Debris Shifted Bridge Little River 40Ft. Rail Traffic Returns To Normal Flow
Normal train traffic is gradually being restored in the Dubho railway control district, following the record damage floods have done on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
772 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 39
Tobruk Encirclement Nears As Aerodrome Taken Nile Army 's Big Guns Shelling Defences Conquerors of Bardia Move Across Desert for Assault on Base London
An aerodrome 30 miles west of the important Italian naval base at Tobruk has been captured, states a British General Headquarters communique from Cairo. In a raid before the British forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Son Moves for Flood Relief Officer Sent To Probe Wellington-Yeoval Loss Engineer to Assess Damage to Roads and Bridges in District
Immediately he heard of flood devastation in the Wellington-Yeoval-Dubbo areas, Mr. George Wilson, M.L.A. for Dubbo, communicated with the Premier and other State Ministers, seeking relief for those in distress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Delay at Railway Crossings
The apparent unnecessary delay occasioned motorists and other traffic at level railway crossings within the Wellington area was introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Inquests Road and Rail Crashes
The deputy-coroner for the Dubbo district (Mr. I. B. Mackenzie, J.P.) will hold an inquest to-morrow into the circumstances surrounding the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discreet Use of Feed Meals Urged As Counter to Drought Problems Department of Agriculture Says Not Enough Attention Paid—Railways Help Stock
"The outstanding feature of the last drought has been the immense quantity of food which has been supplied to stock, apart from what they secured from the paddocks, and this has been greatly facilitated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Road Proclaimed
The road running through Mr. C. Booth's property, Wyoming, will shortly be proclaimed a main road. Cobbora, Shire Council agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on Gunnedah Road
What may have resulted in a serious accident occurred about 12 miles from Coonabarabran, on the Gunnedah Road, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Repairs to Buckinbah Bridge Approaches Badly Damaged
Since Saturday last men, with two tractors and three motor lorries, have been busy effecting repairs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Story And Denial Of Train Instruction Railway Trike Run Down by Engine Control Officer and Pettier at Variance—Coroner Says Crash Was Inevitable
At the inquest into the death of Allan James Patterson (35), railway fettler, at the Dubbo Court House to-day, evidence was given by Patterson's mate that he and Patterson had telephoned the Dubbo train control office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Road Crash Accident Unavoidable, Says Coroner Rear Tyre Puncture Leads to Taxi's Capsize
"These things appear to be unavoidable," commented the deputy coroner (Mr. I. B. Mackenzie, J.P.) at the conclusion of an inquest yesterday into the death of Kenneth Fisber Salter (16)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Hotel License Transferred
Before Mil R. G. Cookson, in (the Gilglandra Licensing Court on Tuesday, the licesse of the Railway Hotel, Gilgandra, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Centres Narromine Soldier Wounded First of Local Troops Repairs to Railway Station
Private T. Cleary, of Narromine, has been wounded, presumably in the battle of Bardia. A telegram from Army Headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Left His Motorist's Corner and Came to Dubbo "Carbon" And Town Both Suffer From Shock West Is Not Dry, and Cows Are Not Fair—journalist Allergic to Sheep
I have visited Dubbo. Which will recover first from the impact, time alone will tell. Let it suffice that I came—I saw—and I was conquered. It was with alacrity that I accepted the kind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maryvale Railway and Burrendong Scheme Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., Critical
Mr. Dunn: The Treasurer said that it is not proposed to reduce any work already in progress. That may be all right, but what about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Roads
Our western roads on all routes from Bourke are in a deplorable condition. Persons who have had to travel on them give graphic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Christmas Road Safety
A marked decline in road accidents over the Christmas holidays has been noted by the N.R.M.A. Progress reports throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Low Level in Road Accidents
There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas-New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Air Force Recruiting Train Arriving in Bourke on 21st JANUARY
The Royal Australian Air Force Recruiting Train will arrive in Bourke on January 21st, 1941. It's call here is part of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Apprentices Mr. Hartigan's Liberal Policy
Something quite new to a Government organisation arises out of the great personal interest manifested by the Head of a huge…
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