported be the N.R.M.A. recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Pan-american Highway
Another section of the Pan-American highway has just been opened. It consists of 100 miles of concrete and asphalt roadway in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World's Motor Vehicles
According to the latest figures received from America by the N.R.M.A it is estimated that the world registration of motor vehicles reached…
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