Load Limits Coolah Creek Bridge
At the last meeting of the Coolah Shire Council It was decided that a notice be placed at each end of the Coolah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
612 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 31
Still a Daily Train Service
The coal crisis has caused drasitc cuts in many country rail services, operating as from Monday last. As far as…
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Because of the present shortage of coal in N.S.W. and the general curtailment of train services the usual diesel service to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Premier Blames Reds for Bridge Disaster Quebec
The Canadian Provincial Legislature last night said that he believed sabotage by subversive elements caused the collapse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Revenue for Year
For the year ended 31st December, 1950, 3668 tickets were issued at the Gilgandra Railway Station, the revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speedy Service for U.s.a. Motorists
A solution to the need for mere petrol stations in the U.S.A is being found on many highways by installation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use of Motor Cycle Allowance of 3d. per Mile
At the last meeting of the Coolah shire Council it was Agreed to pay the acting engineer (Mr v. Brassil) 3d. per mile for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Millions Needed for Roads
The greatest problem of the future for Australia is the provision and maintenance of main roads. Some attention has been directed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unconscious Man Found on Dubbo Road
A man who doesn't know how be came to be on the Dubbo Road, about four miles from Narromine, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The New Holden Utility First Commercial Motors Vehicle to Be Manufactured in Australia
First public showing of the Holden 7-cwt. Utility, the first commercial motor vehicle tu be manufactured in Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Train Is Blamed for Bushfire
A Talbragar Shire Bushfire Brigades' conference at Dubbo on Friday was told that a bulk wheat train started a fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bogan Shire Shorts £7,130 Grant For Council Roads NYNGAN
A grant of £7,210 has been made available to the Began Shire Council under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burrendong Dam Projects Now Linked by New Bridge Work On Harnessing Macquarie Will Now Speed-up
"The huge task of harnessing the Macquarie River has been brought a step nearer to achievement, the Resident Engineer of the Burrendong Dam project (Mr. N. G…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Teaching Motor Vehicle Driving
[?]ring that the average m[?]terist merely stumbled" upon the knowledge of how to [?] the NRMA general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Derailed After Bridge Collapse New York
About 100 casualties, including at least 20 killed, were reported after a passenger train was derailed near Woodbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baradine Aerodrome Will be All Weather
It seems the labours of the very willing aerodrome workers, especially Mr. Gordon Gardiner, are to be rewarded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Correspondence. Access Road for Montefiores Settlers
As soon as funds are available the Wellington Shire Council will provide an access road to Mr. E. Brennan's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Speeding at Time of Fatal Crash New York
The driver of the passenger train involved in Tuesday night's disaster at Woodbridge (New Jersey) has admitted that he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Bridge Across Macquarie. Important Step Towards Completion of Burrendong Dam. Bridge Crew Triumphed Over 27 Floods To Place First Piece of Harness on the River
THE Burrendong Dam project advanced a stage further last week when a 200ft. bridge across the Macquarie River was first opened to traffic. To mark the occasion a small opening ceremony was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Suicides at Dubbo Man Put His Neck On Railway Line
Two verdicts of suicide were returned by the District Coroner (Mr. G. J. Christie) at the Dubbo Court this morning. A quarter-caste shearer committed suicide by…
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