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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

248 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 13

Motor Registrations

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 2

Motor registrations in New South Wales have dropped by more than 60,000 since the outbreak of war. There was a steep decline in registrations in…

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Road to Victory Grounds for Confidence But a Long Way to Go. (Contributed)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 January 1943 · page 1

Not. since the beginning of the war have the United Nations been able to face a New Year with more confidence and conviction of eventual…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Compulsory Third Party Insurance

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1943 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists Hint within 30 days from February 1 or earlier should registration fall due during that period— every uninsured…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Charcoal Shortage

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

"It is most regrettable that another charcoal shortage has occurred," says' Mr. H. I. Johnson, general secretary or the N.R.M.A…

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Train Accident Near Parkes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 4

The brake-van of a goods train which left Parkes for Peak Hill at 8.10 p.m. on Monday night (says the "Champion-Post") was derailed and…

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Car Registrations Decline of the Private Motorist What Latest Figures Reveal

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 4

According to the Federal Statist, private cars registered in the Commonwealth at last October show a decline of 18 per cent., as…

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Cowra Road

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 3

Mrs. E. Hughes is at present visiting the district as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. Diprose of "Rocklyn." We are sorry to hear that Miss V…

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Caragabal Tragedy Engine Driver Killed. Run Over by Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

James Albert Kennedy, an engine I driver, was run over by a train at Caragabal at about 4 o'clock this , morning and lived for only a quarter…

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Protest Against Wages. by Women Railway Employees

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 1

As a protest. against the wages and oonditions, more than 150 women railway cleaners and porters held a mass meeting in Sydney. The Acting State…

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Reduced to 5000 Sales of Motor Vehicles in Australia For the Year 1942

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

The serious effect of the war on Australia's automobile industry is shown by the fact that the sales of new motor vehicles in the…

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Cowra Road. General

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 4

Mr. S. Thompson, of "Curraweana" received a shock recently when he saw a fire start up in the grass on the side of the road in front of his…

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A Yank on The Burma Road

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 2

"A Yank on he Burma Road," which comes to the Aussie Theater on Saturday and Monday, 13th and 15th February, emphasises the headlines…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Quarterly Motor Registrations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists who contemplate registering their cars quarterly instead of yearly to investigate the position from all…

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Railway Fatality at Caragabal Engine Driver Killed Jas. A. Kennedy's End CARAGABAL, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred in the local railway yards about 4 a.m. last Thursday, when an engine driver named James Albert…

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A Yank on The Burma Road

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 4

"A Yank on the Burma Road," which will be showing at the Aussie Theatre ON TONIGHT (MONDAY), 15th February, emphasises the headlines…

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Naples Raided BY U.S. Air Force. Big Fires on Aerodrome (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 1

A messge from London states: A United States Air Force communique, issued in Cairo, announces that liberator bombers on Saturday attacked…

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Engine Driver Killed Hit by Train at Cakagabal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 2

Mr.James Albert Kennedy, of 38 wills Street Cootamundra, one of the best known railway engine drvers on the southern line, was killed…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Black Used Car Market

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 1

Commenting on reports that a black market existed in second hand the general secretary of the N.R.M A. (Mr. H. I Johnson) said he was not…

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Stock Losses on Railway

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

"Figures published from time to time showing Jhe number of animals Killed or crippled during railway transport appear to have created the…

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The Road to Wyangala Application as Main Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 2

Wangoola Shire Council is to endeavor to have the Cowra-Darby's Falls-Wyangala Road dedicated as a main road…

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