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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 5 of 13

Railway Information

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

On Thursday, 22/4/53, the train for Grenfell will depart from Sydney at 10.35 p.m and arrive at Grenfell at 10.16 a.m. on Good Friday…

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'Bus Service on Eugowra Road to Bring Children to Forbes Meeting at Bonnie Dell School To-morrow

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 1

At the meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council on Friday the president, Cr. G. H. Griffith, reported that he bad called a public…

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Toll of British Road's

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

LONDON.—Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, Liberal M.P., a former Minister for Transport, in a speech in the accident prevention campaign, referred to the…

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'Bus Service on Eugowra Road For Bringing School Children to Forbes I.H.S. Meeting of Country Parents Favors Scheme

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 1

IN our last issue we outlined the proposal of Jemalong Shire Council for the establishment of a trial 'bus service on the Orange Road for the purpose of transporting children from as far afield as Eugowra to the Forbes Intermediate High School…

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Parkes-cootamundra Rail Motor

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 5

The Secretary for Railways sends word that, as from April 26, the rail motor for Cootamundra will leave Parkes at 23 pm. (instead of 2.18 p.m.)…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Motorists' Priority

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 4

That many motorists are ignorant of the importance of the priority numbers endorsed on their petrol consumer's license is the belief of the…

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Motorists' Priority

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

That many motorists are ignorant of the importance of the priority number on their petrol consumer's license is the belief of the NRMA. Some…

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Political Controy of Railways What Is Behind the Government's Move?

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

The announcement that ths McKell Government proposes to put through legislation placing the railways under the control of a…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. New Speed Limit

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists to keen strictly within the 30 miles per hour speed limit, not only in save rubber but also because the…

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Tichborne Com- Plaint Regarding Train Service: Passengers Overcarried to Forbes'

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 6

A Tichborne correspondent writes:-- A matter that has caused some inconvenience to passengers travelling by train from Sydney to Forbes is that…

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"A Colossus of Roads"

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

One fine morning in the year of grace 1782 some London tradesman fussily taking down his shop shutters might have witnessed, all unwittingly,…

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Fatal Accident at Junee. Railwayman Killed by Train

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred in the Junee railway yards recently, when Mr. John Newman, a railway porter, aped 24 years, wa run over by a train…

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Deterioration of Roads. [?] the West

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

If a greater effort is not mads by country councils in western districts, to maintain gravelled main roads, motoring will before…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Speed Limit Warning

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. warns motorists that several magistrate dealing with breaches of the 30 m.p.h. speed limit have intimated that, they will…

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Woman Kill[?]d in Tram and Car Collision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Edith M. K. Royle, 29, of Bennett Road, Five Hock, was fatally injured when the ear in which she and her father…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Speed Limit

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 1

Few long distance motorists seem to be obeying the new 30 m.p.h. speed limit, according to the N.R. M.A…

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Motor Parts Now Controlled (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 1

The Minister for Supply and Shipping (Mr Beazley), has issued an order under whicli spare parts for motor vehicles are controlled…

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Major Victory for R.A.F. Ruhr Valley Flooded. Road and Railway Bridges Wrecked Devastating Blow to German Industry

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.) — Millions of Ions of water are swilling down the Rubr Valley, swooping away bridges, and flan dins vital…

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Road Repairs Requests by F.S.A. BRANCHES To Bland Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 2

The West Wyalong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, through their Hon. Secretary (Mr. G. S. Marshman) referred to the need…

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Sequel to Motor Collision Breach of Traffic Regulations Well-known District Resident Fined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

After hearing lengthy evidence at the West Wyalong Police Court on Thursday morning last, the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. N. L. Sheridan) convicted Stanley Cattle on a charge of driving a motor vehicle and not keeping as near to the left boundary of the road as possible…

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