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

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

372 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 19

Motor Vehicle Lights

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 5

Autumn weather and the return of longer nights call for greater care by motorists. The N.R.M.A. reminds drivers that…

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L.v.d. League for Payten's Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

A meeting is to be held at Payten Briage Public School toluol row (Wednesday), at 2.30 p.m. for the purpose of forming a…

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Road to Be Closed and Gates Erected

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

The Shire Engineer made the following recommendation concerning an application to close a road to the Lachlan Shire…

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Railway Commissioner To Visit Condobolin

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

Local railway authorities advise that the Commissioner for Railways proposes to inspect stations Orange to Broken Hill and…

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Railways Blamed for Super. Shortage

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 5

Manufacturers blamed the shortage of superphosphate to the chaotic condition of the New South Wales railways, the…

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Bailey Bridge Equipment at Carrawobitty

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

Some Councillors and staff of Jemalong Shire Council yesterday were present at the assembly on the bank of 100 feet of Bailey…

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Lachlan V. Development League Payten's Bridge Branch Formed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

ONE of the best attended and most enthusiastic meetings for a centre of its size was held at Payten's Bridge, near Eugowra, on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of forming a branch of the Lachlan Valley…

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Claim to Be Lodged on Municipal Council Collision in Lane Damages Motor Cycle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

The Mid-Lachlan County Council has advised the Municipal Council that Mr. Arthur Franks, an employee of the County Council, intends to lodge a claim for repairs to his motor cycle which was damaged in an accident with the Municipal Council's utility…

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Lake Cargelligo Aerodrome

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 4

The Shire Engineer reported on the progress made at the Lake Cargelligo aerodrome to the last meeting…

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Speed Danger On Country Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 6

Evidence that care-free motcrisis are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on conntry roads or outer-metropolitan…

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Road Tax Appeal Urged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

It-would have been, just as sensible to have subsidised Cobb apd Co's coaches by taxing competing railways as it is…

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Road Matters in Wamboyne District

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

The Wamboyne-Burcher-Bena branch of the F. and S. Association has asked the Lachlan Shire Council to give some…

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Car Turns Over on Grenfell Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

Occupants of a utility truck got off wit ha few bruises and a shaking when it turned over on the Young-Grenfell road…

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Parke's And Forbes Cyclists Collide On Parke's Road

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

A Forbes and a Parke's cyclist were admitted to the Forbes District Hospital on Sunday night after a head-on collision on the…

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Malayans Train in Britain

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Malayan members of the Royal Air Force Regiment (Malaya) are seen here learning British tough tactics to defend Malaya's airfields. In this picture, two Malayan N.C.O.'s are crossing a hazard during training…

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Child Dead, 4 Injured in Tragic Road Smash

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

A four-years-old child was killed and four adults injured as the result of a tragic car smash on the Newell Highway four miles from Alleena, on Friday morning. The car in which the persons were travelling failed to take a corner in…

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Easter Motoring

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

Many motorists are glanning extensive tours over the long week end at Eastertide, says the N.R.M.A. Provision should…

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Thefts From Railways

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 5

"Pilfering" is a too polite term for wholesale Australian-wide thieving that is costing importers, exporters, transport…

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Interesting Experiment In Bridge Building

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

AN interesting experiment in bridge construction, so far as this part of the State is concerned, was carried out on Carrawobbity soldiers' settlement last Friday by the engineer and staff of Jemalong Shire Council, which took charge of the work on behalf of the Lands Department. The initial cost of the bridge and roadwork in the subdivision has to be borne by the Department…

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Cyclists Need Road Safety Instruction

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

THE Forbes branch of the Road Safety Council spent a good deal of time at its meeting on Thursday last in discussions about cyclists. "We haven't had a serious accident in Forbes for…

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