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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 8 of 15

Road Matters Given Attention Shire Engineer Reports to Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 4

The Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Spenre) made the following report on road works in the Shire to last meeting of Bland Shire Council:—State Highways.—Maintenance…

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Train Cuts Imposed Service Three Times a Week No Sunday Trains

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 1

The Forbes Mail now arrives from Sydney only three times a week. On Mondays the Mail is due at…

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Forbes Train Services

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

The Forbes mail now arrives from Sydney only three times a week. On Mondays the mail is due at Forbes at 8.53 a.m., and on Wednesdays…

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Saturday Day Train Still Running

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

We have received advice from the local Railway Station to the effect that the Saturday day train to Sydney, is still operating. This means…

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Real Motor Roads for Britain

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 5

According to the announcement by the British Government, real motor roads are to be built in Great Britain under a comprehensive road building…

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Morangorell Bridge Repairs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 6

The Narraburra Shire Council at its last meeting decided to ask the Main Roads Department to carry out repairs to the Morangorell Bridge…

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'Road Graziers" Court Action a Test Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 5

"Road Graziers" will be intereste[?] in the decision in the Junee Court of P[?]ly Sessions, when Junee Council sucessfully prosecuted Allan O,Kee[?]e, North…

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Jubilee of British Motor Industry

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

On the 27th of this month the Jubilee of the British motor industry will be celebrated by a cavalcade of motor vehicles through London. The…

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Railway Worker Fatally Injured

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

A railway construction worker, Clifford Allan Hodgekiss, sustained shocking injuries when he was struck by railway trucks at Junee on Friday…

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Sunday Train for Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 9

With the cutting out of the railway trains to Forbes on Sunday and the despatch of the train to Sydney on Sunday night, a guaranteed rail motor…

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Railway Station Lights

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

The Railway Department advised Bland Shire Council at its last meeting that quotation from Council for installation of electricity at Wyalong West…

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Motor Minded What South Africa Is Doing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 1

Either the South African Government is more appreciative of the desirability and necessity of keeping down the cost of automotive transport, or users of…

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Railway Extension Burcher to Nyngan via Condobolin

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

When the Hon. C. E. Martin, M.L.A., Attorney-General, visited Condobolin recently he received a deputation in connection with the proposal for the…

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Four Corners Road Repairs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 5

Lachlan Shire Council informed Bland Shire Council at the last monthly meeting, that they propose to carry out additional clearing on the…

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Ungarie and District News Road Referred to Engineer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 5

A section of road between Ungarie and Bena, which is in need of attention, was referred to the Shire Engineer (Mr. Spence) by Cr. F. R. Hayes…

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Increased Rate Proposed in Boree Shire For Purchase of Road Machinery

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 8

The proposition of striking a rate of 12d. in the £, for three years, for improvement in the council's machinery position, will be discussed…

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More About the Railway Extension Council's Decisions

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 2

The importance of further strong representations in regard to the proposal to have the railway line extended from Burcher to Condobolin and thence to Nyngan, was evident at the Municipal Council meeting, when…

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Bitumen Road to Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 2

The Waugoola Shire Council will ask the Main Roads Board to make provision for the road from Cowra through to Grenfell to be tar-sealed…

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Cowra Road Wesley Guild

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 2

There was a good attendance at a meeting held on Friday last 19th July. A syllabus and social committee…

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Rural Works Top Priority Railway Unification Lower on List

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 2

Important rural works such as water and soil conservation and electricity development occupied top priority before the Australian railway guage…

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