Motorists Fined
At yesterday's Police Court Mr. J. W. Martin (McIntosh, Emerton and Martin) pleaded guilty on behalf of J. D. Boyd, to a charge of driving a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1925
743 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 38
Railway Superintendent
In reply to their protests against the closing of the Railway Superintendent's office at Parkes various local bodies received a letter from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →“On the Road.”
“Good heavens!” I cried, as a battered figure with a head almost completely enveloped in a bandage that at some period of its existence might…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waugoola Shire Request Road Maintenance
Engineer White, of Waugoola Shire, attended the last Lyndhurst Shire meeting with a request that the latter would consent to look after a section…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Washed Off Rocks Tram Driver Drowned (By Wire) Sydney
In the presence of horrified but helpless work-mates, Thomas McCarthy, aged 30, a tramdriver, was washed off the rocks at Long Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Page of Interest to Motorists. Wheels Ah Their Respective Advantages Characteristics of Principle Types Discussed
Whilst circumstances such as the Great War have produced weird contraptions which called themselves wheels, wherein springs and other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor News and Notes (Specially written for the “Free Press”). Starting Difficulties of the Ford
A good number of the starting troubles which beset the Ford owner may be traced to the commutator. When any starting difficulty arises the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Pushball
An exciting game has just been invented. It is pushball, played not on foot but in small motor-cars. The teams are usually three a side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Appointments
Consequent upon the removal of the District Railway Superintendent's office to Dubbo there has been a, re-shuffle among the officers in this…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cycle and Sulky
Two Parkes youths, Len Davies and William Heaton, had a very narrow escape from serious accident on Friday evening. They were coming…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Parkes Aerodrome Site
The Forbes P. P. Board has sat tight behind its policy of refusing at applications for alienation of T.S.R's. contending that the Board was created…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Excursion Train
The Railway Department announces that a cheap train to Sydney will be run from Wyalong Central on Sydney February 14th, at 1.25 p.m. See advt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waugoola Shire Roads
Sir,—If ever a public body stood self-condemned by Its own actions, it is surely the Waugoola Shire Council. Their latest proposal to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cowra Traffic Bridge
The Department has at last heeded the oft repeated requests from Cowra public bodies to repair the traffic bridge. Mr. W. Daly and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Noxious Weeds on Roads P.P. Board and Shire Council
At the last meeting of the Lachlan Shire Council, a letter was received from the Condobolin P.P. Board, asking would Council be prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Officials' Visit
The new Western Area Commissioner, Mr. Williams, and his fellow officials were tendered a Mayoral reception in the Council Chambers this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Rejected Railway Works Committee's Report Position South of the Lachlan Farmers Must Still Haul for Miles
Why was the South of the Lachlan Railway, proposal rejected. The farmer who grew the best crop of wheat in the State, was a Forbes farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rejected Railway
In this issue we publish the report of the Public Works Committee on the South of the Lachlan proposed Railway. The report was forwarded to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Page of Interest to Motorist the Battery. Its Maintenance
Most motorists are guilty of paying little attention to their car battery, and considering its importance this is surprising. The abuse and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Appointments
It has now been definitely approves by the Railway Commissioners that the District Superintendent office now situated at Parkes will be…
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