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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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From the Pen of [?] SCORE Getting to the Road of Education

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

Since reading the interesting that enlightening correspondence [?] Thinker," which followed new [?] on education in an issue of this [?]…

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Failure to Report Motor Accident Proves Costly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

Failure to report an accident proved costly for two defendants at Dubbo Police Court yesterday, whom Percy Reginald Herridge, was fined, with…

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Slippery Roads

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

Since very many motor vehicle tyres these days are smooth, the N.R.M.A. urges motorists to take additional care on wet roads, when…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Used Car Sellers' Dodge

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 1

Cases of misrepresentation of the ages of used cars being sold are being handled by the N.R.M.A. engineers, who declare that quite a…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Abandonment of Producer Gas

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

Many motorists are removing the producer gas outfits from their vehicles under the impression that the authorities are permitting this…

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Altered Mail Train Schedules Announced

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 1

The following announcement has been made by the Postal Department concerning altered mail train schedules. There will be a night train from…

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British Forces Capture Important Burma Aerodrome

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

BURMA, Tuesday—Meiktila, the biggest airfield prize in Burma, is now completely in British hands following a lightning 85 mile advance eastwards…

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Improved Train Service To Sydney Daily

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

The Railway Department announces the inauguration of a daily service between Sydney and the West, [?] escaped…

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Proposed Aerodrome Govt. Assistance Sought. Three L.G. Bodies Combine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

At a meeting of representatives of the Macquarie and Cobbora Shires and the Wellington Municipality held at…

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Hundreds of Germans Perish When Cologne Bridge Collapses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday—Hundreds of residents of Cologne, fleeing from the city in the last dramatic hours before it fell, were drowned when the…

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New Train Service But Not for Coonamble Line

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

With a boast "that the new time-table restores the Western train service to that operating before the restrictions were imposed due to coal shortage," the NSW Railway Department announces a daily train service to…

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Daily Train Service. New Timetable for 11th March

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

A new call timetable to come into operation next Sunday, provides for a daily passenger and mail service…

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Altered Train Services. Back to Old Time-table

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

The Railway Department announce an alteration in running of the through mails from Sydney to Bourke, also Warren, Cobar and…

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Our Serial Story "Spotlight Bridge" What has gone before

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

Shirley Dane, thinking she was responsible for her employers (Max Hart) death, is mistaken for the film actor Brett Rossiter's wife…

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The Accident that Wasn't (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 6

Police Officers see many unique things that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps it is a pity that some of the things they…

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Talbragar Shire President Stresses Need For Improved Roads

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 3

The need for Talbragar Shire Council to embark on a progressive roads programme, was covered in a presidential minute to yesterday's meeting of Council. The minute was adopted…

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Union Decision One-Day Train Stoppage. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 1

The State Council of the loco engineer's union last night unanimously decided in favor of an immediate one-day stoppage…

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Fell From Train Dubbo Woman Hurt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 6

Falling from a train, as it pulled into the platform, at Dubbo last night, Mrs. Anne Hull (60), of West Dubbo, suffered extensive lacerations and…

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Our Train Services Move by Council

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 3

In reply to a request from the Gilgandra Shirt Council, the Minister for Transport has advised that, for various…

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Stock on Roads Council to Make a Clean Up

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 2

At last Shire Council meeting Cr. Squirrell moved that an impounding officer be appointed for two months to…

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