Railway Timetable. Re- Issued on October 22
A new railway timetable will come into operation on October 22. The Silver City Comet from Parkes will be accelerated to reach Broken Hill at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
566 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 24 of 29
Faulty Parking On Country Roads Has Caused Accidents
The opening of the summer motoring season has been fairly satisfactory from an accident point of view. With more than two-thirds of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Accidents During Week-End Due to Increased Traffic (By Wire) Sydney
Two persons were killed, and 22 injured in road accidents during the week-end. Not for many months has there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bad Parking in Country. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
The opening of the summer motoring season has been fairly satisfactory from an accident point of view. With more than two-thirds of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Brevities. (From the "Railway Digest.")
Approximately 6000 tons of iron are worn from brake blocks of trains every month. For every pound of coal used by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Plastic Car Bodies
A motor body factory in the United States is making interesting experiments with a new plastic material—for body work. The material is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists Hurry Home
Unprecedented scenes were witnessed at the Chanel ports on the eve of the outbreak of war as British tourists returned hurriedly from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →European War Lull On The Western Front German Aeroplane Brought Down The Seized City of Flint LONDON
A FRENCH official radio commentator, discussing the overnight communique, "All quiet on the Western Front," makes mention of increased activity behind the German lines, and asks, "What does all this portend ?"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grasshoppers Stop Train
A plague of grasshoppers on the railway line between Goggabilla and the north-western mail route, prevented a rail motor from completing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Bridge To Cost 1½ Millions Over Hawkesbury River SYDNEY
The New South Wales Railway Commissioner announced yesterday that the work of constructing the new railway bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Timetable. Re-issued on October 22
A new railway timetable will come into operation on October 22. The Silver City Comet from Parkes will be accelerated to reach Broken Hill at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists' Corner. Official R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon." International Crisis
In my recent pathetic little story anent the spider which hopped down the windscreen, and caused the driver to wreck his car, I seem to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forbes' Favourable Earnings in N.S.W. Railway System Commissioner's Annual Report
A COPY of the annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Harligan), which was presented to Parliament recently, has been received by the "Advocate." Containing 70-odd pages of foolscap size, it shows in complete…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rallied to The Colors Fifty Men Leave from West Wyalong 1,500 Farewell 2nd. A.I.F. Troops Recruits to form Part of 4th Battalion "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching"
For the second time in 25 years the streets of West Wyalong echoed to the steady tramp of marching feet. It was the second time in that period that men had answered the call to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Timetable. Re-issued on October 22
A new railway timetable will come into operation, on October 22. The Silver City. Comet from Parkes will be accelerated to reach Broken Hill at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regrets Are Vain After Fatal Accidents Appeal to Motorists
It was on the eve of the last Intermediate examination that one of the most pathetic tragedies recorded in the road accident…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Service Susrended West Wyalong to Cowra
Mr. W. G. perrow, proprietor of the West Wyaluig to Cowra motor service advises mat owing to sudden and [?]seen circumstances, he has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Timetable. Re-issued on October 22
A new railway timetable will come into operation on October 22. The Silver City Comet from Parkes will be accelerated to reach Broken Hill at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Jumpers Defiant Occupy Brakevan
A sensation was caused at the Bathurst railway station on Wednesday night when about 15 bagmen virtually took possession of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Trespassing on Road
The postponed case in which Forbes P.P. Board, acting on behalf of Jemalong Shire, proceeded against James Reedy for allowing seven horses and…
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