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

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

363 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 19

Road Betterment Campaign

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

Social considerations involving improved amenities in the country, with better educational and cultural facilities and…

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A Fine Car We Test the Fiat 1400. (Reprinted from the N.R.M.A. Journal "Open Road.")

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

In its latest production the Fiat offers a car bristling with worthwhile features. An enormous manufacturing…

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Road Safety Suggestions To Council Approved

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 3

A number of recommendations which the newly-formed Forbes Road Safety Council made to the Municipal Country were…

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Gravelling of Aerodrome Runway Approved

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

The long-awaited gravelling of one runway at the West Wyalong Aerodrome to permit all-weather landing's will be commenced shortly. Bland Shire Council, at its meeting on Tuesday, received a letter from the Department of Civil…

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Appeal for Bridge Repairs

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Leifermann, President of the Condobolin Motor Traders Association, has written the following letter to the Chairman of…

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Road Betterment Campaign

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 9

Social considerations involving improved amenities in the country, with better educational and cultural facilities and higher…

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Water On Arterial Roads Likely To Rise

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

IN expectation of the main roads leading to Forbes being cut off by flood waters, residents at points where water usually encroaches were contacted by 'phone. At some places water had already crossed the roads,…

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Rain and Lack of Plant Hold Up Road Work

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 4

Lack of plant and the continued wet weather is holding up road and other works which the Bland Shire Council had promised, would be carried out. This was pointed out at…

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Seeks U K. Road Builders U.K. Plant, Too

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 4

The annual convention of the N.S.W. Liberal Party last week urged the Federal Government to do all possible to obtain road…

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Gravel for Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 8

The New South Wales Minister for Conservation, Mr. Geo. Weir, ML.A., announces that the Forestry commission has reduced…

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Heavy Motor Traffic Problem

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 7

Answering an attack on the heavy haulage industry by the N.S.W. Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) for damaging the…

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Super Scenic Railway for 1951 Festival of Britain

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 2

One of the fastest and largest scenic railways in the United Kingdom has been built in the Amusement Park at Battersea, in London, for this year's Festival of Britain. This picture shows Mr. H. Wadbrook looking at the scale…

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Better Roads Campaign

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 7

A committee headed by the president of the N.R.M.A., Mr. C. R. Davidson, is to launch a state-wide campaign for better…

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Weddin Shire Council Quandialla Roads In Shocking Condition Heavy Expenditure Necessary For Maintenance

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Weddin Shire Council a number of letters were received from Quandialla residents complaining of the shocking state of the roads in that area. Not the least important of these letters was from the Headmaster of the…

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U.k. Railway Efficiency

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

A "very considerable improve, inent" in the efficiency of railway working in Britain since pre-war is reported by the…

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Disposal of Railway - WEIGHBRIDGES (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

Sir,--I noticed in your last Friday's issue that the meeting of wheatgrowers at Red Bend expressed surprise at the sale by the…

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Gravel for Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 8

The New South Wales Minister for Conservation, Mr. Geo. Weir, M.L.A., announces that the Forestry Commission has…

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Temora May Lose Technical Train

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

Relieving technical college instructor, Mr L. K. Allen, told the last meeting of the Temora Technical Education Advisory…

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Youth Fined for Noisy Motor Bike

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 7

When a youth at Young rode his motor bike up and down Boorowa Street, with undue noise, according to Sgt. F. A…

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Improvements at Goulburn Railway

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 5

The new blacksmith's shop, now under construction at Goulburn railway workshops, will be completed in November at an…

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