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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 6 of 20

Road Safety at Random

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 4

It is the driver behind the driver in front you should be keeping your eye on. Pricilla Hughes…

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Speed Greatest Cause Of Road Deaths

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 1

Again in 1953 excessive speed was the greatest single cause of road accident deaths, causing 131 out or the total of 704…

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Deputation Re Bedgerabong Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

The Jemalong Shire deputation which was to have waited upon the Minister for Local Government in Sydney on Wednesday…

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Motor Act Offences

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

A couple of defendants who did not appear had their cases dealt with ex parte at Forbes court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday…

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Big Motor Car Rally At Orange On Easier

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

With the motor ear racing and the finish of a Monte Carlo type rally Orange will be the mecca for motor sport…

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Automatic Exchange For Payten's Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

Mr. John Howse, M.P. for Calare, has been advised by the Acting Postmaster-General, Senator J. A. Spicer, that the work on the…

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Straney 's Bridge: Shire Deputation Expects Good Result

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 3

Jemalong Shire's four-man deputation to the Minister for Works and Local Government. Mr. J. B. Renshaw, last week to…

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Road Safety at Random Local Driver's Record

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 4

In one year in America 40,000 people died of gas A few of them inhaled it, some put a match to it and all the rest…

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Collision on Cowra Road

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

Motor vehicles belonging to Mr. Cecil Sly, Grawlln, and J. T. Rothe, of Sydney, came into collision last Saturday night on the…

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Man Fined As Sequel to Bellarwi Road Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

As a sequel to an accident on the Bellarwi Road, West Wyalong, on December 19 of last year, a man was fined in the Court Of Petty Sessions last…

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Trouble Over Railway Berths

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

The booking of railway sleeping berths has always been a sore point with many Forbes people. A Forbes resident who wanted…

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Rabbits on Shire Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

At Bland Shire Council's last meeting a letter was received from Young Pastures Protection Board, thanking council for…

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Shire Engineer Reports on District Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

In his report presented to the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council, the shire engineer, Mr. C. H. Martin,…

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Inspection of Road Follows Deputation

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

Bland Shire engineer Mr. C. H. Martin told the last meeting of the council that following a deputation from the…

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Last Night's Accident on Tallimba Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Two cars were involved in a head on collision on the Tallimba Road last night. The cars were driven by…

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Airman Fined £5; Road Smash Sequel

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

An airman was fined 15, with 12 costs, in default 12 days' imprisonment, by Mr. Curry, S.M. in Forbes Court last Tuesday, as…

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Young Teacher, Woman Killed in Road Smash

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

MANY Forbes people of all ages were shocked to learn of the death of popular young Garema school-teacher, Neville Pardey, 22, who was killed in a car smash, which fatally injured a young woman and in which…

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Repairs to Shire Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

Work on the Girral-Blow Clear road was refered to the shire engineer (Mr. C. H. Martin) for attention at Bland…

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Road Safety at Random

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 10

Nothing improves my driving, To quite the same extent. As a squad car Just arriving. Or a squad car that just went…

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Street Light On Yalgogrin Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 1

A request by Cr. H. R. C. Kalms for an additional street light between the residence of Mr J. Apps and the railway…

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