Correspondence the Railway "Goat." (To the Editor of the LACHLANDER.)
Sir.--Permit me through the valuable columns of your influential journal to draw attention to an existing state of affairs, which is not only a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1906
349 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 18
Our Railway
MR. EDEN GEORGE, M.L.A., writes:—I have definitely decided to spend about a fortnight from Narromine to Peak Hill in the early part of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A New Type for Motor Cars
Several years have been devoted to the perfecting of the Wilton Cox tyre for motor-cars. It is made of eleotrically-cured hide, and supported by woven fabric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Receipts
According to the revenue returns for the past month, the railway receipts have increased as compared with the same month last year to the extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mail and Train Service
SINCE the opening of the Wyalong railway some two years ago, and the substitution of the iron horse for the mail coach, the matter of mail service is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bishop on "Bridge."
Preaching at Simla recently, the Bishop of Lahore chose for his subject the evils of card-playing for money, and severely attacked the gambling which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway and Tramway Earning
The railway earnings for the last quarter of 1995 show an increase over the corresponding period of the previous [?] of £158,713, and the expenditure and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Yorkshire Visitor. at the Motor Show
"What I says, Merrill," said Mr Poskitt, after returning from the Motor Show at Olympia and seating himself in front of the smoking-room fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Refreshment Rooms
Fresh interest was aroused on Friday in the [?] of the new liquor law in [?], Harry Smith of the railway refreshment loom, bring summoned…
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THE Railway Commissioners have agreed to allow half rates in the case of building and fencing material obtained to rebuild houses or fences…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway League
A LARGELY-attended meeting of the Railway League was held on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Jacob Matthews presiding. The minutes of the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Open Column. Cowra to Canowindra v. Gregra to Canowindra Railway Extension. (To the Editor)
Sir,—I have patiently watched for some years the many open plain dodges that are and have been used by the folk who reside on the Lachlan at a place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl's Secret Bridge Debts. Promises Never to Play Again
The painful stories revealed in a recent correspondence in the "Daily Mail" of gambling among the women and young girls who frequent some of the modern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Czar's Movements. Fast Motor-boat Sent to St. Petersburg
By special arrangement with the Russian Embassy, a well-known London company is despatching a motor-boat to St. Petersburg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Development of the Motor
These diagrams indicate the remarkable increase in tho power and speed of racing cars that has taken place since 1894. At that date the average speed was only 12 miles per hour, while in the recent Paris-Madrid race it was 65 and the horse-power has risen in the same period from 4-h-p. to 90-h-p. Owing to the keen competition, manufacturers, have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Runaway Train
A serious railway accident occurred at Yass Junction, last week, A train loaded with wheat and travelling to Sydney pulled into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trundle Railway
We learn that Contractor Ahearn has thrown up his contract—Bogan Gate to Trundle railway. The chief reasons for so doing are, that an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Our Open Column. Cowra-canowindra Railway v. Canowindra-gregra Railway. (To the Editor.)
With your permission, Mr. Editor, I wish to reply to Mr. Canowindra's amusing epistle which appealed in your last issue relative to the long talked of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Open Column. COWRA-CANOWINDRA v Gregra-canowindra Proposed Railway Extension. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—The remarks over "Canowindra" referring to above in your last issue were read by me with surprise [?]gled with pleasure—surprise that any one residing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster in America. Train in Flames. Ten Killed, 25 Injured
The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" wrote on 7th December:— Details arrived this afternoon of a…
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