Train From W.W. For Queen's Visit
A request by the West Wyalong Parents and Citizens' Association to Bland Shire Council to ask the traffic…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
381 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 20
Railway Employee Fined on Stealing Charge
A young railway official of Ungarie was convicted on a stealing charge tat the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Our Point of View. Too Slow Train Travel
There was heavy traffic on the Western railways during the holiday period. So far as running time is concerned there has been no improvement in fifty years and more, but the recent holiday running indicated that a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident
Mr. Barry Bargwanna, who was on his way to visit Mr. and Mrs J. Pengilly, met with an accident on the Orange Road on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Deaths 707 in 1953
During 1953, 707 people, were killed in road accidents in New South Wales, compared with 700 in 1952…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire In Railway Tents
A Cowra railway ganger will stand trial at the next sitting of the Cowra Quarter Sessions on a charge of maliciously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not One Bridge Being Built in Country
Not one major bridge was now being in the country, Mr. G. R. Crawford, M.L.A., charged in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Level Bridge At Woods' Crossing Approved By Council
A NEW angle on the proposed high-level bridge at Johnny Woods' Crossing, developed at a conference between the Municipal Council and engineers of the Department of Main Roads, in Forbes, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle And Bicycle Collide
Ken Ruge, the well-known bicycle rider, and Richard Biggs, mounted on a motor cycle, came into collision near Bennett's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motorist's Prayer
O ever-present Lord, I pray Be with me at the wheel to-day. Fill every corner of my mind, So roaming thoughts no lodging…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eugowra Railway Question of its Extension
THE Minister for Transport, Mr. E. Witherell, has not looked kindly on the suggestion of the Lachlan Valley Development League that the railway line from Eugowra should be extended to a point on the Forbes-Parkes line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tips for Country Motorists In Sydney—Royal Visit
COUNTRY MOTORISTS INTENDING TO VISIT SYDNEY FOR THE ROYAL VISIT ARE ADVISED THAT THE GARAGING PROBLEM IN THE CITY IS SEVERE, PARKING STATIONS WILL NOT ACCEPT…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bates' Bridge Reprieved Council Charge Apart From New Structure
BEFORE the minutes of a special Council meeting regarding bridge plans were confirmed on Thursday evening a good deal of discussion took place among Forbes aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Correspondence Woods' High-level Bridge (To the Editor)
Sir.--I would be obliged if you will grant me space for the following remarks: I was amazed to read in your paper of 15154,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wyalong Man In Car Crash On Cowra Road
A motorist admitted in the Cowra Court last week that he drove his car for almost 100 yards whilst "blinded" by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Caragabal Railway Officer Fined For Stealing
Sidney Lawrence Brown (40), a railway officer, located at Caragabal, who had an otherwise unimpeachable record, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Fund and Road Expenditure
It was learned authoritatively today that out of a total estimated general rate revenue of over £81,000 for the Bland Shire this year, an amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →4 Per Cent of Expenditure On Road Supervision
Bland Shire engineer Mr. C. H. Martin told last weeks council meeting that only 3.404 per cent of the total estimated expenditure for 1954 in the engineering department of the council's activities would be spent on supervision,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Tour Train to Wagga
The train taking West Wyalong and district residents to Wagga on February 13, the occasion of the Royal visit to that city, will definitely leave at 4.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1954 Petrol Grant Money on Three Roads
The 1954 petrol grant money available to the Bland Shire Council could easily be spent on three roads, shire engineer Mr. C. H. Martin told the last…
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