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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

330 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 17

New British Lightweight Motor Sickle

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

The sickle is designed primarily for the use of market gardeners, fruit growers, poultry farmers, nursery gardeners, smallholders, etc. The power unit is a Villiers 2-stroke engine with petrol lubrication and has one control only-- the throttle on adjustable handlebars…

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Petrol Tax Intended for Roads; But Only Third of Tax Allocated

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 4

Declaring that two-thirds of the petrol tax was used by the Commonwealth for purposes other than those for which it was collected, Mr. Jack Beale, Liberal M.L.A.,…

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Junee Railway Men Gaoled

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 1

Three Junee railway employees were convicted at Junee Court on charges of receiving, stealing, or having good in…

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Cowra Road

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 2

On Friday night, 3rd June, the meeting of the Methodist Church People's Club was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hughes, of…

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16 Mile Cycle Road Race

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 4

West Wyalong Cycle Club will hold a.10 miles cycle race on Saturday afternoon next. At least six riders will take…

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Forbes Will Be All Out To Win At Peak Hill League Charters Special Train

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 10

A SPECIAL TRAIN will run from Forbes next Sunday to take players and spectators to Peak Hill for the Group XI. intertown competition game. This will be the second successive Sunday Forbes has been,…

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State Faced with Absolute Chaos Monument Skittled By Motor truck Lucky Escape Of Two Occupants

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 1

TWO young men, Don McPhail, Condobolin, and Allan Bollard, Penrith, who recently were successful in gaining blocks on Jemalong Station, part of which was subdivided for war service land settlement, had lucky escapes from serious accident at…

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Small Cut in West Wyalong Train Services

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 1

Up to the present there has only bene a comparatively small cut in the Sydney-West Wyalong rail services…

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Limit on Parcels at Railway Stn

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 1

Restrictions will be introduced at the West Wyalong railway station from to-day (Monday) the Station master…

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Removal of Railway Siding Fences is Most Retrograde Step

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 1

The removal of fences around unattended Railway Sidings is a most retrograde step. This was stressed by Mr…

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Forbes Mail Train Six Hours Late

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 1

The Forbes mail train last Saturday morning was six hours late in arrival, owing to washaways and earth falls on the Western line, and did not…

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Train Service to Forbes Conference of Interested Bodies

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 1

Molong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has agreed to co-operate in the proposed conference convened, by the Chamber…

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The Bland ROADS

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

The Morangorell road from Quandialla is fast approaching a state of impassability. A large section of this road now consists of two…

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Bland District News Bribbaree Quandialla Caragabal ROADS

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

Thee Morongorell road from Quandialla is fast approaching a state if impassibility. A large section of this road now…

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Alleged Thefts of Railway Sleepers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 6

At the Cootammindra Police Court. before Mr. W. Finlay, [?].M. Allen Anthony Perry (40) was charged with having stolen…

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Daily Train for Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 1

In the correspondence read to last week's meeting of Forbes Municipal Council was a letter from the Chief Traffic Manager of…

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Municipal Road and Other Works Engineer's Report to Council

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 4

The engineer, Mr. T. K. Pr[?]der gast, had a special report on various matters before last Thursday night's meeting of Forbes…

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Railway Tests Successful

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 5

Railway Department officials have expressed themselves completely satisfied with the performance of the 1500 tons test load taken from Lithgow by four…

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Heavy Train Cuts; Two Next Week

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 2

West Wyalong will only have one more train to and from Sydney this week, and that will be on Saturday. Next week there will only be two trains in and out of…

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Main Roads Programme Culverts Construction

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

The Town Clerk reported at the meeting held on Monday, 27th June, that during the period, he conferred with Mr. W. T. Taylor…

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