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

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

175 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 9

Grenfell-wyalong Railway

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 4

The Sectional Committee of the Works Committee has arrived at Grenfell to take evidence concerning the Grenfell-Wyalong railway…

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Light Lines of Railways

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 8

A SPEECH delivered by Mr. A. C. Carmichael (Lake Cudgellico) at the Farmers' Conference at Orange last week. In discussing the expediency of…

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Grenfell Wyalong Railway. the Public Works Committee at Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

MEMBERS of the above, consisting of Messrs. perry. M.L.A. (Chairman) Trickett, M.L.C Shepherd. M.L.C; Watson, M.L.A; and Dick, M.L.A; accompanied by Mr. Charles Lyne,…

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Wyalong Railway. Enquiry Upon the Grenfell-wyalong Extension. Thursday, August 24Th

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 2

The Committee re-opened the enquiry at 10 a.m., the first to give evidence being Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M. He gave the following statistical information:—Wyalong gold…

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Delayed Train

Western Champion · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 10

Tuesday's morning train from Sydney did not reach Parkes until nearly two o'clock p.m.—just four hours behind time. The cause of the…

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Road Contracts

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 4

The following are the lowest tenders received for the undermentioned road contracts:--Forbes to South Condobolin--R. Brophy, £563 17s 6d, three…

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The Condobolin Train

Western Champion · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 11

At the last meeting of the Condobolin Municipal Council a letter was read from the Bogan Gate Progress Society requesting the Council to…

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Grenfell - Wyalong Railway. the Public Works Committee at Grenfell. [Continued From Our Last.] the Case for the Southern' Route

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 4

Steel Caldwell, of Lower Balabla, thirty miles SW from Grenfell, placed a memo, before the committee, and gave evidence; had 20,000 acres of which 220 acres were under crop, and he intended to increase the…

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Peak Hill Railway

Western Champion · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 10

We notice that the residents or Peak Hill and the immediate district decided at public meetings held recently to urge upon the Minister for…

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Grenfell - Wyalong Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

The following concluding evidence was given before the Works Committee at Grenfell during an informal sitting, at which our reporter was not present:- William Roberta, sergeant of police, Grenfell, sworn…

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My Mad Motor

Forbes Times · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 5

I HAD travelled all along the Riviera on a bicycle and found that, what with adverse winds and luncheon hours, and long stony hills, thoughtfully marked “dangerous” by the touring clubs,…

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Grenfell to Wyalong Railway

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 4

THE proposal to build a railway from Grenfell to Wyalong was further considered by the Public Works Committee on Tuesday last. Mr…

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Safety of Railway Travel

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 3

LAST year, on American railways, one passenger was killed in accidents out of every 2,827,474 passengers carried. That is to say, that you can take a train 2,827,474…

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The Centrifugal Railway

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 3

The Centrigual Railway consisted of a pair of iron rails bent round so as to form a a circle, the two ends being brought out into two inclined planes, and the two…

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The Railway

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

THE announcement that the Public Works Committee had, by a vote of four to three, decided to recommend the construction of the Grenfell to…

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Alteration in the Train Service

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 12

The following alterations with regard to the time of trains, running to and from Cowra came recently into operation :— The 4.55, a.m. Mixed Mail from, Blayney,…

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Our Railway. (To the Editor of the Wyalong Star.)

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 2

SIR,—The rejection of the extension from Temora by Mr. Hamphrey's Sectional Committee in 1894, and again by Mr. Ewing's Sectional Committee, in 1895, was followed…

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An Item on Motorcars

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

The motor-car is gradually pushing its way into popular favor in England,, and though they have not taken, to it with the enthusiasm of the French of Americans…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Forbes Times · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 5

A BERLIN telegram, dated, July 31st, says:— Five members of a German singing club were killed, and several others were severely injured, a few days ago, on the railway, near Hermat…

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Alteration in Train Time Table

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 6 October 1899 · page 15

The Condobolin in train has been timed to arrive at 3.20 instead of 2.40 as hitherto. The alteration is the outcome of a move by residents in and…

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