Excursion Train
Forbes railway announces that an excursion train will leave at 6.05 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 1947, and replace the ordinary mall train to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
274 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 14
Youth Killed on New Year's Eve In Motor Cycle Accident On Forbes Road
Returning to Parkes from Forbes with two other young men, a youth was fatally injured at about 6.45 p.m. on New Year's Eve, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Train Service May Cease on
Victoria may be without trains on the first Sunday in the New Year. At a meeting. to-day, traffic sections of the Australian Railways Union…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome, Trucking Facilities Shire President's Report
Progress made in establishing the aerodrome at West Wyalong, and interviews he had with the District Superintendent of Railways regarding the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train or Air Travel?
"Because our rail and road transport services are so un satisfactory, we are losing a great volume of leg[?]imate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Developmental Roads Relief Due to Shires
A suggestion that not only the capital cost but also the maintenance of developmental roads should be borne by the Department of Main Roads was made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dimming Motor Lights
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. S. T. Stephens (C.P., Byron) asked whether it was a fact that the regulations controlling the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Wins Arduous U.S. Motor Cycle Test
An Australian motor cyclist. Claude Clouding, son of W. J. doubling, the Australian motor cycle designerand builder,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buses Are Replacing Trams In New York
During the last decade the motor bus has been gaining around at the expense of the rain in the leading cities of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. If you are thinking of buying a new Chevrolet Utility see Condobolin Motors
During the holidays we made a visit of inspection to the Municipal sale yards. They are a very fine job, reflecting credit alike on the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty-one Years Ago Opposition to Railway Station Site
Elsewhere in this issue, giving list of hospitals to be built, we make reference to the significance of opposition to public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Zig-zag Railway Travel 68 Years Ago
Time marches on! In Australia's first railway guide book, published in Sydney in 1879, some advice is given regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Railway Wanted Grenfell To Forbes
The movement for the railway line to be continued from Grenfell to a point on the Forbes-Stockinbingal line (one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grenfell Water Train
Mr. Callinan, Acting County Clerk for the Central Tablelands County Council has received the following letter from Mr. Cahill.—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Road Work Engineer's Report
The Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Spence) reported to the last, meeting of Bland Shire Council on the following road works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rough Road Causes Broken Eggs
So many eggs have been broken during transit from the femora depot of the Egg Mar keting Board to the Young depo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railway Wanted Grenfell to Forbes
The movement for the railway Hue to he contiuued from Greufell to a point oil the ForiicsStockinbingal lino (one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Money for Roads 3d From Petrol Tax Suggested
"In my opinion, a further 3d a gallon should be made available by the Commonwealth Government from the Petrol Tax, and given to the Department of Local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Money for Roads "Only a Drop in the Ocean"
The amount of £450,000 being made available to the Department of Main Roads for construction work was probably the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attack on Railway Food Railway Employees Perturbed
The failure of the railways to compete with other forms of transport has caused a deep feeling of disquiet among railway employees said the Deputy Leader of the…
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