Ghost Train Puffs Through Stations London
Railway staff and travelers on platforms of three London stations stared in amazements last night when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
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Woman's Death in Smash, Road Toll 628
The death of a woman, in her husband's arms on the road between Bathurst and Orange on Saturday, brought the year's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roads Damaged by Heavy Lorries
State highways, including the Western Highway to Dubbo, have been seriously affected by the advent of heavier types of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Drive to Reduce Road Deaths
The all-time record of deaths on the highways made 1950 a tragic year, states "Road Safety," official newspaper of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Racket in Imported Luxury Motors Canberra
Importation of expensive American cars, despite the ban on luxury imports, which cost dollars, has caused suspicion in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Working Bee Baradine Aerodrome
On Monday, a group of civic minded men, donned working clothes and made for the site of the proposed new aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bitumen Roads May Not Be Ready This Season
According to Information, before the last meeting, of the Coonabarabran Shire Council the Council may not be ready…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Reduced Road Tax for City Carriers Sydney
The road tax on goods carried between Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong to Victoria will be lowered from 3d to 2d per mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Engine Blamed for Series of Fires
The railway engine on the Coonamble mail train started more than a dozen grass fires between Dubbo and Geurie on Saturday, Bush Fire Brigade Captains report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bridge at Binnaway
They talk of bridges great and wide. That [?] from shore to shore, I’ll bet there’s none to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Oxley Highway Approach to Main Roads Department
Although the Department of Main Roads had informed the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce to make its representations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train and Lorry Collide Man’s Miraculous Escape
Mr. John Dunn, of Gwabegar had an amazing escape from injury on Saturday afternoon when a lorry he was driving collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Daily Train Service Requested Baradine Chamber of Commerce
The inauguration of a daily train service from Baradine to Sydney and return with a dining car attached at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Thefts, Men Convicted Long Sitting, Baradine Court
At a two and a half day sitting of the Baradine Court of Petty Sessions last week, before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.M., two men,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Investigation Wanted C’bran Railway Traffic
The Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce, at its meeting on Thursday night decided to write to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dept. Rejects Plan to Lift Roads Above Flood Level
Two proposals to lift roads leading out of Dubbo above flood level have been rejected by the Department of Main Roads. The Department has refused to raise the Main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girls' Terrifying Ordeal In Railway Carriage
Against the faint oblong of the opposite window of the railway carriage something moved — the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Christmas Motoring Spirit
N.R.M.A. President, Mr. C. R Davidson, has made a special Holiday appeal to motorists to refrain from driving while under…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring in Heat Wave
Thousands of cars have been held up in N.S.W. in recent hot weather by vapour lock, and N.R.M.A. patrolmen have had their work sharply…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£10,000 Roads Programme
A programme of works to taking £10,074 and proposed under the commonwealth [?] Grant was [?]…
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