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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1965

85 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 5

Fords Bridge Amateur Race Club

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1965 · page 3

The above Club are holding their one day race meeting on Saturday, 25th September…

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Loans Boost to Cobar Aerodrome

The Western Herald · Friday 17 September 1965 · page 9

Cobar's aerodrome project has received a £5,000 boost. The Local Government…

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Fords Bridge Races

The Western Herald · Friday 17 September 1965 · page 6

The Fords Bridge Amateur Race Club will hold a corn-fed meeting on Saturday, 25th September…

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Special Assistance for Improvement to Roads

The Western Herald · Friday 17 September 1965 · page 6

The State Government is to provide £40,000 in special assistance to Councils in the Western…

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110th Anniversary of New South Wales Government Railways

The Western Herald · Friday 17 September 1965 · page 10

The New South Wales Government Railways will be 110 years old on September 26…

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Fords Bridge Races Tomorrow

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1965 · page 1

A five-race Programme will be conducted by the Fords Bridge Amateur Race Club tomorrow…

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Local and General Billabong Detour Road

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1965 · page 6

Motorists will be pleased when the repairs to the Billabong bridges are completed and the bitumen road…

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New Bridge For Dubbo third longest in N.A.W.

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1965 · page 4

The new bridge over the Macquarie River at Dubbo will be the third longest in N.S.W…

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Man Killed On Byrock Road

The Western Herald · Friday 1 October 1965 · page 1

At midnight on the night of 27th September, a Holden Utility, driven by Alan Francis, of…

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Handicap to Hard Hit at Fords Bridge Double to Hypertan

The Western Herald · Friday 1 October 1965 · page 1

It was very satisfactory to all concerned with the organisation of the days races at Fords Bridge last Saturday to receive the news that a profit had been made on the day…

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Motor Drivers

The Western Herald · Friday 1 October 1965 · page 12

The driver of a motor car must always do everything he can to protect another driver or a…

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Local and General Road Toll at 858

The Western Herald · Friday 8 October 1965 · page 6

The N.S.W. road toll stood at 858 last Monday night following the death of 15 people over the Labor…

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Subsidy for Road Transport in Western Division to continue

The Western Herald · Friday 8 October 1965 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. A. Chaffey, has announced extension of the road transport…

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Railways

The Western Herald · Friday 22 October 1965 · page 11

The N.S.W. Government Railways have begun the rehabilitation of 400-miles of the Western Line between…

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Road Tax Ease

The Western Herald · Friday 5 November 1965 · page 6

The Minister for Transport Mr. Morris announced last week the Government would lift the Co-ordination…

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Breaches of the Railways Act and By-Laws

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1965 · page 4

Daring the three months ended September, 1965, 1,648 persons were fined a total of £10,729 in Courts…

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Children and Road Safety

The Western Herald · Friday 10 December 1965 · page 4

Many children are killed and injured each year as passengers in motor vehicles. If parents always…

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Road Transport Charges Eased

The Western Herald · Friday 10 December 1965 · page 9

As from Wednesday, 1st December, 1965, lambs and calves under six months old and pigs of any age…

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Disposal of Scrapped Motor Cars Raises Problems

The Western Herald · Friday 10 December 1965 · page 12

The problem of disposing of millions of motor cars fit only for the scrap heap has become acute in…

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Toll Road Opens

The Western Herald · Friday 17 December 1965 · page 3

The official opening of the first section of toll road — from Hawkesbury River at Peats Ferry…

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