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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 7 of 14

Abyssinia the Ethiopian Railway. International Negotiations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 4

The "Temps" of May 21 publishes an interesting account of the negotiations between England, France and Italy, respecting the Ethiopian…

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Runaway Motorists. Lady Cyclist Left Senseless. Unravelling a Mystery

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the accident which has occurred to Miss Adlercron, of Park Lodge, Binfield, near Windsor…

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SPRAY Amusing Incident in a Tramcar

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 5

She was rather a stylish- looking young lady, and attracted attention when she entered the tramear. She occupied the only vacant seat, beside a rather…

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Our District Roads

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 12

SPEAKING in the Assembly last week, Mr. Eden George said: I should like to offer a very few remarks on the road vote. Unfortunately, none of…

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Railway Employment. As in Great Britain

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 3

How many persons find employment on British railways? According to the census of 1901, the number is 320,514, but this total, Mr Charles H. Grinling…

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Potatoes and Motor-cars

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

"At the present moment," says Dr. T. Lamb Phipson, in "To-Day," "very strenuous efforts are taken to make the patato the prime agent of movement in…

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Road Making

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 3

THE heaviest tax which producers [?]ave to pay is that involved in having [?] transport their produce over bad [?] to the nearest railway station or…

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Cost of Bad Roads to Farmers

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 9

ONE of the heaviest taxes levied on the farmers of the country is imposed by poor roads. They double the cost of hauling to and from market, because…

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Poison Fear Public Roads. To the Editor

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

SIR,—Will you kindly inform me, through the columns of your much-improved paper, whether it is legal to Jay poison on a public road, and, if…

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Local & General news. Road Tenders

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 8

ROAD tenders are invited in to-day's Express for contract oil toads Parkes to Coradgery, Parkes to Balderodgery, and Parkes to Peak Hill…

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Runaway Motorists. Lady Cyclist Left Senseless Unravelling a Mystery

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 4

Mystery surrounds the accident which has occurred to Miss Adlercron, of Park Lodge, Bindfield, near Windsor…

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Railway League

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The following letter to the above has been received by the secretary Mr J J Finn through Mr. T. Waddell, M.L.A., and has been handed to us for publication…

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Motor Dust and Growing Crops

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 3

The British farmer has raised an objection to motor cars. At a largely-attended meeting of farmers, recently held at Lancaster, England, men who farmed…

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Motorist and Horseman. a Parliamentary Candidate

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 7

"Will you do your best, in Parliament or out of Parliament, to preserve the use of the highways for all classes of persons, and to prevent the highways…

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Motor Omnibuses. the London Example

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 4

For the moment the proprietors of motor-omnibuses should be reaping a golden harvest. The takings of the latest types of these…

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A Bridge of Toothpicks

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 6

Quite a neat model of a suspension bridge may be built with no other material than a few dozen toothpicks. The accompanying sketch will give a good idea of how the…

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Poison on Public Roads

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 15

In the Assembly Mr. Fallick asked the Secretary for Lands,— 1. Is it the practice of his Department to allow poieon to be laid on a public road for…

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Railway Employment. As in Great Britain

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 4

How many persons find employment on British railways? According to the census of 1901. the number is 320,514, but this total, Mr Charles H. Grinling…

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Railway Time Table for the Show

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

FOR the information of those who intend to make use of the train to reach the Show, we publish the following information taken from the handbill issued by Mr S. G…

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Mail Train Robbed. Bags Cut Open, Letters Stolen

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 8

UPON the arrival of the western mail train at Sydney on Tuesday morning, nine mail bags from stations between Cowra and Blayney were found to have…

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