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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

337 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 17

Yalgogrin Road Repairs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

In a letter tabled at last week's Bland Shirwe Council meeting, Mr. S. R. Wood, of Yalgogrin North, requested…

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Cross Road with Pipe

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

An application from Mr. A. G. Ellis to cross the BarmedmanWargin Road with a pipe line was placed before the Bland…

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Inspection Op Erigolia Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

Bland Shire Council has instructed its engineer to inspect a road at Erigolia. Mr. D. M. Hart has asked…

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Pipes for Road Requested

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Morris, of Naradhan, has asked the Bland Shire Council to place pipes across the road when forming…

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Investigation of Road at Moombooldool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

Bland Shire Council has instructed its engineer, Mr. C. H. Martin, to further investigate a road running past.Mr…

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Attention to Road at Wyalong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

Mr. Bill Grieve, through Cr. L. J. McCanu, asked the shire council at its last meeting to give attention to the road of…

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Inspection of Charcoal Tank Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 3

Cr. E. F. Crook, at the last council meeting, asked that the engineer inspect the Charcoal Tank Road running off the…

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Inspection of Causeway On Bellarwi Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

Cr. H. R. C. Kalms, at the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council, asked that the engineer inspect a causeway on…

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Bathurst Burr on Road to Quandialla

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 4

At last week's council meeting. Cr. H. R. C. Kalms asked that the batharst burr on the Quandialla Road about one and…

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Bland To Approach Narraburra On Boundary Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 5

Bland Shire Council will approach the Narraburra Council to see if they will pay half the cost of repairing Garner's…

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"Bad Road Causes Bad Attendances at Church"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 7

The condition of a road was one of the reasons given by the Beckom R.S.L. for poor attendances at the Kildary Church…

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"Whole of Miirool Road Should be Slraighteried"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 5

The whole of the West Wyalong-Mirrool Road should be straightened, shire engineer Mr. C. H. Martin told the Bland Shire Council…

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Lights for Railway At Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 6

By the progress of last week's Bland Shire electric light pole erectors, it should not be long before Ungarie…

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Voluntary Road Wardens

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

If the proposed scheme of voluntary road wardens operates successfully, it will give [?]dly needed assistance to the…

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Forbes Builder In Road Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

A Forbes builder, in Mr. Noel Smith, who is on the point of completing the Baby Health centre in Lachlan Street, met…

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Altered Route Of Road Objected To

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

At the public meeting held in Canowindra on Tuesday night, which was called by the Boree Shire Council and attended by all…

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Theft Of Rope From Railway Defendant Placed On Bond

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 8

AFTER evidence had been concluded in the case in the Forbes Court of Petty Sessions on Monday in which John Clarke was charged with stealing a rope from the railway, the offence was found proved, but no…

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Motor Vehicles In Accidents On Forbes Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

Motor vehicles were involved in a number of accidents on roads in the Forbes district during the holiday period…

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Motorist Had Not Learned Lesson Of Road Courtesy

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 5

Addressing a motorist in the Forbes Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday Mr. C. W. English, S.M., said it was apparent that…

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Excessive Speed on Cowra Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 2

Traffic Constable Lenehan had his hands full in dealing with alleged traffic offenders at Cowra over the Easter holiday period…

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