Television... or Roads?
"A fundamental danger to our national life is the spending of our limited financial resources on entertainment and artistic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1953
337 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 17
British Concrete System in New U.S. Bridge
A British method of pre-stressing concrete is to be used in the U.S. for the first time in the construction of a three-mile…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Railway Proposal For N.T.
It was anounced this morning that the Federal Government is giving close consideration to a proposal to extend 150 miles of railway in the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Xmas Road Accidents
The Forbes Ambulance had the quietest Christmas period for some years. There were no road accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists-Watch Your Step!
A word of warning to those motorists who are a little lax in obeying traffic rules--a special traffic constable will be paying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chief Railways Civil Engineer
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, announced that Mr. Norman Charles Vogan had been appointed Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Scrap Drive on Railways
The Railways Commissioner, Mr. R. Winsor, has ordered that the railways nalvagre campaign shall be intensified as part of his economy drive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning To Noisy Motor Cyclists
Undue noise from motor cycles late at night or in the early hours will result in substantial penalties, including loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1,000 Killed on Roads in U.s
NEWYORK: U.S. traffic deaths set a record for New Year holiday and, combined with the Christmas holiday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Railway Earnings
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr R.' Winsor) has presented: to the Acting Minister for Transport (Mr. G. Weir)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forbes Railway Returns Are Still Rising
FORBES rail revenue rose by over £3000 in December over the returns for December, 1951. Holiday passenger traffic was financially heavier than for some time, the revenue from sale of tickets totalling £2782…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orange To Stage Motor-cycle And Car Racing
Spectators from all over New South Wales and other States are planning to visit Orange on Australia Day week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Road Grant's: Increase Hint
The Public Works Department has invited Jemalong Shire to submit its programme for 1953-54 Commonwealth road grants. They…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Road Funds Cut To Bono Effect On Jemalong Shire
THERE is a bleak prospect for country highways, and Jemalong Shire, with others, has been badly hit. Sydney's financial stringency is seriously handicapping Lachlan Valley communications. It would appear that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DETAILS Of Future Shire Road Work
Details of the work to be carried out by the shire road machinery for the next four weeks was given to Tuesday's meeting of the Bland Shire Council by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drove Lorry iii Competition With Railways
At Narrandera Police Court, Leo Rodney, of Griffith, was charged wth operatng a motor lorry as a public motor vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Road Tax On Lachlan Vegetables
Two Lachlan Valley men, Messrs. M. Collins and F. Randall, have accepted a contract to cart vegetables for the Co-op. from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cross Road with Water Pipe
All application by Mr. W. J. Fuller to cross the Barmendman-West Wyalong road with a water pipe was placed before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Offer of £300 to Repair Road
Mr. U. C. McKenzie, in a letter to the Bland Shire Council, offered to contribute £350 towards the cost of repairing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grant Sought for Weethalle Kikoira Road
The Bland Shire Council will make a further application for a grant to repair the Weethalle Kiko[?]ra Road…
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