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

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

381 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 20

Long Service by Railway Men

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 1

Two railway officers with 82½ years' service between them, were honored at a presentation at Gloucester by fellow railway…

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Motor Vehicle Number Plates

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 5

Police have begun a campaign against dirty, obscure and ill-lit motor vehicle number plates in an effort to stamp out…

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£58 Fine for Motorist

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 4

Allan Clarence Buckland pleaded guilty at Condobolin Petty Sessions to driving a motor vehicle while under the…

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Chamber Seeks Repairs for Quandialla Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

The West Wyalong Chamber of Commerce will support moves by the Back Creek branch of the FSA…

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Story of Allaged Ungarie Road Accident Told In Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 5

The story of an alleged accident on the Ungarie road on the evening of April 3, in which a young man was injured, was unfolded in the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. M. Fegan S. M. last Wednesday. Before the court was…

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Still More Money Needed for Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

President of the Shires Asociatlon of N.S.W. (Cr. Len Harry) has announced that under the new roads policy or the…

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Cruelty To Animals On Railways : New Effort By L.V.D.L.

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

WHILE the Railways Department, on the one hand, and Councils and stockowners, on the other, argue endlessly and fruitlessly about whose responsibility it is to provide water for travelling stock, pigs and cattle at…

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Road Safety Reply on War Memorial (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 7

Sir.--The executive of my branch expresses its appreciation for the competent coverage in your Journal of the R.S.L. debate…

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Motors Obstruct Ambulance Drive

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 10

Forbes Ambulance Service is having difficulty with motorists', who persist in parking their vehicles in front of the Lachlan…

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Motor Industry For Japan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 1

The Japanese motor industry is composed of a limited number of their own cars and buses, and in recent years…

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Road Safety at Random: Citizens Give Some Hints

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 4

Man(on refusing drink from host): No more for me, thanks. You know how dangerous it is if my wife has to drive…

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Test Case Against Railway for Cruelty to Stock

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

A test case against the Railway Department for cruelty to a truck load of bullocks which were travelling from Mungindl…

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Losses on Trams and Buses; Mr. Dickson's Reply to Minister

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 3

The State Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. S. D. Dickson, M.L.A.) said that a statement by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Wetherell) denying that…

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Firm Will Pay for Road Job Seal Faults

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 1

UNSATISFACTORY condition of some of the newly-reseated roads near Forbes caused concern to the Municipal Council when it was reported by the Council…

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Accident on Marsden Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

Two passengers of a motor utility which overturned on the Mid-western Highway, four miles, from Wyalong, last…

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£12,000 Bedgerabong Bridge Moves

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 4

Action in regard to the proposed replacement of the suspension bridge at Straney's Crossing, Bedgerabong, with a…

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No Reason Given for Road Smash

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

A Sydney lorry driver who had a collision on the Cowra Road, near Forbes, last April, could advance no reason for the accident…

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88 Miles of Roads in £240,000 Shire Plans

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

JEMALONG Shire Council proposes to launch a big bitumen sealing road programme to cost £240,000 over the next three years…

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Aerodrome Site At Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 8

The Department of Lands advised the Bland Shire Council that in connection with the addition of the area of about 12…

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Dept. May Take Over West Wyalong Aerodrome

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 8

The Minister for Civil Aviation, through Mr. H. S. [?] erton, M.P., advisted the last meeting of the Bland Shire…

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