Excursion Fares For Railway Travel
It is announced that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion services for February, but on certain days…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
403 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 21
"Please Explain" Given To Dubbo Motorists
Dubbo motorists who have commercial licences are being called upon to offer explanations when they make use of their car outside…
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Business at the Coonabarabran railway station for 1941 is considered to be satisfactory. Tickets issued totalled 2489; passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inter-state Motoring Now Made Easy
Even in the present war crisis, motorists, for a variety of reasons, require to travel in States other than that in which they are registered. New South Wales motorists, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipality of Bourke Mayor Reports Better Water Supply. Swimming Prohibited Between Bridge and Punt Cutting. Proposed Swimming Sheds
A meeting of the Aldermen of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…
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It is announced that no special trains Will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion services for February, but on certain days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge to Be Blown Up
The reinforced concrete bridge over Reedy Creek on the Gulgong-Dunedoo road, which is to be replaced by a new structure, is to be blown up by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Militiaman Injured on Train Line Sydney
A militia man, James Hector Hart (36), of Newcastle, was found unconscious on the railway line near Petersham this morning. Hart was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.a.f. Fighters Wreck Nazi Ammunition Train
During recent offensive patrols over Northern France Hurricane fighters of the British Royal Air Force set on fire ammunition train at point- blank range and derailed it, despite the barrage put up by anti-aircraft guns mounted on the train. "It blew up with orange flashes and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →63,573 Motor Vehicles Delicensed in 1941
Of the 585,888 motor cars registered in Australia at December 31, 1940, at least 72,000 were delicensed and put out of commission by the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist's Narrow Escape Hits Myall Creek Bridge
A blowout and skid on the Myall Creek bridge, on the Coonabarabran Mendooran road caused extensive damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mat Lose Bridge
Cr. H. P. Harper drew attention to the amount of debris choking the entrance to a bridge on the Binnaway road at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Aerodrome Cost of Construction Still Holds B Licence
The President of the Shire Council , (Cr. M. B. Redden) told a meeting, on Tuesday that an effort should be made to have the aerodrome brought up to a second-class ground. The Engineer said the Council had held a B class license for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cost of Road Work
Cr. J. H. Keeping drew the Council's attention on Tuesday to the practice of grading, where boxing and gravel were mixed together…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EDITORIAL Road to Total War
FAR-REACHING decisions, involving FAR-REACHING Decisions, involving control of profits, prices and wages, and direction of manpower,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Victory by One Game in Main Roads Tourney
With one game to spare, Mesdames Chalmers and Fitzpatrick won a women's doubles handicap tennis tourney at Main Roads Club courts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Department Of Main Roads N.S.W. Construction Work In Northern Territory
APPLICATIONS are invited for employment on the works to be carried out by the Department of Main Roads in the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safeguard
The N.R.M.A. reports that although it is not compulsory, an increasing number of motorists are outlining their mudguards and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Women Work on Aeroplane Engines
Here is one of the many young British women who have taken to skilled mechanical work so as to release men for the fighting services. She is adjusting Tappet clearances on an aero-engine, and prides herself on her supple wrists which help in this work. She was…
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