Galvanised Burr [?]Ncil Cleaning Up Roads
During a discussion on the destruction of noxious weeds at Thursday's Shire Council meeting, it was announced…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
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Cobbora Shire Monthly Meeting Additional Road Men at Work
Mr. D. Hannon, works overseer for the Cobbora Shire, who has been (or several months engaged on defence works, has returned, he having been released to supervise road work within the Shire. This…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man's Finger Injured in Railway Accident
The top of a man's little finger of the left hand was removed while he was cleaning a locomotive at the Dubbo railway depot yesterday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 service with the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Producer Gas Comes Into Own
"Latest figures of N.S.W. motor vehicles operating on producer gas, quoted by the commissioner of Road Transport, prove that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aerodrome Wanted Minister to Be Interviewed
A deputation from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce waited on the Municipal Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accident Near Trangie One Man Killed, Three Others Injured
A sad [?] car accident [?]courre at C[?] Cr[?]ng, [?]out two [?] from Trangie, at about 1.3[?] a.m. on [?]day. Of the four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Popular Railwayman Presentations to Mr. Harold Haynes
Mr. Harold Haynes, after a residence of eight years in Gilgandra, during which time he wag attached to the staff…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those Railway Crossings Cause Another Accident
Still another accident has happened at railway crossings on die Baradine road. Last week a man was prosecuted for failing to report an accident, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Proposed New Speed Limit
Discussing the Federal proposal to institute a 30 m.p.h. speed limit for motor vehicles throughout Australia with a view to conserving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Compulsory Third Party Insurance
The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that within 30 days from February 1 or earlier should registration fall due during that period—every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wooden Motor Tyres
The chief engineer of the NRMA (Mr. J. Fielder) expresses disappointment that Australian inventors have not yet followed up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stalingrad Became Road of Shame For German Army Starving, Tattered Prisoners Yield London
Columns of half-starved, tattered prisoners streaming across the steppes—generals, colonels and privates—away from the hecatomb of nearly a quarter of a million Axis forces is one picture coming from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Railway Thefts Reported: Youth 19 Sent To Gaol, Fined
When a case of stealing was called at the Dubbo police court yesterday the Bench was informed by Detective J. A. Bourke and Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Bourke Bridge
Mr. S. R. Henderson, Secretary of Department of Main Roads, forwards the following to Mr. M. A. Davidson:—"With reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Races at Fords Bridge in April
Elsewhere appears the programme of a grass-fed race meeting to be held at Fords Bridge on Wednesday 14th April, 1943, in aid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Substitute Fuel Hint
Owing to the absence of crankcase dilution when using either town gas or producer gas as an alternative to petrol, a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the Cars on Town Gas
Following an appeal for assistance by the State Government to encourage use of town gas by essential motorists in country towns,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Macquarie Roads Engineer's Report
At the monthly meeting of the Macquarie Shire, which was held on Saturday last, the engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wear of Motor Tyres
The N.R.M.A. engineers declare that motorists would be doing a Good Samaritan act for their fellow road users if they stopped…
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