Parkes Railway "Activity"
Parkes ''Champion-Post" says that about fifteen years ago there was displayed in a shop window in Parkes the plans for the new railway station…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
314 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 16
£4920 Road Grant Work on Back Roads
An amount totalling £4,920 had been allocted to local Shires from the Commonwealth Aid Roads fund for work programmes on…
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A amount totalling £9920 had been allocated to Shire Councils from the Commonwealth Aid Roads Fund for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Without Driver Runs at 1,019 M.p.h
NEW YORK.—Unmanned land vehicles were driven at 1,01: miles per hour in recent tests at Muroc air base, California…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Meeting Consideration of Roads
The ordinary meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council was held on Thursday. Present were: Crs. S. F. Tout (President), L. H. Rout, T. Smith, G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mirroolbeckom Road
AI the last Coolamon Shire [?] [?]ting a letter was received from Mr. M. MeCro[?]e, asking Council on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Queue and Petrol Rationing
A sidelight of stricter rationing in Sydney is that regular users of the Harbor Bridge are chafing at the loss of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Train at Coota
A mart who was shockingly injured when n[?] was struck by a goods train i[?] the Cootamundra shunting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spark From Passing Train May Have Caused Crop Fire
It is thought that a spark from a passing train may have caused a fire at the property of Mr. G. H. Hall, "Runwell," West Wyalong yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Road Racket How the Jemalong Shire Missed Out Secondary Road Expenditure
During Inst year the Jemalong Shire Council, Forbes, was invited by the Minister for Public Works to submit details of expenditure up to £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Died From Pneumonia Man Injured in Road Accident Inquest at Forbes
The District Coroner, Mr. H. K. Ford, on Wednesday afternoon held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Office and Good shed Burgled
BURGLARS broke into the railway goods shed and the stationmaster's office between noon on Sunday and 7.30 on Monday morning. Entrance was effected into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Tax Diversion Leaves Nasty Taste in Motorists' Mouths Latest Figures
"Official figures of petrol tax receipts and diversions, following the tightening of petrol restrictions, are leaving a nasty taste in the…
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A motor vehicles releases committee established by the Federal Government will assume control of the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excursion Train
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announces that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets (at single fare…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Road Accident at Forbes Joseph Holmes Killed Another Man Seriously Injured
JOSEPH HOLMES, 42, single, was killed instantly, and George Arthur ("Tony") Spencer, also a single man, had his left leg fractured and sustained head and other injuries when overtaken by a panel van on the Forbes-Parkes Road, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Thieves Active Again Parcels Office Entered
FOR the second time within a week, thieves entered the station-master's office at the Forbes railway station. Upon their first visit, which took place between the hours of noon on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves Raid Freight Train (By Wire) Sydney
Women's clothing, stockings, underwear and other goods were hurled to the railway line by thieves after they had boarded…
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At a special meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday night it was decided to strike a special rate of 3d in the £…
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