Road Safety Branch Continues Activities
THE Forbes branch of the Road Safety Council considered winding up its activities at its usual meeting on Thursday night. Better counsel prevailed, however, and a decision to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
363 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 16 of 19
Tullibigeal News Inspection of Roads
Lachlan shire engineer, Mr. Marsh, inspected the roads around Tullibigeal on Monday last, accompanied by Cr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rubber in City Roads
Sydney's first test strips of rubberised roadway were laid last' week. Officials of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speed-up Plan for Road Expenditure
Expenditure of Federal money on road work could be speeded up if shire engineers and executives were allowed to go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sunday School Picnic and Concert Happy Time Spent at Cowra Road
The annual Cowra Road Sunday School picnic and sports was held in ideal weather at "Spring Vale" recently. After lunch the sports section of the picnic commenced, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Railways Never in Worse Plight"; Bruxner
"The N.S.W. railways have never been in a worse plight and the roads are being smashed to pieces," declared the leader of the Country Party (Lt. Col. M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Council Road Programme
The details of the Municipal Council 1952 Main and Trunk Roads Maintenance and improvement programme have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads for Petrol Grant Expenditure
The petrol grant of £8,769 for works during the 1951/52 financial period is to be expended on the following roads:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Tenders for Road Contracts
At a special meeting of the Weddin Shire Council last week it was decided to cancel and re-let several road maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Magistrate Criticises Council Result of Collision on Cowra Road
"I think the Council is to blame for the whole set-up. The curve tends to throw people on the Cowra Road,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harden Railway Refreshment Room to Be Closed
Without any warning or reason being given, the Railway Department has decided to close down the refreshment room and bar at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boundary Road Arrangements
Much discussion hat been going on between the Lachlan, Jemalong, Goobang and Bland Shire Councils concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Work On Forbes Road
Fairholme Progress Association has asked that urgent attention be paid to the Cadow section and at the 7M and 9M of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUANDIALLA Sparks From Train Start Grass Fire
Some excitement was caused at Quandialla early this week, when a grass fire was started by sparks from a train in close proximity to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cyclist Injured In Collision
Concussion, a fractured right arm and severe lacerations to the face and hands were sustained by Basil Simmonds, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Unlikely To Take Over Aerodrome
There in little prospect at the moment of the West Wyalong Aerodrome being taken over by the Department of Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Truck Over Bridge
A big International semi-trailer truck crashed into the Bogolong bridge on the Forbes Road yesterday afternoon and knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Betterment Campaign
A plea to the Federal and State governments to get together and evolve a definite plan for road betterment was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kikoira Farmers Seek Road Repairs
The Kikoira Farmers and Settlers' Association had two requests for road works placed before last week's meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Matters Referred To Engineer
Matters referred to the Bland Shire council engineer, Mr. C. H. Martin, in general business at last…
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