Ratepayer Claims No Work on His Road for Twenty Years
A Blard Shire Council ratepayer states that no money has been spent on the road near his property during the past twenty years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1948
314 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 16
Young Cyclists Show Veterans How to Ride in Road Races
Younger riders were again prominent in the 7½ miles road race conducted by the West Wyalong Cycle Club, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gang Stealing Electric Motors In Country?
TAMWORTH.—Police believe that a well organised gang is travelling country areas by heavy truck, stealing electric…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ungarie Aerodrome Site
The Departments of Lands has advised Bland Shire Council, that the plans are in progress for a lease of 350 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads and Works Grant to Boree Shire
There was an atmosphere of merry largesse about Boree Shire Council table at last meeting when councillors set out to spend £2500 between th[?]m…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Jemalong Shire Electricity Committee's Report Application for Roads Aid Grant
The minutes of an electricity committee meeting of Jemalong Shire Council, which was held on May 13, came before the general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicles in Collision
A small car driven by Mrs. Campbell, wife of Mr. K. Campbell, dentist, and an army truck came into collision ait the Hotel victoria corner last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lachlan Shire Council Road Making Increased by 77 Per Cent
Although the Lachlan Shire Council recently increased its rate levy by 66 per cent, it is not now able to carry out as much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rabbit Menace Pest Breeding on Roads
At a recent meeting or the Molong P.P. Board Mr. G. Cassell, rabbit inspector, reported that there was a marked decrease of rabbits on most of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Bruxner Appalled at Great Road Deterioration
During recent extensive travelling in the country districts, he was appalled to find the alarming deterioration that was taking place over the whole network of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HOCKEY Meagher Shield Games Resumed Country Week Team in Train
The first round of the Meagher Shield competition was completed last Saturday afternoon. The matches played resulted in a draw…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cowra Road Wesley Guild
The above met at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Pfeiffer on Friday night last. A debate was held, the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home-office Running is Not Legitimate Business Motoring
Many holders of business petrol licenses will find it difficult to persuade the Liquid Fuel Control Board that running between their homes and their offices is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of Interest Our Roads
The dressing being placed on the roads has a lot of shortcomings. It is of a red nature and when it rains it becomes a muck heap in which motor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BEDGERABONG Farmers Welcome Rain Shocking Condition of Roads BEDGERABONG. Tues
With threatening weather all day Sunday, the rain did not set in until about 11 p.m. Steady at first then, heavier, with wind almost gale force…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prosecutions for False Statements to Secure Motor Vehicles
Recent prosecutions have been launched against applicants for the purchase of new motor vehicles due to false statements being included in their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Crashes Through Bridge Over Caragatel Swamp Bridge Wrecked; Wine Lost
A truck, with trailer, loaded with barrels of wine, crashed through the wooden bridge over Caragatel swamp, 18 miles out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Our Roads are Starved For Revenue"
Reports of buoyant Federal revenue give motorists real cause for renewing their demand for Justice from the Commonwealth in the matter of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orange-Parkes Road Shires' Problem
A suggestion is to be made to the Main Roads Board that, as the Orange-Parkes road passes through four shires, it would be better if all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "New Look" and Road Accidents
The "New Look" In women's clothes has started a controversy among road safety students. According to the N.R.M.A., they can't make up their…
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