Additional Train Service
The Railway Department advises that there will be on additional service to that published in our Tuesday's issue, when a train will leave Forbes at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
274 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 14 of 14
Blame for Bad Roads Must Rest on Federal Government While Petrol Tax is Not Distributed
The Commonwealth Government was vigorously attacked in the Legislative Assembly by the Leader of the Country Party…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Why Railways Do Not Pay Criticism of Mr. Dickson M.L.A.
Even a person with a most vivid Imagination could never snggest that there was any possibility of the railways giving a service…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hail Damage Assessments Delayed by Roads
The 14 insurance assessors who are engaged in assessing the damage to the wheat crop caused by recent hail report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More of Petrol Tax Needed for Roads
The roads under the control of the local governing bodies are so worn out that nothing less than a major operation will restore them," said the Deputy Leader…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Why Railways do not Pay; Government Policies Blamed
Even a person with a most vivid imagination could never suggest that there was any possibility of the railways giving a service comparable with that which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One-Gallon Cut to Average Private Motorist
The new petrol cuts which become operative in January will mean that the average basic petrol allowance of 10 gallons to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Council Rate Raised Increased Expenditure on Secondary Roads Minister's Permission Asked to Rate of 3d. in £
AS briefly announced in our last issue, Jemalong Shire Council, at its meeting on Thursday, decided to increase the general rate from 2d. to 3d. in the £ on all rateable land in the area. The 2d. rate operating in the past year is the maximum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tax on Air Travel Opposed The Inefficiency of the Railways Some Suggested Reforms
Opposing the State Government's plan to impose taxes on air travel, the Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Drummond)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Our Point of View Municipal Roads
That the state of the roads around and about the town should be a matter for lengthy discussion by the first administrative meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Council's Three Years' Works Programme Decision To Borrow £8000 in First Year Early Attention to Outside Roads Urged
THE newly-elected Forbes Municipal Council, at its meeting on Monday of last week, put into motion a comprehensive works programme which the old Council had been formulating for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Safety of Railways; Efficient Staff But New Material Needed
In the interests of safety, there was an urgent need for a large scale reconstruction of railway tracks, according to the1 Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Government Railways; Summary of Report for 1946-47
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, C.M.G., has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the operations of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7 Motor Bodes Make 1,11 Miles Trip on Transport Waggons
A convoy of eleven heavy motor transports, each carrying seven motor car bodies, passed through West Wyalong yesterday. They were travelling from South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvement of Railway Services
Mr. It. G. Medcalf, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Transport, under date 17th December, 1947:…
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