Warning to Motorists
My son Jo is 8½ years old and on Christmas Day he got his first two-wheeler. I warn all motorists that Jo is on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1948
557 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 28
Council Threatens To Pull Gates off Shire Road
[?] a shire read returned is [?] Wednesday's shire meeting [?] his [?] decision that he be given…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Grants for Shires Minister Gives Details £1520 For Gilgandra
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) said that he had allocated to shire councils the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Man Injured When Motor Cycle Collides With Dog
Brian Walton, 18-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Percy Walton, of Womboyne Street, was the victim of an accidcnt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Queue and Petrol Rationing
A sidelight of stricter rationing in Sydney is that regular users of the Harbour Bridge are chafing at the loss of petrol in the toll queue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams Goal Strike Threatening Serious Hold-up in Train and Gas Services. Bush Fires Racing in Four States. Bush Fires
Hobart Fierce bushfires late last night were seriously threatening Mount Lyell Copper Works and the township of Queenstown, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Far West Railway Extension From Bourke to Cunnamulla (Q.)
The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, is urging the New South Wales and Queensland Governments to lay a uniform gauge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World. News & Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Heat-wave Motoring
The onrush of summer is causing many cars to be held up by vapor lock, according to the N.R.M.A. Excessive heat causes petrol in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Motor World News & Notes Fro the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Illegal Use of Petrol
There is ample evidence that a large percentage of the motoring public does not subscribe to the national outlook on the latest cuts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One For The Road
What kind of book would you like, Mrs Smith? Something light? It doesn't matter. I have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Dies Another Injured in Motor Cycle Car Collision
As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and a car on Saturday afternoon at the intersection of darling and Wingewarra Streets; the rider of the motor cycle suffered extensive which resulted in his death yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome Inspection
An inspection was made recently of the proposed aerodrome site at Baradine by Mr. Wiggin. of the Civil Aviation Department, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subsidy Approved Wellington - Cobbora Road School Bus Service
The Minister for Education, Mr. R. J. Heffron, wrote as follows to Mr. C. G. Robertson, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Meat Or Road Ants Control with B.H.C.
A limited experiment for control of meat ants with benzine hexachloride was recently undertaken in the south-west Reverina,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World. News & Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Teaching Schoolchildren Car Driving
Institution of a course in driving as a necessary section of the curriculum for secondary school students is urged by the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defence Railway Defended Bourke to Darwin
Let us consider for one moment a reasonal and natural conception of our economic destiny, a future full of glorious possibilities in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Picnic
Approval has been granted by Dubbo Council, an application from No. 5 Western District Railway Picnic Committee to use Victoria Park and No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Safer Driving"—hints to Motorists
Many constructive hints on toad safety are given in the new publication "Safer Driving" now available from the Vacuum Oil Company pty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Attempt to Rob Goods Train Sydney
Women's clothing, stockings, underwear and other goods, were hurled to the railway line by thieves after they had boarded a goods train as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Strike in Queensland Extending Brisbane
No trains are expected to run in Queensland after the weekend and most of the states' 2300 railwaymen will be unemployed if the railway strike…
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