Heavy Storms In Parts of the District Fences and Roads Damaged
Heavy storms occurred in portions of the district on Friday last, and some damage was done to tencing and roads. The registrations included…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1936
636 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 32
Motor Vehicles Compulsory insurance Likely Licensing of Garagas
Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., speaking at a meeting of the Service Station Proprietors Association in the Petersham Town Hall, predicted that a bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes Precision of Overhauls
It is becoming more and more apparent that to test and adjust a modern car thoroughly, certain rather costy equipment and instruments of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reckless Country Motorists
Police are planning to extend their road saety campaign to the country, and a plan will shortly be put into operation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Real War Shots Fired Troop Train Hit. Guard’s Lucky Escape
A bullet, fired from the darkness, near Galong, on Wednesday last, shattered two windows of the guard’s van of the special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Carnival Big Crowd on Train
There was a large attendance at the swimming carnival at Tumut on Sunday last. The cool weather prevailing on the day militated against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Exchange R. O. J. Hope and Lachlan Shire Council. Agreement Reached Subject to Certain Conditions
It is a long time since the first movement towards a public road to link up Forbes road at Moonbi with the Marsden road at a point not far…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road-stock Route. Circle Y to 9-Mile Advanced Another Stage Lachlan Shire Council Consents Under Specified Conditions
The above very old and contentious 'road-route,' or whatever it may be designated is at last reaching finality on the point of the right of travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Notes Tales of the Instrument Panel
It is not without significance that one of the marked minor alterations in the layout of modern cars sis that the dashboard instruments are often…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Train to Young Cowra Swimmers. Visit to Baths
At the end of last year, the “Witness” published a story of the activities of Mr. Phil Smith, formerly Manly Club…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Erigolia-Gabbata Road
Following the receipt of a petition from residents complaining of the state of the Erigolia-Gubbata road, Bland Shire Council has authorised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girral Road Repairs
Following the receipt of a letter from Mr. W. J. [?]scarel, Secretary of the Wheatgrowers' Union, Girral, complaining of the state of various…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lake Cargelligo Rainfall and Train Service
Still Jupitor Pluvjus visits us and in places with a vengeance. In all at Lalie Cargelligo we have had 10 indies, and it looks as if February…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. E. J. KELLY Leaves West Wyalong Popular Railway Official
Mr. E. J. "Kelly, who has been a resident of West Wyalong for over 20 years, and who has been transferred to Binalong, was extended a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Motor Breach
At the local Police Court on Tuesday, Baden Roy Pearce pleaded guilty to permitting another person to drive his unregistered motor lorry on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Child Injured When Cars Collide. Sydney Road Accident
Although nine persons were Involved in a collision between two cars on the Sydney road on Saturday morning only one—a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M. A. and It Was Free!
An army of painters in Copenhagen was sent out into the streets and public squares witr orders to offer to paint white, free of charge, the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Friendly Road And Beauties of the Bush
Mr. P. J. Arnold, one-tine Postmaster at West Wyalong, and now of Oxford Street, Sydney, writes:— Once more I am tempted to enthuse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Cargelligo News New Train Service
Preferring to paragraph appearing an the district press a couple of weeks ago, we are now pleased to state that the new revised timetable is to come…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes Right Temperature and Engine Idling
The average efficient working temperature of a petrol engine is between 180 and 190 degrees F. If that rate is exceeded there will be…
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