Three Killed in Motor Accident
Corowa woman, Mrs Mary Catherine McLeish, was killed in a motor accident at Bathurst on Saturday night…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
381 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 20
Alderman Urges Start on Aerodrome Plan at Forbes
Ald. J. A. Meagher told Forbes Council at the last meeting that it was time that Forbes planned for an aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kikoira-Weethalle Barellan Road Works of £3,000?
Shire engineer Mr. C. H. Martin reported to the last meeting of Bland Shire Council that recant inspections of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councils Must Pay Tax if Competing With Railways
Unless they secure a special exemption, local governing bodies must in future pay road tax where their vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister Rejects Road Proposal
Replying to the personal representations of Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A., on behalf of Forbes Municipal Council, that Main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Revision of Council Road Policy
Bland Shire Council's road policy should be reviewed next year to place more emphasis on maintenance,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Gate Post
At the meeting of Jemalong Shire Council, this week, it was stated that near Mulguthrie Mountain a gate had been swung…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road of Access
In his report for August to Jemalong Shire, the Engineer (Mr. Gordon Duff) covered the work done by the various…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grant to Replace Straney's Bridge
AS a development work, the Main Roads Department has decided to make a grant of £643210- towards the replacement of Straney's suspension bridge, Bedgerabong, with a steel bridge of the Bailey type…
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Jemalong Shire Council has been given £4169 for State Highway 17 and Developmental Road 1199 by the Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lands Department Tells Council Of New Public Road
The Lands Department, Sydney, gave notice to the meeting of the Jamalong Shire Council on Monday of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dept. Won't Take Over Aerodrome
The Department of Civil Aviation has again declined to take over the West Wyalong aerodrome from the Bland Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plans for Bridge At Mirrool
In a letter to the Bland Shire Council the Mirrool Australian Primary Producers Union asked if the council would apply to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal for Road Safety
In pre-war days the accident rate in both the metropolitan area and the country areas remained reasonably constant. Of the total deaths each year,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sanding of Road At Quandialla
In a letter to the Bland Shire Council, Mr. A. Bowland asked that the road adjoining his property. "Sunnyside," Quandialla,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Estimates Required On Work for Boundary Road
Bland Shire Council will ask the Carrathool Shire Council for an estimate of the cost of work to be carried out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grading of Wamboyne Road in Six Months
The Wamboyne road would be graded in six months time, shire engineer Mr C. H. Martin told the last meeting of Bland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Apex Club Given Control of Camp Area Near Bridge
Forbes Council on Thursday appointed the Apex Club controllers of the N.R.M.A. camping reserve near Iron Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Plans Aimed At Helping Country Says John Howse
Several interesting points relating to Federal grants to the States for the construction and maintenance of roads were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'Hoppers Blamed in Motor Case
JOHN HAROLD BOEHM, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving at Forbes on November 29 of last year said his windscreen and headlamps were smeared by the grasshopper plague…
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