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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
498 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 25
Should traffic police when they are following a man in a P.D. car whom they suspect of being under the influence of drink allow the motorist to travel over a mile before they stop him or should he, in the interest of public safety, be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thos. Lance, 20 years of age, of Parkes, was arrested at Forbes on Saturday on a charge of illegally using a motor lorry, the property of Miss Enid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In order to assist with the work of eradicating rabbits on roads and preventing a spread of this plague, the Lachlan Shire Council (Condobolin)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Following on the continual requests from the Mendooran Chamber of Commerce, work on the Mendooran side of the Forest Road is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An English car driver was fined for exceeding the 30 m.p.h. speed limit. His defence was that it was safer .to do 38 m.p.h. on a wide main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An unfortunate motor smash occurred on the Marsden road, near Caragabal, during the early hours of Thursday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. George Murray told the West Wyalong Progress Association that Railway Road, West Wyalong, is an eyesore and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Leonard Cheney, of Gunning bland, spent last Saturday in Parkes, making the trip there in his 1927 Chevrolet tourer. When he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thomas Lance, a young man who went to Parkes from Griffith for the wheat carting season, and on Saturday, December 30, illegally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Whilst no one knows precisely how many Australian industries have benefited and are continuing to do so from the ever-increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When life is young, and the trees are green And the prospects bright, through the hills between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the war is the dominant thought today, the seriousness of the road accident problem is such that the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An appeal to road users to aid in reducing accidents during the weekend has keen made by the Minister for Transport (Colonel Bruxner)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring the first month of the war the [?] more [?] on the road in [?]than a—l the casualties [?] by the British Army,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Few people have a proper realisation of what the motor industry means to the country, and a few of the figures, compiled in the main by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swerving to avoid an oncoming car on the Bathurst-Lithgow Road on Sunday afternoon, Jack Wright was severely injured when his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government of India has no Intention of imposing restrictions on the sale of pe.ro:, at least in the earlier stage of the war, and the vast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although harvesting operations are practically finished in most parts f the South-west, there are many thousands of bags of the golden grain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dutch Government has prohibited the export of cars. There is an acute petrol shortage in Stockholm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The t[?]opic every motorist is discussing at the moment, is of course, the proposal to close garages on Sundays. It is by no means a new bone of…
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