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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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Ten Men Injured Accident on Tooraweenah Road

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

As the result of an accident on the Tooraweenah Road, about three miles from Gilgandra, on Thursday evening…

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Forced Ambulance Off Road Raaf Men to Be Disciplined

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

While travelling to Dubbo at the end of December, a District Ambulance car was forced off the road by two racing R.A,A.F. cars. Disciplinary action is to be taken against the drivers…

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Railway Football Club Successful Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Dubbo Railway Football Club was well attended. A number of new members were present. Confidence was expressed by the executive in the…

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Cricket. Good Scoring by Mckensie, Webster Gives Railway Team Win Over L.o.o.f

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

A good innings by McKensie and Webster, who scored 51 and 45 respectively, registered a win for Railway in their match against I.O.O.F. at the Oval on Sunday. IOOF scored 127. H. Dawson was…

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[?] ROAD [?] Consideration

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Summer Tyre Care

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

Motor vehicle operators, especially drivers of commercial vehicles which are often overloaded, are advised by the N.R.M.A. engineers…

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Enfield Railwaymen Threaten To Strike

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Employees of the Enfield locomotive Store, who went on a 24-hour strike yesterday, have decided that if a repetition of an…

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Road Toll Traffic Rule Illustrations

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

Fatal accidents in the last three months in this State illustrate all of the instructions that could be issued on…

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Our Serial Story "Spotlight Bridge" What has gone before

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

Shirley Dane, thinking she was responsible for her employers (Max Hart) death, is mistaken for the…

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Tram and Bus Strike Likely

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

Sydney may toe without trams or buses for 24 hours from daybreak on Saturday morning until daybreak on Sunday morning. The…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney May Be Without Trams and Buses All Day Saturday. A.L.P. on Soldiers Preference Act Shoe Store Raided

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

Many thousands of ration coupons, alleged to be forged, and £2000 worth of shoes were seized by the Police when they raided an…

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Carnival Cancellation Prevents Tram Strike

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Federal intervention in the form of the withdrawal of the permit for boys' Town carnival, scheduled to be held at Sydney Sports…

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Seven Injured in Triple Tram Crash

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Only seven passengers were injured, and then but lightly, when three crowded trams were this morning involved in Sydney's…

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Municipal Council Proposal Aerodrome Representatives to Comfer

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council, held on Thursday night last, it was decided that a conference between the two Shires and Council should be held on March 4, to go fully into the matter of…

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Railway Strike

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

A final decision on the question of a general railway strike was postponed yesterday (Monday) on the recommendation of the New…

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Where Is Road Safety council?

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

In view of the steady growth in motor traffic, and the consequent increase in traffic hazards, the N.R.M.A. asks that the N.S.W. Road…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From The. N.r.m.a. Meals for Travellers

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. continues to receive complaints from motorists of inability to secure meals from country hotels. At one coastal…

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Malicious Damage to Motor Car: Man Remanded at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 1

Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at Dubbo Police Court yesterday, George , Henry Howell (32), was charged with having, at Dubbo on February 22,…

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Road Toll Wet Weather Motoring

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 8

Wet weather does more than find the leaks in the roofs of houses. It influences to a serious extent the types of road…

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Rains Hold Up Train And Mail At Hermidale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 1

The Cobar train was held up yesterday at Hermidale, 30 miles west of Nyngan, owing to washaways and torrential rain…

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