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

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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Local Railway Time-Table. Up—harden to Blayney

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 8

STATIONS Mixed Mixed Daily Daily (Sunday (Sunday excepted) excepted…

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The Grenfell Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 4

The following letters have been received by Mr. E. H. Hunt, hon. sec of the Young Railway League, from Mr. J. C. Watson M.L.A. "Parliament House,…

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Koorawatha to Grenfell Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Public Works Committee, Mr. J. C. Watson, M.L.A., was examined at length. He said that he approved of connecting Grenfell with a railway via Young in preference…

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Grenfell Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

A SPECIAL MEETING of the above was held at the School of Arts, on Monday evening, Mr. J. Q. Wood presiding. Present: Messrs. Vaughn, Cousins, Pasco, Harvey, Casey,…

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Road Work

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 6

The following tenders were posted up at the Court House yesterday by the Road Superintendent, viz. :— No. 15/97-8. Road Mandurama to Canowindra—…

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The Grenfell Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 4

IN his speech before tho electors at Young, Mr. Watson said : " With respect to tho Grenfell railway, which was now before tho Works Committee. He understood that some people were…

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Tenders for Road Contracts

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 7

The following tenders for road-work were posted up by the Road Superintendent at the Court House yesterday, [?] :— No 23/97-8, Cowra via Darby’s Falls to Hovell’s…

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Original correspondence. Grenfell Railway. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

SIR,-The proposed construction of this railway, line is occupying' the public's attention, more particularly as to the route. There is a route known as the "White Line," which was marked…

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The Grenfell Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 4

MR. H. DEAN, Engineer in Chief for Railway Construction accompanied by Mr. A. G. Little, assistant engineer, yesterday completed his inspection of the rival routes proposed to connect…

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Grenfell Railway Line

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 4

WE have received two letters from Thuddungra anent the above, the gist of which we publish below. The first is signed " W. Hughes, farmer,"…

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original correspondence the Grenfell Railway. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

SIR,—In perusing Mr. John Carlton Watson's Contribution to your columns of this ditto, I am strongly reminded of something I have read about devils sometimes rushing in whore angels…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

SIR. In yesterday's columns of the Barra[?] Chronicle, I see a letter from Mr. John Q. Wood, Chairman Grenfell Railway League, spaced in reply to mine of the previous issue. It is the…

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A Balloon Railway

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 12

A mountain railway constructed on a novel plan is shortly to be opened on the [?] The chief feature of [?] new system is that the force of…

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A Train Seized for a Debt

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

For the second time the Orleans Railway Company has had one of its trains seized by a bailiff. A few days ago M. Arnaudet, a landed proprietor in the Department of the…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

SiR, The proposal to construct a railway lino from Koorawatha to Grenfell seems to have awakened more than ordinary interest, and aroused to active offensiveness certain greedy…

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The Grenfell Railway. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

Sir, I have just road Mr. J. C. WatRon'a letter in your issue of this day, and hud it not been that I am very unfairly assailed by the writer, I would have have lot it pass without…

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Koorawatha to Grenfell Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

THE Public Works Committee is just now engaged in discussing tho expendiency of constructing railway from Koorawiitha to Grenfell. On Thursday, Mr. G. H. Greene, M.P. for the,…

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Koorawatha to Grenfell Railway. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

An inquiry as to the expediency of constructing a railway from Koorawatha to Grenfell was hold at Koorawatha on Monday, and at Grenfell on Wednesday and Thursday, by a Sectional…

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Bullock Creek Railway

Western Champion · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 10

On arrival of the Ministerial party at Bogan Gate on Wednesday a deputation was introduced by Mr, Brown, member for the district, asking…

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The Seine Bridge

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

One of the strangest bridges in the -world will be built over the river Seine, near Rouen Passengers will cross at the level of the banks—which are not high—and yet the…

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