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

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

349 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 18

Fatal Railway Collision

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 7

A west-bound Californian express train collided with a local tram at Pueblo, Colorado, on Friday with disastrous results…

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Bogan Gate-Trundle Railway'

Western Champion · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 12

The tender of Messrs Thomas Williams and Co has been accepted for the construction of the incompleted portion of the Railway line from…

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Railway Over the Andes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

The railway across the Andes in South America is to be completed by New York capitalists at a cost of L3,000,000. The portion of the line still remaining…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:— The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Railway Guard Scored

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 6

In the railway carriage sat a well-dressed young lady tenderly holding a. very small poodle. "Madam," said the guard, "I am very…

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Cudgellico. Annual Meeting--wire Netting -- Railway Extension--model Farms--the Lachlan Shire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 4

At the annual meeting, Mr J. E Pooler, president, in the chair, lengthy correspondence was dealt, with. The President introduced Mr A. W…

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McPhail Road

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 9

ALL culverts on the McPhail road are being dismantled and replaced with crossings. Some time ago a person received damages from the Department…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

AT Saturday's meeting of the local branch of the F. and S. Association allusion was made to the great apathy shown by the townspeople in respect…

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Losses on the Railways

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

COUNTRY people frequently have to complain of the had treatment meted out to them in cases where their property has been lost on the railways…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 20

AT the last meeting of the Narromine Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Webb drew attention to the proposed extension of the railway line…

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An Increased Road Vote

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 8

The intention of the Government to spend I he additional sum of £40,000 in order to put the roads in a satisfactory state was mentioned a few days ago, The…

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The Absent Motor. a Lost Vote

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

"Is it comin?" said the old man. The girl poked her head further out of the cottage window; then steeped back into the room…

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A Romantic Motor Drive

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

Helen Stamford hurried into the noisy bustling station at Ironminster, and, with one glance at the big clock, tore up the grimy stairs leading to the down…

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Petrol From Potatoes. for Motor Fuel

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

What would happen to the motor-car industry were the supply of petrol to fall or were England to be blockaded? This is a question which far-seeing…

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Great Capture of Thieves. Bogus Railway Men Robberyy of L20,000

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

The Paris correspondent of the Lon­don "Dally Mail" wrote on tho 3lst of January:—The Paris police have succeeded in…

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A Train Incident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 6

After I had graduated with honours from Saumur. I was appointed second lieutenant of the Sixteenth Cuirassiers. The colonel of the regiment, whom I knew but little,…

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The Condobolin Train

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

"Theodomas" writing to the Forbes Times, says: "While on the subject of railways, I would like to refer to a matter brought before the…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 6

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:—The precipitancy of a workman in pulling the lever of a switch caused the…

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Our Member. And the North Coast Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 19

IT will be remembered that when the North Coast railway proposal was before Parliament, and was carried by 2 votes, Mr. Eden George voted…

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The Railway Commissioners. Report of the Royal Commission

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 19

THE conclusions arrived at by Royal Commission appointed to amongst other matters, into the inharmonious relations existing between the…

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