Excursion Train
An excursion train will run from Forbes to Sydney on Tuesday, October 14, 1947, leaving at 6 p.m. Single fare for the return journey will operate…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
274 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 14
Wheat Season Route of Lorries to Railway Station
At the meeting of Forbes Municipal Council on Thursday night Ald, Martin referred to the probability of a record harvest being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Picnic
There was a large attendance of railway workers, their wives and families at the annual railway picnic at Parkes yesterday (Monday). Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parkes-orange Road Conference to be Called
Division of interests among local municipal bodies was blamed for delay in attention to the Parkes-Orange Road, it was alleged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flying Doctors Must Pay Aerodrome Charges Reply to Mr. John Howse
A request that special consideration be given to flying doctors of the middle and far west, to exempt them from payment of aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inspection to Be Made Forbes-Orange Road Near Murga
Dangerous sections of the Forbes-Orange road along Mandagery Creek, near Murga, would be inspected to determine what major…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wyrra Farmers Hard Pressed; Road Repairs
The East and West roads from the Wyrra Railway Siding, and other roads in the locality are causing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weethalle Roads in Bad Shape
The reads in the Weethalle area are in such a state of disrepair, that Shire Councillors Cannot use them…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Same Answer to Road Repair Requests
Bland Shire Councillors had to give themselves the same answer as the Clerk (Mr. E. E. Rannard) will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Road Cut Up With Machine
A newly constructed road in the Bellarwi district, was cut up by farm machinery, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good News for Busy West Wyalong Motorists
"As with many other things that we used to say "can't be done" — science has again confounded our pre-conceived Ideas — and this time on the subject of battery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways at Work
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has announced the publication of a 48-page booklet illustrating and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cowba Road Annual Picnic and Concert
The annual picnic and concert was held at "Springvale" on Wednesday, 15th October, when a most enjoyable day was spent by all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Report on Train Smash (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane states:—The Police report on Saturday's tragic train smash near Gympie is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Failed to Keep to Left Side of Road Log Carrier Fined Held Responsible for Accident
A defended case in the local Police Court on Thursday was that in which Albert John Simmons was charged that on June 18, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Constable Killed In Road Collision (By Wire) Sydney
A police constable, Lawrence Ernest McNeil, 23, Stationed at Grafton was killed instantly while on patrol duty when his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Refused to Pay Fare or Leave Train; Two Men Fined £5
Two young Sydney men, who declined to pay their railway fare from Weethalle to Tallimba, and then refused to leave the train when directed by railway officials…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Offered £775 Grant Programme of Road Works
A grant of half the coat, but not exceeding £775, was offered to the Weddin Shire Council by the Minister for Works and Local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Sleep-walker
Railwayman at Orange are talking about a "sleep-walking" passenger on the Forbes Mall at 4.30 on Wednesday morning last. They say that he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lachlan Review Next Year Regional Survey of Main Roads
The survey of the main roads in the Luchlan Region (No. 14) would be carried out early next year and the suggested classification of the…
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