Fitzgerald's Bridge Car Accident
As a result of a car accident at Fitzgerald's Bridge about 6.30 p.m. yesterday three men were admitted to the District Hospital, suffering from shock…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
314 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 16
Special Train on Sunday Night
An additional train will run from Forbes to Sydney on Sunday, January 4, departing at 8.5 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat to Motor Transport In Present System of Road Finance
"Road transport will break down if we continue the present policy of finance for road construction and 'maintenance," said Lt.-Col…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blame For Bad Roads; Federal Government Attacked
The Commonwealth Government was vigorously attacked in the Legislative Assembly by the Leader of the Country Party (Lt.-Col.) Bruxner) for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Government Railways Summary of Annual Report For Year 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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tax on Air Trvael Opposed; Railways Accused of Inefficiency
Opposing the State Government's plan to impose taxes on air travel, the Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Drummond) said that a secret policy had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five in Hospital From Parkes Road Accident Sunday Night's Car Smash
WHEN four spectators at the Forbes swimming carnival on Sunday night were returning home by car to Parkes, they met with a serious accident about 11 miles from Forbes, as a result of which all are inmates of Parkes District Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hint of Better Train Service; Wyalong--Lake Cargelligo (By Wire) Sydney
Mr. M. O'Sullivan, Minister for Transport, announced to-day that the Commissioner for Railways is investigating the possibility of improving the train service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →43,000 Bags of Oats at Railway Yards
There is a fine stack of oats built above the sale yards south of tho crossing to the Bimbi road. This stack comprises 43,000 bags, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Railways Nationalised
LONDON.—Without ceremony a change in the routine of 600,000 employees, the four main railway companies and 54 other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Why Railways Are Rotting
"With the cessation of hostilities, there has been a continuous drift from the Railways Department. Replacing these are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Parkes Road Motor Smash
Referring to the Forbes-Parkes Road motor smash lost Saturday night, Parkes "Champion-Post" says: Interviewed at the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BEDGERABONG Rain Holds Up Harvesting Roads in Shocking State BEDGERABONG, Wed
Seldom are people disappointed with a gilt on New Year's Day. This, however, can truthfully be said of the farmers with the gift of rain on 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humbug Creek Bridge Proposal Delay
There is further delay in connection with the proposed bridge over the Humbug Creek, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Warning to Tram Strikers (By Wire). Sydney
A message from Melbourne states: "Tramway pickets, using violence, will be dealt with like all lawbreakers," a police official said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hot Weather Hint for Motorists
The onrush of summer is causing many cars to be held up by vapor lock, according to the N.R.M.A. Excessive heat causes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paper Train to Forbes Cancelled
The rail motors which used to run from Orange to Forbes and Narromine on Sunday mornings have now been cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Gale Litters Roads with Trees Damages Communications
WHEN a fifty mile an hour gale screamed through Forbes and district on Sunday, from about 7.40 p.m. to 10 p.m., it disorganised communications to such an extent that it was impossible to contact anyone by telephone at Garema and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alderman Determined to Have a Suspension Bridge
Ald. H. J. Hamling has been putting up a stiff fight in Council to have a suspension bridge put over the Lachlan River from McDonell street. His determination reached a peak at the last Council meeting when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Money For Country Roads
The Presidents of the Shires Association (Cr. A. R. Townsend), and of the Local Government Association (Ald. R. T. C. Storey), in a joint…
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