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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1955

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Petrol Taxes Used to Develop Country Roads

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 5

While many people consider that more of the money raised from petrol taxation about be used on roads, not many…

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Country Railway Link in the News Again

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 1

The long range plan to build a railway Has that would should the heavy heads [?] the and [?] also south and west with the [?] becoming more and more of a plan [?] in the range. The has [?] between maryvale, near wellington, to [?],is again in the news…

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Fords Bridge News

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 6

The Xmas. Tree for the children of the Fords Bridge district was held in the local Hall on the evening of 21st…

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Road Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 8

The year of 1954 closed with a record of road accidents which do not make good reading…

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Prevent Road Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 10

"The Australian Road Safety Council would welcome support from commercial organisations in its campaign to save lives…

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The Motor World News & Notes From the N.r.m.a Reporting of Road Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 11

Unexpected troubles experienced by motorists in law courts, through statements made in all good faith to…

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Hints to Motorists

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 11

The N.R.M.A. engineers say that dragging, binding brakes will cause excessive fuel consumption and poor…

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Municipality of Peak Hill Renaming and Naming of Roads

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1955 · page 7

NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the Municipality of Peak Hill, in pursuance of Section 249. (a) of the Local…

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Shelter at Aerodrome

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 6

Mr. J. J. Clark writes as follows to Mr. Harold Jones: On my return I took up the matter of the inadequacy of the…

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Fords Bridge—

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 1

The Bourke Cycle Club are holding a Grand Dance at Fords Bridge on Saturday, 29th January. There will be…

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Toll of the Road

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 7

Last year eleven people were killed and 17 injured on country roads because drivers of vehicles had…

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The Motor World News & Notes From the N.r.m.a Road Accident Problem

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 9

"The time for platitudes, posters and pleas is gone," said Mr. H. E. Richards, N.R.M.A. general secretary, commenting…

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Over 50 M.p.h. on Open Road Unlawful

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 6

Driving at over 50 miles an hour on an open highway is an offence under the Motor Trafve Act. The onus is on a…

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Unregistered and Uninsured Motor Vehicles

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 6

Quite a number of persons have been before the Court the past few weeks on charges of driving unregistered and…

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Hints to Motorists

The Western Herald · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 9

Here are some hints to moterists from N.R.M.A. Engineers: Carburettors on the modem…

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Over 50 Mph on Open Road Unlawful

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 26 January 1955 · page 6

Driving at over 50 miles an hour on ail open highway is an offence under the Motor Traffic Act…

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A Shocking Road Ten Mile Stretch on Highway

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 26 January 1955 · page 1

A ten miles stretch on the State Highway between Gilgandra and Dubbo, in the…

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Our Railways Score a Centurynot Out

The Western Herald · Friday 28 January 1955 · page 8

September 26, 1855, must surely have been described by the newspapers of the period as a "red-letter…

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New Vigour for N.s.w. Railways Revitalising Plan

The Western Herald · Friday 28 January 1955 · page 10

Dr. L. J. A. Parr, Liberal M.L.A. for Burwood, and railway authority writes as follows:—…

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