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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1963

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Warning on Funds for Road Safety

The Western Herald · Friday 18 January 1963 · page 12

The Secretary of the Road Safely Council of New South Wales, Mr. W. W. D. Harrison, today…

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Small Railway-station Has Best Garden

The Western Herald · Friday 18 January 1963 · page 8

One of the smallest railway-stations in N.S.W. Illabo, on the main Sydney-Melbourne line 286 miles…

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Cobar-Bourke Road Re-Classification

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1963 · page 13

The importance of the Cobar-Bourke road with its ever increasing volume of traffic warrants its…

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F.I.D.O. Road Model For Display

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1963 · page 13

A 12-foot composite model of the Channel country as it is now and how F.I.D.O. envisages it…

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Motoring Honeymoon to Sydney and North Coast for Young Local Couple

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1963 · page 1

A popular young couple, who are members of two of Bourke's best known families, were joined in wedlock at St. Ignatius' Church on Saturday evening, January 26th…

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Motor Notes Cables Need Attention

The Western Herald · Friday 1 February 1963 · page 11

Cable-operated accelerator linkages can give trouble through sticking, even when properly…

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Talking Shopping All roads lead to Oxley Arcade for better buying

The Western Herald · Friday 8 February 1963 · page 6

While in the Arcade ladies are slipping into Bruhn's shop and acquiring the wonder Needle - threader…

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Speed — The Greatest Killer Road Safely Council of New South Wales

The Western Herald · Friday 8 February 1963 · page 10

Any increase in the speed which a motor vehicle is travelling could multiply many times the…

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Motor Notes Steeling Play

The Western Herald · Friday 8 February 1963 · page 7

Excessive play in a car's steering gear may be due to loose retaining bolts on the steering gearbox. The P.I.B…

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Road-to-Norfh Vital

The Western Herald · Friday 15 February 1963 · page 8

The Pioneers' Highway was needed to hasten development of Northern Australia, Ald. G. G…

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Rules of the Road Road Safety Council of New South Wales

The Western Herald · Friday 15 February 1963 · page 7

Like a sportsman on the playing field, a motorist could be penalised for breaking a rule but the…

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Graded Road to the Rubbish Tip

The Western Herald · Friday 15 February 1963 · page 1

Residents with loads of rubbish to go to the Shire Rubbish Tip will be pleased to learn that there is now a…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Ass'n. Motorkhana and Mud Scramble in conjunction with Apex Centenary Show on May 17th and 18th

The Western Herald · Friday 15 February 1963 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Bourke Pastoral and Agricultural Council decided on Friday night last to work in conjunction with Bourke Apex Club in conducting a Motorkhana and Mud Scrambe at the…

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Train Accident at Walgett 300 Sheep Killed

The Western Herald · Friday 22 February 1963 · page 11

"When a stock train arriving at Walgett at 4 a.m. on Friday, 8th February, failed to stop at the…

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£40,000 to Make Main Road Safer

The Western Herald · Friday 22 February 1963 · page 8

Estimated cost of improving the dangerous main western highway outlet from Orange is £40,000, of…

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Road Safety Council of New South Wales Right of Way

The Western Herald · Friday 22 February 1963 · page 13

The Secretary of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, Mr. Harrison said that most…

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Regional Control Urged for Railways, Works

The Western Herald · Friday 1 March 1963 · page 8

A strong plea for decentralised, regional control of the N.S.W. railways, and of the erection…

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Taxation For Roads Only

The Western Herald · Friday 8 March 1963 · page 12

In U.S.A. 28 States nave constitutional amendments prohibiting expenditure of special…

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Road Safety Council of New South Wales Elderly Road - Users

The Western Herald · Friday 8 March 1963 · page 7

The greatest enemy to elderly people was not always sickness and ill health, but themselves,…

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Road to Safety Statement by Headquarters Eastern Command

The Western Herald · Friday 8 March 1963 · page 2

Twenty-two New South Wales Army drivers are to receive safe-driving plates. They have notched a…

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