Local Swimmer To Train In Sydney
Brilliant young swimmer Peggy King of West Wyalong, will shortly leave West Wyalong to train in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1953
337 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 17
Orange Road Fireworks: Power Break In Shire
At five minutes to one on Wednesday a splashover occurred on an oil circuit breaker, owned by the Electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bates' Bridge As Pedestrian Hazard: Road Safety Plans
THERE was a good deal of discussion on the dangers to pedestrians using Bates' Bridge, at Thursday's meeting of the Forbes branch of the Road Safety Council. Taking a "realist" view, that an alternative bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Train's Record Non-stop Run
The "Elizabethan," a non-stop express train, on its inaugural run from King's Cross, London, to Edinburgh, completed the journey of 392[?] miles in the record time of six hours forty minutes and in the fastest time ever scheduled for the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Move For Road Safety: Extra Crossing Heed
Four members of the Forbes Road Safety branch, from the Boys' School, attended Thursday's meeting of the local branch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes-eugowra Railway Broken Hill Revives Question
Interest in the extension of the railway line from Eugowra to Forbes has again been revived with the announcement by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes Motor Camp to Be Investigated
"I have had an inquiry about the Forbes camping ground," Mr. J. Madden told the Forbes branch of the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ardlethan People Escape Injury In Motor Accident
Three Ardlethan residents had a narrow escape from serious injury when they were involved in an accident while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Road Safety Branches And Traffic School
"There have been two fatal accidents in Forbes within the past few months," said Dr. Kellcher at last meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CARAGABAL Rain Stops Bushfire Roads In Bad Shape CARAGABAL
Pullabooka Fire Brigade was called out on Tuesday morning to fight a fire which had started on John Knight's property and was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Free High Level Bridge For Forbes i To Minimise Flooding
TWO letters from the Main Roads Department and a statement by the retiring Municipal Engineer started something at last meeting of the Council. A high-level bridge over Lake Forbes--to cost the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cost of Site For Aerodrome
The Balnd Shire Council received a letter from the Department of Public Works at its last meeting advising that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cemetery Road Electricity Extension
At last week's council meeting, Cr. H. R. C. Kalms asked the acting electrical engineer, Mr. W. Caldwell, what was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ungarie Road Residents Want Electricity
Residents who live in Ungarie Rd., West Wyalong, have made strong representations to the Bland Shire Council to have electricity extended to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tarring of Golf Club Road Sought
The Bland Shire Council will ask the Department vof Main Roads to bitumen the Newell Highway between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Plunges Over High Bank At Bales' Bridge
A Holden utility, standing upright on the muddy ground to the west of Bates' Bridge, on lagoon level, attracted a good…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£53,000 in Road Grants £8900 To Jemalong Shire
The sum of £53,010 has been allocated to south-western shire from the funds made available to the State Government under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BuddigrowerBeckom Road
Cr E. F. Crook, of Kildary. al last week's council meeting mentioned the condition of the Tour mile hill on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Ungarie Roads Deteriorating Very Quickly"
Roads in the Ungarie district were deteriorating so quickly that some residents wouldn't be able to get to town soon, Cr. F. W. Rossiter told the August…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Petrol Tax for Roads
F.S.A. Conference unanimously Heclded that more petrol tax moneys should be allocated for construction and maintenance…
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