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

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

256 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 13

Wyalong to Hillston Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

As the proposed lines of railway from Wyalong to Hillston and the Temora to Gunbar and thence to Hillston routes are engaging the Public…

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Cudal-Cargo Railway

The Canowindra Star · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

The following is a reprint of the article referred to elsewhere— We have made the question of a railway to connect the Orange-Forbes line…

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Gregra-Cowra Railway

The Canowindra Star · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

During the latter part of last week Canowindra and district was inundated by a number of copies of an effusion published in the "Orange Leader" of last…

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First Chinese Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 1

The first railway built in China was completed in 1876. Although only twenty-eight miles long, it was enormously expensive, as all the materials…

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Railway

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 4

SAYS the Grenfell Vedette.—"The papers down Temora and Coota, way are very much incensed at the action of the Commissioners in announcing…

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More Railways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 2

The Works Committee goes to Ma[?] Monday to take evidence on the proposed Manilla to Baraba railway line…

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More Tramways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 3

Mr. (O'Sullivan has decided to have a tramway laid down from the Devonshire-street cemetery so as to connect with the Botany service, and from…

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Railway Travelling in France and England

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 6

MR. J. H. MAIDEN, director of the Botanic Gardens, who has returned from a tour through Europe, has published the following interesting particulars regarding railway travelling in France…

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Parkes Railway Station

Western Champion · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 10

Mr W B Smith, local Railway Station Master, has kindly furnished us with the following returns for the months of January and February last:…

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How the Boers Train Their Horses

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 1

An Englishman, who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the trenches with them, and this…

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Wyalong Railway Troubles

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 1

AFTER many years of expensive work and lengthy consideration by the Public Works Committees, past and present, the latter has decided that it is not expedient to…

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North Shore Bridge

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 2

The new Harbor Board will deal with the revised designs for the North Shore bridge…

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A Train Sacked

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 2

A provision train at Vlakllaagte has been wrecked and looted by a party of 400 Boers…

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Railway League

The Canowindra Star · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Canowindra Railway League took place in the School of Arts Hall on Saturday afternoon last, there being present…

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Temora to Gunbar and Hillston Railway

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Railway League, was held on Saturday, the 23rd, at the London Hotel, War[?]. Mr D. Boyd, sen., occupied…

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Female Tram Guards

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 5

In Santiago and Valparaiso women are employed as conductors on tramways. They wear a dark-blue uniform with a white apron[?]tied with red ribbons, and large white…

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Sketcher. ‘WIND-SPLITTlNG’ TRAIN

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

EXPERIMENTS about to be made on the German military railway between Berlin and Zossen with an electrically-hauled train, which…

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Another Train Wrecked. London, March 31

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

The Boers wrecked a train near Pan on the De[?] Bay Railway, near [?] Two hundred of the [?] then attempted to loot it, but…

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Female Tram Guards

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

In Santiago and Valparaiso women are employed as conductors on tramways. They wear a dark-blue uniform with a white apron tied with red ribbons, and large white…

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The New Bridge

The Canowindra Star · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

A public meeting in connection with the opening of the now bridge was held on Thursday evening last in the School of Arts Hall, under the auspices of the…

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