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

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

274 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 14

Railway Accident at Wellington

Western Champion · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 13

On Friday night a young man named Donald Collins, son of Mr John Collins, J P, met with a rather serious accident at Wellington. Collins is a…

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Canowindra-Cowra Railway

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 2

ONE of the most enthusiastic meetings ever held in Canowindra was that held under the auspices of the Canowindra Railway League in the School of Arts…

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Cowra-Canowindra Railway. Public Meeting

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 2

Tho public meeting held under the auspices of the Canowindra Railway League on Saturday afternoon last, in the local School of Arts Hall, proved a…

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A New Road-making Machine

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 3

Several improvements in road machinery are embodied in the new Ohio reversible road machine, built by the Shuart Grader Co., Oberlin, Ohio. They…

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A Motorist. Charged with Manslaughter. a Mother Killed

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 9

At the close of the inquest at Coin-brook on 4th April, on the body of Mrs Mary Haines, who was killed on the previous Sunday through being run down…

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Narromine-Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 7

The following letter has been received from Mr A. C. C. Hinder, secretary of the Tomingley Railway League :—"A well-attended meeting…

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Railway Matters

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 5

Thus the Narromine News :—" The Peak Hill People are hot on the question of railway communication with Narromine, and they cannot…

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Canowindra Railway League

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

Several meetings of the Sub-committee elected to draw up the memorial to be presented to the Premier on the 27th have been held during the week, and…

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Railway League

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

A meeting of the Canowindra Railway League was held in the School of Arts Hall on Saturday afternoon last. There were present:—Messrs. W…

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Railway Commissioners

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon last, messrs Oliver, kirkcaldie, and Fehon, Railway Commissioners, arrived by special train, on their annual…

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Short Story Some Adventures In a Motor Car. An Up-to-date Knight Errant

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 5

I had just lighted my pipe and settled down for a quiet read before turning in, when the surgery bell was rung twice with obvious impatience…

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The Romance of Motor racing

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 5

In an interesting article in the June number of "Pearson's Magazine," Mr. B. Fletcher Robinson writes on the dangers and the delights of motor-racing :—…

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The Highest Railway Track in Europe

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 5

Mr. Emil Ruker, in tho August number of " Page's Magazine," cites the A[?]bula Engadin line, which was opened for traffic on 1st July, w[?] much ceremony, as a…

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Railway Matters

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 7

In furtherance of the agitation for railway communication to Peak Hill, a public meeting is to be held on Saturday next, (to-morrow) for the…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Repbesentative Friday, June 30, 1905. the Bulbodney Railway

Western Champion · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 12

THE following, from the pen of Mr J C L Fitzpatrick, of the Molong 'Argus,' coincides so well with our view on the question that we givse it…

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Cowra-Canowindra Railway. Deputation to Hon. J. H. Caruthers, Premier of New South Wales

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 2

The deputies elected to represent the Canowindra residents in their agitation for the extension of the railway line from Cowra to Canowindra by the…

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Sarah an Incident in the Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 8

As the 3.15 express to the north came into Rugby Station, the girl in the corner seat drew up her window-blind [?]essly…

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Treatment of Tramps in France

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 5

The French peasant has the deepest respect for proprietorship. Against the vagabond, the tramp, the wanderer on the high road his hatred, instinctive, malevolent,…

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Railway to Canowindra. Deputation to the Premier

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 2

A deputation consisting of members of the Canowindra and Kugowra Railway Leagues waited upon the Premier on Wednesday to urge the extension of the…

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Railways and Towns

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 July 1905 · page 3

Requests which the Railway commissioners could not see their way to grant to cootamundra, says the "Herald," because of their cost and…

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