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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 6 of 18

Our Sydney Letter the Railway C0mmissi0ners

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

The intentions of the Government with regard to the Railway Commissioners are now foreshbadowed with some degree of certainty. The…

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Peak Hill to Trundle Road

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 19

MR. EDEN GEORGE, M.L.A., has forwarded us the following letter for publication:— Public Works Department. sydney…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 7

AT the last meeting of the Parkes Council it was decided, on the motion of Ald. Medlyn seconded by Ald. Fisher, to communicate with Peak…

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Chief Railway Commissioner

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 10

AN exchange says that there is a likelihood of Mr. C. J. Oliver, Chief Railway Commissioner, being appointed to the Upper House if he resigns his…

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Bdgan Cate—Trundle Railway

Western Champion · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 12

Some hitch, the reason thereof we have been unable to ascertain, occurred in the letting of the tender for the uncompleted portion of this railway line,…

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Ladies' Compartments. on Englich Railways. Male Intruders Fined

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 7

As a result of the alarm caused by the Merstham and Crick Tunnel tragedies, the Midland Railway Company have recently reserved special compartments…

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A Motor Car Climb

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

A dating feat was successfully accomplished by Mr Charles Jarrett lately, in a motor-car, by the ascent of Arthur’s Seat, the historic mountain which overlooks the…

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French Motor Starting Devices

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

The first prize in the recent competition of devices permitting a starting of vehicle motor from the driver’s seat was divided between M. Isnard, manufacturer of the…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 18

THE following correspondence explains itself:— Farmers' and Settlers' Association, Narromine Branch, 9th May, 1906…

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Bogan Gate-Trundle Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

SOME hitch, the reason thereof we (CHAMPION) have been unable to ascertain, occurred in the letting of the tender for the uncompleted portion of…

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Peak Hill Railway. An Important Letter

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 11

MR. EDEN GEORGE, M.L.A., writes as follows to the Editor of the EXPRESS: I have had several tussels with the Minister over this matter and I regret…

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Shot in a Train. a Baron's Experience

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

"The Daily Man" of 8th March writes:—Baron von Litzwie, a member of the Prusian Upper House, sixty-eight years of age, was travelling from Stettin to…

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Railway Tests

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 8

The State Premier (Mr. J. B. Carruth[?] last week received ,a deputation [?] of 34 members of the [?] [?] the necessity [?]…

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Tram Trouble in Singapore. Superstitious Chinese

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 6

"Unless five hundred Chinese are be headed and the scarps brought to the power station the tramcars cannot start running." Such was the awful report…

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Motor Madness. an Eminent Doctor Suggests the Arrival of a New Disease

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 5

How is it that some people who in the ordinary affairs of life are humane, considerate, and careful, lose this character the moment they seat themselves…

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The Flying Machine the Aerodrome

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

Mr W. K. Garrett Fisher writes in the London "Daily Mail":—The possibilities of human locomotion are advancing rapidly. The…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

AT the last meeting of the Narromine Farmers' and Settlers' Association, the President (Mr. Frater) stated that, according to promise, he had seen the…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

MR. EDEN GEORGE, M.L.A., writes as follows to the Editor of the EXPRESS:—Parliament House, Sydney, 31st May, 1906.—I have just had a further…

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Tomingley. Railway League

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 10

A MEETING of the Railway League was held on Saturday last, Mr. J. D. MacKay occupying the chair. Letters were read from Mr. Eden George, and…

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The Railway Question

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 11

A VERY important meeting of the Railway League is convened for Saturday, 16th June, at 2.30 p.m., and a large and representative…

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