Cyclists Battle for Cabot Cup Week-end Road Races Four Rivals
Bone of contention among Forbes club cyclists just now is the handsome Cabot Cup. This trophy, recently donated to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
566 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 29
Excitement on a Train
The Albury mail train was over an hour late to Cootamundra recently. The water tank under one of the carriages dropped down on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter Dangers. Road Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks & the principal cause…
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Alfred William Spence, aged 53 years, of Roseville. was killed by a train at Croydon Station last night. He was leaning over the edge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed at Crossing Wife was in Train MELBOURNE
As Mrs. Thomas Argus was returning by train to Bunyip (Gippsland) to-day alter attending the funeral at Benalla of her brother, her train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reckless Motorists
The recent statement issued by the Tax Department, that approximately one in every six appl cants for motor drivers' licenses during February and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Are Despots" Railway Commissioners Latest Move Criticised
"The Railway Commissioners are absolute despots and we should take prompt action to protest against this latest move."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Mishap
At one o'clock on Saturday, just after Mr. C. Baden had pulled out of the parking rank in front of his business premises in Lachlan Street, a minor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Temora Aerodrome
Work on the Temora aerodrome construction will commence this week. Mr. F. Hayles of the Department of Labor and Industry, was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mistake? Building Scenic Roads
Is it a mistake for Shire and Municipal Councils to spend vast sums on scenic roads and on the part of the Department of Works for granting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes Mail Train Altered Timetable
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said in the Legislative Assembly that the alteration last month in the departnure time of the Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Glass Kerbs Aid Driving
Glass kerbs to mark the roadside have been used on 15 mile of roads in Essex and Leicestershire (England) as a safety measure for driving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes
Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few Weeks and the p[?]ncipal cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Warning. Road Safety at Week-End
(Issued by the Road Safety Council [?] New South Wales). Whenever there is a public holiday on a Monday the road accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wood As Fuel for Motor Buses. Substitute for Petrol
On the Continent, and particularly in countries of plentiful supply of reasonably priced petrol, different types of fuel for motor buses are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety Skids Cause Accidents
Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding, and in the coming months many more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Skull Fractured In Car Crash Condobolin Aboriginal Killed Accident At Jemalong Bridge
SEVERAL disastrous circumstances were associated with yesterday's hockey carnival at Forbes, but none more so than the accident which occurred at Jemalong Bridge in the morning, when, as the result of a lorry skidding on the bridge an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King and Queen Attend Church Service Crowds Line the Road (By Wire) Sydney
A message from New York on Sunday states: Their Majesties, the King and Queen, accompanied by President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and members of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Tourist Bureau Transferred to Railway Department
The transfer to the Railway Department of the Government tourist activities is not generaly known. Among the assets of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Condobolin Aboriginal Killed. Accident at Jemalong Bridge
We take the following from the Forbes "Advocate" of 13th inst. Several disastrous circumstances were associated with yesterday's…
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