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

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

13 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Railway Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1896 · page 2

A representative meeting was held in the Temperance Hall, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of forming a Railway League, and take other steps with a view to obtaining railway communication…

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Grenfell Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held in the School of Arts, on Monday evening last. Present:— Messrs. Maitland (chairman pro tem.), Vaughn, Shackel, Taylor, J. Q. Wood, Harvey, Cousins,…

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Grenfell Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the above was held at the School of Arts, on Monday evening. present—Messrs. Wood (chair), Maitland, Casey, Clarkson, Cousion, Shackel, Taylor, Pasco, Sadleir, Sinel, and…

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Grenfell Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held in the School of Area on Wednesday evening. Present :— Messors. Vaughn(chair), T. Bembrick, Taylor, Harvey, Clarkson, Sinal, Sadleir, and Cousins…

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The Proposed Railway to Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1896 · page 3

THE Minister for Works, Mr. Young expresses his great pleasure and surprise at the fertility of the district through which he passed in his recent visit to Genfell. There is an [?]…

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The Ministerial Visit and tho Grenfell Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 4

Thus the Forbes Times:—The Ministorial party appear to have enjoyed themselves thoroughly during their recent visit to Grenfell. There were some capital men amongst them, men more…

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Railway Via Grenfell Recommended by the Public Works Committee. the Condobolin-broken Bill Railway Condemned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 2

THE report of the sectional committee of the Public Works Committee on the proposed line from Condobolin to Broken Hill was submitted at the meeting of the Public Works Committee…

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Bimbi. the Contemplated Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon, Mr. Jamieson, the gentleman appointed by the Government to report upon the route of the proposed railway — Young Blayney line to Wyalong, via Grenfell—visited…

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Grenfell and its Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 4

THE proposal to connect Grenfell, Wyalong, and other p[?]s centres, with the railway system of the colony is creating no small stir in places the chief end of whose inhabitants, hitherto,…

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Railway Extension. to the Editor of the "National Advocate."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 1

SIR—The residents along the southern railway line are raising this opportunity of agitating for the extension of the railway to Grenfell, Wyalong, etc., to go from Young. They imagine…

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Grenfell Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held on Wednesday last in the School of Arts, Present:—Messrs Vaughn, Bembrick, Cousins, Harvey, Shackel, Pasco, and Sadleir…

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Proposed Federal Railway. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 4

Sir,—Up-country residents, whose business necessitates travelling, must have been struck with the difficulties in the way of getting from one important town to another, where not…

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Railway to Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 4

MR. G. H. GREENE. M.P., writes thus to the Burrangong Chronicle :—It was only last night (16th Nov.) that I had an opportunity of reading the report of the railway meeting held in Young…

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