Railway Excursions
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made for the issue of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
314 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 16
Attempted Burglaries from Forbes Railway Station Two Young Men Committed for Trial
THE breaking and entering of Forbes Railway Station premises on January 25 and 31 of this year led to the arrest at Orange during the week of two young men, George William Kendall and Raymond Terence Harris, who at Forbes Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Crash at Parkes
The sudden deflation of the front tyre of his motor cycle is believed to have caused Peter Earle, son of Mrs. R. Allan, of Parkes, to fall from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crowds Mob Funeral Train on 400-Mile Trip. (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Delhi states that huge crowds of Indians over-ran the Mahatma Gandhi's funeral train at every stop, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central Tablelands County Council Grenfell's Big Motor Burnt Out.—anxiety Due to Bearings in Small Pump Warming Up
A meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers yesterday, Cr. Innes (President) being in the chair…
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What kind of [?]k would you like, Mrs Smith? Something light? It d[?]. I have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Loan Action in Boree Shire Deferred
A motion, that Boree Shire Council make application for a loan of £5,066 for road maintenance and construction work on…
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Thrown to the roadway when a motor cycle which he was riding struck a rut in Wombat Street, Forbes, on the evening of February 10, Raymond…
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The President (Cr. A. T. B. Holland) told Bland Shire Council at its monthly meeting that he had authorised road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Smash on Parkes Road Driver's Lucky Escape
Stewart Irving (31), of Concord, Sydney, had a narrow escape from injury when a three-ton truck which he was driving turned over on the Parkes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tribute to Motorists "Regulations Obeyed," Say Police
A tribute to the motoring population of Forbes was paid by Sgf. T. J. O'Sullivan last week, when he said that, although the police had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thieves Steal Goods Left in Railway Waiting Room Two Women Arrested at Forbes
TWO women who were arrested at the Forbes railway station at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday last, appeared before Messrs. R. J. Rummery and T. R. Jones, J's.P., at the Forbes Police Court on the same day, to answer charges arising out of the theft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Works Requests For Not So Many
Realising that Bland Shire Council is short of funds at present, few requesis were made to Council at the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Drives Into "Shower of Frogs"
A motorist last week ran into a shower of frogs on Milperra Road, near Liverpool. He was driving from Camden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schoolboy Injured Accident in Bridge Road
William Parslow (10), of Bathurst Street, Forbes, was seriously injured when a bicycle he was riding became involved in a collision with a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Car Overturns on Orange Road Occupants' Miraculous Escape
FOUR people had a miraculous escape from death on Wednesday night, when a Hudson car, driven by Richard Goldner, of 33 Almora Street, Mosman, Sydney, overturned three times before coming to rest on the lef-hand side of the Orange Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Back Calarie Road Query to the Shire Council (To the Editor)
Sir,--Could I ask the Jemalong Shire Council, through your valuable paper, why our road, the Back Calarie Road, has been so sadly neglected in spite of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Thieves Sent to Gaol Judge's Stern Warning
TWO young men, George William Kendall (18) and Raymond Terence Harris (19), both laborers, were each sentenced to twelve months' gaol by Judge Shorlland at the Forbes Quarter Sessions yesterday, on charges arising out of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Roll in Railway Crash (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Zurich Switzerland) states:— Between fourteen and twenty people were killed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Tenders Accepted By Jemalong Shire Council
At the meeting of Jemalong Shire Council last Thursday the following tenders for roadwork were accepted: Ledger's to Malloy (off New Grenfell…
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