More Cars on Roads
New motor vehicles registered in Australia in 1053 totalled 158,594, a decrease of 941 over the 1952 figure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1954
772 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 39
Laborer Remanded In Train Death SYDNEY
A 24-years-old laborer, Ronald Vincent Holl, or Herne Bay," was further remanded until March 29 in the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BOWLS Railway Club
The three club championships are progressing well and have reached an interesting stage and, there have teen tome surprise…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cycle Stolen, Push Bike Stripped
Despite a wide search by Dubbo police on. Saturday night no trace was found of a motor cycle which was stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Block for Stolen Truck
Dubbo police set up a road block on the Coonamble Road this morning in an effort to step a stolen utility truck, but they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors & Motorists Low Octane Rating of Petrol Reduces Engine Efficiency
Few owners of modern vehicles get anything approaching the level of efficiency which their vehicles are capable because of the quality of petrol available in Australia today, according to the N.R.M.A. It falls well short of the requirements of the vehicle manufacturers. Petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How The N. Coast Railway Was Twisted By Flood Wafer
Twisted wreckage of the North, Coast railway line, five miles from Casino gives graphic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors & Motorists
An experimental plane, equipped with rotor for vertical flight and wings and a propellor for forward flight, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence Road Excavations
SIR: Why is it that the Coonabarabran Shire Council permits excavations across streets, and allows them to be loosely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Warren Road
Travellers generally consider that the main road from Collie to Warren is one of the worst in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways May Pay This Year
The State Railways may balance its budget this year instead of encountering an anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caveman Proposal In A Train SYDNEY
Because he wanted an answer to a proposal of marriage, a 24-years-old laborer, Ronald Maxwell Melver, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greatest Culprits in Accidents Is the Bad Road —Duke of Edinburgh
Some interesting views on motoring were expressed by the Duke of Edinburgh in a speech he made as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Motor World News and Notes From Toe N.r.m.a. Tariff on Car Transmissions
The new tariff on imported motor vehicle transmissions will increase the cost of some popular cars by £25, and others…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No More Warnings:So Watch Your Driving Blitz on Reckless Motorists to Begin Shortly
Police will shortly make a blitz on reckless drivers in Dubbo and district. Announcing this today the Secretary of the Dubbo Road Safety Committee, Const. Tischenko,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorcyclist Fined £6
Giovanni Borta, of Erskine Street, was fined a total of £6 by Mr. Spence, S.M., at the last Court on charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What the Floods Did to a Railway Line
TWISTED wreckage of the North Coast railway line, five miles from Casino—graphic evidence of the severity of the North Coast floods which caused millions of pounds worth of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BOWLS Railway Club
The Railway Club's green was out of action at the week-end but the usual hospitality was extended by the Dubbo Club…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From Horse-Drawn Carriages To Motors In 50 Years
When Queen Victoria died, in 1901, she had never ridden in a car; and neither had the vast majority of her subjects. Today, her great - great - granddaughter Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors & Motorists
The first Royal Daimler,, bought by Edward VII, is a far distant relative of the modern Daimler used by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in Australia…
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