Through Traffic During Floods Impassable Forbes Roads
Jemalong Shire Council urged Main Roads Board to provide temporary Bailey bridge crossings on Old or New Grenfell Roads to restore through traffic from Forbes north and south. Flooding in August left Forbes south roads impassable. council sought co operation from neighboring councils and state departments to expedite bridging and min road repairs.
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Forbes
Jemalong Shire
Main Roads Board
Grenfell
Old Council
Rowds
Parwins
Munch
Klan River
Yu Ca
Oolind
New Grenfell
Reading
Lew Grenfell
Powldon
Marsden
Bunum Creek
Dogck
Crenfell
Nti
Srinivas
Li Jin
Tring
Orange Road
Sothern Cross
New Chrerfell Road
Old Grenfell
Wircavn
Deg
Lek
AL & Jon
Olin
Diet Dowling
Lake Portes
Conviction in Drunk Driving Case At Court
A man named William Joby Read was found guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the Court of Petty Sessions in Stone. The jurors and witnesses described beer bottles and drinking before the offense, with Read’s attorney seeking leniency.
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S.M
Peily Sesstone
Fursday
Erle William Joby
Keat
Flood scare: D T rantings warn Lachlan flood hits town
Sydney Telegraph reports residents near the Lachlan River brace for a second flood in a fortnight. Posts describe rising waters at Forbes and surrounding roads while warnings of higher levels spread among communities along the river and into nearby towns.
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Sydney
Ally
Telegraph
Gublistert
Lachlan
Cawta
Cid
Forbes
Forbes Jubilee booklet highlights town growth and Miss Genge bid
A Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations booklet on Forbes outlines the town’s history and development within Lachlan district. Prefaced by thanks to the Lands Department, it praises early pastoral stations and the region’s role in New South Wales history. Mayor Conridge commends the compiler Mr Broderick for his informant work and stories. Priced 5/8, copies available at Bennetts Harris & Son or from Librarian Miss Joan Dempsey.
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Forbes Tin Tree
Boxe
Margaret Genge
Forbes
Department of Lands
Lachlan
New South Wales
Library Committee
Ald
Conridge
Broderick
Bennetts
Raw Street
Harris & Son
Lechlan Street
Joan Dempsey
Ald. T Webb resigns from Forbes Council
Alderman Tom Webb resigns from the Forbes Council after sixteen years of service citing health and business pressures. He first won election in 1928 and held high vote totals across multiple campaigns. A by election will be held September 15 with runner-up John Mesgher not seeking nomination.
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Tom Webb
Forbes Council
Ghven
Webb
Forbes Counci
Wide Net
Ame
Walter Thompson
John Mesgher
Obituary for Mrs Janet Constable in Bedgerabong district
Mrs Janet Constable Swan, a lifelong Bedgerabong resident, died at her daughter Gladys Duncan’s Lidcombe home aged 69. She was widow of Sidney Constable of Spring Grove Bedgerabong and survived by three daughters Ina Hodges Dorothy Kimmering and Gladys. Six sons Lawrence Claude Frank Dolph Jemulong and Athol. Also her brother Hugh Swan and sisters York and Williams. Body to Forbes by train today with funeral at St John’s Forbes then Bedgerabong interment at 9 o'clock.
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Becgerabong
Janet Constable Mee Swan
Gladys
A . Duncan
Francia Street
Lidcomber
Sidney Constable
Spring Grove
Bedgeraborg
Dunnean
Ina Jam V. Hodges
Bedgerabong
Dorothy
Mra
CG. Kimmeriny
Sydney
Mosers Lawrie
Claude
Badgerabong
Frank
Dolph
Belmore
Hen Jemulong
Athal
Hugh Swan
Min York
Williams
Cilgandra
Forbes
Canon White
St. John's Church
A. G. Jones
Worthy Niche In Musical Fame Doubleside Strang Theatre
A large Parkes audience attends a remarkable Monday concert by the orchestra. Seven hundred local children joined in a school-song singalong, and Wagner’s Flying Dutchman overture opens the program. Conductor Post aims for restrained, insightful readings, with notable bel canto moments from soloists and a vivid Rosini Semiramide interlude.
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Strang Theatre
Humbers
Ita
London
Parl
Vienna
Wagner
Con
Colot
Parkes
Amy
Jubilee Celebrations Plan Sports Parade for Six-Hour Day
Delegates from Rugby, Soccer, Basketball and other clubs joined Jubilee Celebrations Committee to discuss a Saturday September 28 parade on the showground and a possible Six-Hour Day staging. Sub-committees were formed to draft a programme, with prize funds for the Tour of the West and police traffic control to be arranged. The schedule includes church services, exhibitions, civic dinner, pageant, music and drama, with a queen and attendants planned for the crowning at 10 am.
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Pases
Forbes
Rubgy League
Messim Ler
Jack Mourtin
Mrr
P. Roouselli
Mr. K McKinnon
Associaton
Phegan
Marlene Parry
Messrs. W. Smith
Spology
Botham
RB. Reilly
Tilden
McMillan
Mias Smith
Women's Hockey Association
Reilly
Counci
Royal Hotel
Historical Society
Pioneers
W.P.S. Association
Braera Ee 1
Sumer Cormnetan
Harold Street
Bulldine
Howes
Catedithon
H Vennings
Queins
F. W. Brenner
Meagher & Co
Mesdames ‘Woodhouse
J. Maher
H. O. Elliott
R. Hohnberg
W. Parry
F. J. Crippin
BE. W Brenner
J. Hurtcher
J Fell
Threat to Dig Up Gum Swamp Causeway Blocks Access
Irate residents threatened to dig up the Gum Swamp causeway that connects to North Cambobolin Road near Forbes. A spokesman's intervention halted the plan this week. In 1950 flooding halted improvements while a council plan to relieve lagoon flooding remains under discussion.
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Gum Swamp
Everal
Camdobolin
Forbes
Ee Tees
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D.T
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