Heavy Losses on British Railways
It is expected that, by the end of this financial year, there will be an accumulated deficit or Britain's railways of between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1950
414 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 21
Road Transport of Superphosphate
"Wheatgrowers who are experiencing delays in the delivery of superphosphate can obtain from the Commissioner for Road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Air-conditioned Train Essential for West Travel Conditions Now Deplorable
One of the worst services offered by the Railways Department to the travelling public is that experienced on the run between Sydney and Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Road of Access to Property G'gong Farmer Stranded on Holding Tomato Crop Will Rot on Ground
For approximately the past 12 months, Mr. E. T. McGregor, Goolagong landowner, has been unable to get in or out of his property…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Safety Fight, New Plan in Road
The Executive of the N.S.W. Road Safety Council at a recent meeting appointed a special committee to review the policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Roads Closing Objected to
There were 15 objectors to last Thursday night's meeting of the Municipal Council against the proposed closing of Willow Avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arrived in Bullock Waggon Left by Aeroplane
Eighty-six years old Mrs. Clara Pea cock, who arrived in West Wyalong riding in a dray drawn by bullocks, left for Sydney yesterday by air liner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government and the Roads
The concern by motoring organsations regarding the steady disintegration of the roads for the maintenance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hockey Club Will Train Next Month
West Wyalong hockey. Club members will commence, training early in March, it was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Transfer of Railway Trucking Yards to Saleyards Site and erection of Pig and Cattle Sections at the Municipal Saleyards
At its regular meeting held on Monday, 20th February, 1950, the Sub-Committee had before it a plan of the proposal prepared by Ald. W. H. Crouch for the transfer of the Railway Trucking Yards to a suitable position on the Saleyards site and for the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Be Prosecuted Persons Who Damage Roads Irrespective of Payment
Persons who damage roads, Irrespective of whether they meet the damages or not,as in the case of the recent instance in Farnell St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety First Appeal Made to Motorists SYDNEY
With the re-opening of schools after the long vacation, the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. warned motorists that they must respect school safety patrols…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Trucking Yards
In our last issue it is regretted that the resolution regarding the report under "Proposed Transfer of Railway Trucking Yards, etc.,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Strikes Horse on Road Shocking Death Of Forbes Youth
A 21-YEARS-OLD Forbes youth was killed instantly early on Monday morning when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a horse on the Parkes Road, about two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Roads a Disgrace What Are We Paying Rates For?
When interviewing a well known and very likeable business man the other day, we asked him if many people read the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Paymaster Acquitted Case re Condobolin Porter's Pay
Thomas Arthur Coughlan, railway paymaster, at Parkes Quarter Sessions on Wednesday last, was acquitted by direction of the Judge of a charge of stealing. "There should have been further investigation by the Railway Department before any charge was laid,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bad Roads Hold Back the North
The North Coast, and in particular the Lyne electorate, was being held back in its proper development by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Too Bad for Mailmen
The Mildil to Calleen road in the West Wyalong district, is so bad that mailmen may refuse to travel along it, a deputation told the Bland Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Works Within Municipality Engineer's Report
Mr. T. K. Prendergast, municipal engineer, submitted a lengthy report to last week's meeting of the Council bearing on the works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stopped Suddenly Big Motors at Daroobalgie Galah Causes Interruption
At 9 a.m. yesterday an interruption occurred on the Jemalong Shire Council's electricity system. The big motors at Daroobalgie stopped suddenly, a…
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