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

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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London by Night. On the "All-night" Tram

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 5

An "[?]all-night" tram! Many a one of the thousand toilers of the London night has reason to bless that means of transit for weary limbs. Moreover, since they have…

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Railway Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

When the railway accident happened on the Delagoa Bay railway line, the train was travelling at the rate of 80 miles an hour…

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London by Night. On the "All-night" Tram

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 6

An "all-night" tram ! Many a one of the thousand toilers of the London night has reason to bless that means of transit for weary limbs. Moreover, since they have…

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Peak Hill Railway. (To the Editor of the "Champion.")

Western Champion · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 12

Sir,—I beg leave to modify the report sent you of the recent Peak Hill railway deputation to the Minister for Works re Molong-Cumnock route…

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Railway

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 3

SAYS the Evening News:—"The Minister for Works had arranged to turn the first sod of the Temora-Wyalong railway, at Wyalong, on the…

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Toogong Manildra Road

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 4

The following letter has been received by Dr. A. Ross, M.P., in reply to a communication re above. We are pleased to congratulate the electorate…

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Cowra-Gregra Railway

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

In reference to the slow progress being made in connection with the surrey of the above route, we hear this has occurred through the surveyor finding it…

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The Motor-car

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 5

The number of motor-cars that are now to be seen daily in Hyde Park is remarkable. The boiler kind are still very expensive, and cost from £500 to £1000. In…

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The Motor-car

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

The number of motor-cars that are now to be seen daily in Hyde Park is remarkable. The better kind are still very expensive, and cost from £500 to £1000. In…

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Ways of Living. the Railway Clerk

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 3

FOR some years, writes a correspondent of the ‘Daily Telegraph,’ it has been my custom to receive lengthy and confidential letters…

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Mount Hope Railway Survey

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

The party of surveyors under the direction of Mr. J Tovey, sent to make a trial survey of the Mount Hope line, are still camped at the Booberoi Creek and are likely to remain…

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Facination of Bridge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 8

As most people are aware, the great card game which has taken Society by storm is "Bridge." Why this game should have attained the…

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In a Japenese Railway Gar

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 8

A writer in the "Pall Mall Magazine," in describing scenes in Japanese railways, says when a native lady enters a carriage she slips her feet…

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Great Modern Inventions. Railways

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 8

An American scientific writer says: From the earliest times until the second quarter of the present century there was no change in the methods of artificial locomotion. The…

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Train Delayed

Western Champion · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 10

Wednesday mornings tram was two hours late in aniving from Sydney. It appears that the engine of a goods train broke down between Bumbury…

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Railway League

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Mr. J. J. Finn, secretary of file local Railway League from Colonel T. S. Parrott, the surveyor engaged on the…

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Royal Motorists

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 7

King Edward, although he has been initiated into the mysteries of motor-driving is seldom his own chauffeur, but prefers to enjoy his rides without…

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The Railway

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 2

JUST now the all absorbing topic is the Ministerial visit, in connection with the turning of the first sod of the Temora to Wyalong railway work…

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More Road Clearing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 2

In February last Mr. W. A. Holman, on behalf of the Bygalorie and Milby Landholders Association," sent a communication to the Department of Works respecting the…

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Parkes Railway Station

Western Champion · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 10

The Railway Refreshment Room Inspector last week visited Parkes with a view to ascertaining the necessi[?] of building a refreshment…

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