Bush Fires and Railway Department
The Railway Department will accept no responsibility for bush fires unless it is proved beyond doubt the fires were started by sparks…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
1,010 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 51
Camp Street Bridge Local Labor?
The Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department, Mr. C. Tye, has written to Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., in regard to his representations that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Snail Train What Is Wrong?
Our American friends are great on talking "surrvice." They add, if you, want service you must pay for it, and only by paying well can it be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Decision the Road Problem
In "The Advocate's" press wires on Friday appeared the news that the State Government had relented in regard to its decision to refuse the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weethalle Matters Road of Access Councillor's Opinion
Mr. P. G. Usher, at the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council, wrote asking for a road giving him access from his place to the village of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers’ Settlement Bridge Shire Crs. Praise Mr. Lough-lin for His Promptness. Minister for L.g. Promises Up to £750
The Department of Local Government wrote re request that a special grant be made available towards the cost of the construction of a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Merriganowry Bridge £400 Collected by Ratepayers to Extend Over Five Years. Mr. J. Davidson Says He Thinks He Can Secure Further Amounts
The following communication re the above was read at Saturday’s meeting of Waugoola Shire Council:— Mr. J. Davidson, “Mooroonbia”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Railways Questions by Mr. Buttenshaw
Mr. Buttenshaw: I desire to ask the Minister for Railways whether there is any truth in the report that work on the Ungarie-Naradhan railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Careless Use of Fire Alleged. Cases Against Railway Men Dismissed
At the Police Court, Tottenham. yesterday, before Mr. Nott, P.M. William Murray, ganger, and William Henry Wheatley, fettler, both in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor scorching in France
A summary stop has been put to that wild racing indulged in by motorists on the French roads. In many contests extending for hundreds of miles the average pace was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes the "Flat Rate" System
Those motorists, who have at any time studied American motor magazines, will no doubt have been, interested tit the details concerning the flat rate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alectown West Fire. Coroner Holds Exhaustive Inquiry. Responsibility Placed on Railway
An Inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which broke out near Alectown West siding on 10th December last was held by the District Coroner,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Commissioners Exempt
At the Tottenham Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. Nott, Relieving P.M., William Murray, ganger, and William Henry Wheatley, fettler, were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Deviation of a Road
On Saturday afternoon Mr. R. H. White attended the meeting of the Waugoola Shire Council to oppose a proposal to deviate a road through his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Camp Street Bridge Local Labor to Be Employed
Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., has received the following reply to his representations in regard to the employment of local labor on the Camp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Access at Weethalle (To the Editor, "Advocate.")
Sir,—Your report of the discussion Which took place at the Shire meeting on the above matter attributes the following words to me: "We are to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →W.W. Tyre Service Re-Treading Plant Installed A Boon to Motorists
Local and district motorists have long felt the necessity of the establishment locally of a plant which would be capable of re-treading and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes
During the month of December 1926, according the official figures, more Ford vehicles were sold, throughout Australia than during any previous,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tuesday's Court Cases Noisy Motor Bikes. Magistrate's Warning
"About ninety per cent, of the motor bikes should not be allowed on the streets until a more efficient and quieter engine is made," said Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Committed For Trial Serious Charge in Parkes Motor Case
A week ago the whole district was on the qul vive owing to the escape of two men who were alleged to have attacked a young motor driver on the…
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