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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 3 of 19

The Motor World. News and Notes Prom the N.r.m.a. Saving Life on the Road

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

"The days of propaganda, posters and platitudes are past," said Mr. H. E. Richards, general secretarfy, discussing the road safety…

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Hints for Motorists

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

Here are some hints for motorists from the N.R.M.A. engineers. Continuous trouble with distr-butor points may be traced to a…

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Hints For Motorists

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 6

Her are some hints for motorists from the N.R.MA. engineers. Continuous trouble with distributor points may frequently be…

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Agricultural Bureau Discusses Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 9

After several months of Inactivity owing to road conditions, the Monwonga-Bedgerabong Agricultural Bureau held a meeting at…

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Road Repairs at Lagoon

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

After being the cause of constant trouble for months are road through the lagoon near the golf links has at last been built up. A…

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Tempering Mercy With Justice Railway Embezzler Gets Release On Bond

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

THAT Judge McKillop, who presided for the first time at Forbes Quarter Sessions this week, possesses the quality of tempering justice with mercy, was fully demonstrated yesterday morning, when a young Parkes…

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Five Councils Get Grants. £34,170 for Rural Road Repairs

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

Five Councils of the Young electorate have shared in a special grant of £34,170 for repairs to "back country" roads. Of the total…

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Motor Vehicle Licenses Granted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

Messrs M. Hunter (Quandialla), F. R. Kelly (Barmedman), and Baden Broad (West Wyalong) wrote to the West…

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Shire Considers Bailey Bridge For Bedgerabong

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

THE Jemalong Shire Council has a scheme under consideration whereby Straney's suspension bridge at Bedgerabong may be replaced by a prefabricated structure known as the Bailey Bridge…

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Shire Meet Caragalel Bridge Plans In Hand

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 8

The payment to the Shire Council of £100, being 75 per cent, of the cost of gravelling Alexander's Lane, created a…

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Accident on Parkes Road Ootha Resident Injured

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. Frank Crowe, of Ootha, was injured when his car collided with a truck on the Parkes-Ootha, road last Sunday night at about…

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Quandialla Residents Ask for Road Improvements

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 7

The Bland Shire Engineer (Mr. C. H. Martin, of West Wyalong) was asked to give attention to road and street,…

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Worst Road in in Two Towns, Cr. Kalms Declares

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

The road running between the Wyalong Public School and the Wyalong Police Station is probably the…

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'Doubtful Value" of Road Laws

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

Some of the Government's proposals on road laws appeared to have doubtful value, Bald the General Secretary of the…

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Weeping Relatives Identify Victims of Bus-Train Smash MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

Weeping relatives are still identifying the victims of the level crossing tragedy at Me[?] bourne on Saturday, which cos…

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OVERDUE Lighting Of Fitzgerald's Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

At Thursday night's meeting of the Municipal Council Ald. Collett asked a question relating to the electric…

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Municipal Mail Bag Main Roads Programme Saleyards Fees General Matters

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 4

Present at the ordinary meeting of Council Weld on 19th February were the Mayor (Ald L. Craft) Ald. G. Townsend, W. Tic[?]hurst, H. J. Hamling, W. Rickiar, E Martin and R. Johnson. The following letters were…

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Editorially Speaking. Road Safety Drive

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

An incentive to establish a branch of the Road Safety Council in this area has been made by the recognition of a challenge to make some attempt to lower the appalling death rate due to accidents on the road. The position, whilst not quite catastrophic…

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Road Safely Branch In Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

Marking his disappointment at the small attendance of the public at a meeting convened to form a Forbes and District…

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Road Tax Lifted on Some Goods

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 5

The Transport Department will lift road tax on haulers while cuts in railway goods services last…

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