Mail Train Diverted
It was necessary to [?]ivert the Forbes mail through Peak Hill, Narromine and Dubbo on Thursday evening, because of washaways on the main line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1943
429 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 22
Unusual Accident Injured in Train
An unusual accident befell Mr. L. Bolman, of Penrith, when he was travelling in a train from that town to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brighter But Difficult the Road to Victory
Not since the beginning of the war have the United Nations been able to face a New Year with more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Works Programme Hospital Road Sealing Better Streets Planned
In its list of works for the new year, the Dubbo Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night, endorsed a proposal for the provision of a suitable roadway to the District Hospital with a tarsealed surface…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirst of the Iron Horse Big Use of Water For Railway Engines
Travellers in New South Wales know that the railways use a vast amount of coal each year. Actually…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Roads Storm-Damaged In Shire Area
Storm damage to roads and crossings in the Talbragar Shire area was the subject of a report by the acting-engineer (Mr. W. R. Ames)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Problem Vital Traffic Held If Roads Not Mended
"Unless something is done to some of the roads in the shire it will be impossible to haul either wheat or wool to the railways," declared the President of Taibragar Shire (Cr. A. S. Wright) at yesterday's meeting of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miraculous Escape When Timber Truk Shattered By Train
Ray Wheeler (24) had a miraculaus escape from instant death when a passenger train collided with a lorry, loaded with wood, which he was driving across the railway level-crossing at The Loggerheads, near Eulomogo, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Denies Loco Started Bush Fire
In a letter read at yesterday's meeting of Talbragar Shire Council the Railway Department denied that a locomotive was responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Linking the World Big Road Projects
Yet another link in what may well be a highway connecting the Straits of Magellan to Cape Finisterre, on the west coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goorahgore Bridge Plans Being Prepared
The Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister of Transport:— Dear Captain Dunn,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Railways. Testing and Treatment
Before water is used for locomotive purposes it is tested, and where desirable, chemically treated to remove imputities that cause…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Destruction of Shade Trees
The N.R.M.A. has protested to the Imlay Shire Council against the destruction of a number of very attractive wattle trees bordering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. T. J. Hartigan Completion of 50 Years Railway Service
Entering the railway service as a junior clerk in January, 1893, Mr. Hartigan has completed 50 years of active…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wooden Motor Tyres Canadian Move
The chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. Fielder) expresses disappointment that Australian inventors have not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Accidents Two People Injured Sydney
A number of people narrowly escaped injury when a tram and milk lorry collided at Neutral Bay Junction this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Used Expired Ticket For Train Travel
The practice of malting use of return railway tickets after they expired was described as a prevalent complaint by Mr. J. P. White,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Trespasser
Herbert William Palfrey (39), soldier, was fined 10/-, in default 24 hours gaol, when he appeared at the Dubbo police court yesterday and pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft Epidemic at Railways Styled Outrage
"There is an epidemic of stealing from railway platforms and one has to watch everything, otherwise it will just[?]lly away, and that applies to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cobbora Shire Roads Overseer's Report More Men Engaged on Road Works
Ratepayers of Cobbora Shire will be pleased to learn that additional men are now employed on road repairing work within the Shire. Ten men, three lorries and two horses have been obtained from the…
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