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

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

294 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 15

UNGARIE P.W.P. Aerodrome Site Adjoining

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 5

Pending allocation by the Land Board of 360 acres of land adjoining the Ungarie PWP for an aerodrome, Bland Shire Council has given the…

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Bridge Wanted on Humbug Creek

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 5

Ungarie Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will request Bland Shire Council to build a [?]dge over the Humbug Creek at Wmnunga…

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Woman Killed By Goods Train

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

Margaret Carroll, married. was killed by a gdoods train as she walked on the railway bridge between Goulburn and Kenmore…

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200 Persons Killed 300 INJURED In Railway Smash (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

A message from Rio de Janeiro states: Two hundred persons were killed and 300 injured in a train wreck near Aracaju…

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Railway Truck Depot Needed at Forbes Lucerne Growers' Assn. Asks C. of C. Support

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

The Lucerne Growers' Association, at Monday's meeting, sought the co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce in an attempt to…

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Low Vote For Developmental Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 4

The fact that only £50,000 was provided in this years estimates for developmental roads was criticised in the Legislative Assembly by the…

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Players Will Train To-night

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

Speaking at a meeting of the West Wyalong Football Club, Mr. Jack McDonald, stressed the necessity for players to enter into strict training, if the…

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Proposed Railway Bourke to Berrigan

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 1

The building of a railway from Bourke to Berrigan would be one of the first projects when agreement for standardisation of railways was…

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Eugowra-parkes Railway Chamber of Commerce Meeting Delegation Appointed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 6

At the usual monthly meeting of the Eugowra Chamber of Commerce the main business discussed was the extension of the existing railway line…

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Day Train for Grenfell From Sydney on Friday. to Sydney on

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners visited Grenfell on Thursday night, arriving at 10 o'clock. Mr. Hartigan, Chief Commissioner…

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Railway Truck Shortage Half Empty Ships Alleged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. S D. Dickson (C.P., Temora) asked the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) whether it was a fact that shps run by the…

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Motor Burnt Out At New Filtration Plant Report Asked For

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 2

Already one of the small motors at the new Forbes nitration plant has burnt out and there is a suggestion that tills was not done in…

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Cowra Road Brundah North Parents & Citizens' Association. Annual Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above was held in the school on Wednesday, 27th March. There was a good attendance of…

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Two Serious Motor Mishaps Mr. J. T. Shanahan's Collision with Train SULKY & Car Collide on Eugowra Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 1

TWO serious motor mishaps have occurred within the Forbes district during the past week. On Tuesday morning, while Mr. J. T. Shanahan, of…

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Lucky Escapes in Road Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 1

All the parties in the Eugowra Road accident had lucky escapes from serious injury, and this particularly applied to the three girls…

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Visit of Railway Commissioners

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 6

The Chief Commissioner of Railways and party visited Eugowra last Thursday week, March 28, by special train, on their annual tour of inspection…

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Eugowra Railway Extension Deputation to the Chief Commissioner

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hurtigan) paid a visit to the Eugowra Railway Station on Thursday, 28th March Representatives of the Eugowra…

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Almost Run Down by Train Gundagai Woman's Narrow Escape

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 4

Mrs. Bruce Beveridge. of Gundagai is a very fortunate woman in having escaped serious injury or perhaps death recently when she narrowly s…

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Better Site for Railway Station

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 1

Describing Central Wyalong Railway Station as unsuitable and inadequate. Mr. K. Emmett moved, at the Progress Association meeting on Thursday night,…

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Superphosphate Holp-up Use of Motor Vehicles Suggested

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 2

When attention was drawn in the Legislative Assembly to the hold-up in the delivery of superphosphate to country districts because of the shortage of…

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