Motor House-boat
A luxurious motor house-boat is in course of construction for the Marquis de Dion, who is identified with the internal combustion engine of that…
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 8 of 18
A Petrol Electric Motor-car
At the electrical engineering works of Messrs. Johnson and Philip, Ltd , at Charlton, Kent, a demonstration was given recently of a system for petrol electric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fares
It is recognited that the Railway Commissioners have been placed in charge of our railways in order that people might receive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal Wedding. Pageant in Madrid. Review of Spanish History. Quaint Costumes. Parade of Motorists. Wedding Procession
On 26th April the Madrid correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Spain will long remember the wedding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death in the Train
An old man named John Joseph I Gaynor died in the train, between Bogan Gate and Parkes, on Tuesday afternoon, whilst on his way to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railways
COMPLAINT has frequently been made by the Railway Commissioners of the action of some people in placing obstacles on a railway line. In a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, July 6, 1906. Railway Rates
RECENT developments in connection with our Railway Department have again directed attention to the many curious anomalies which exist in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gregra-Canowindra Railway Agitation. Enthusiastic Meeting
On Friday last twenty-eight landholders representing Cranbury, Bowan Park, Avenel, Lockwood, and Burdett assembled in the Cranbury Hall on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cowra Canowindra Railway
Following is an extract from Mr T. Waddell's speech on the "Address in Reyly" in the Assembly last. . . . "So I would urge on the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor-omnibus. Its Perils and Possibilities
By far the most striking fact of London life to-day is the advent and success of the motor-omnibus. It is now little more than a year since the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Impressions. Open Door and Motor
The secret had been well kept. As the long night and tardy dawn of Saturday morning last dragged themselves out, only one person in the hard world of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scented Motor Cars. Petrol Like Heliotrope
Recently the Vienna papers announced that Baroness Hengelmuller, the wife of the Austrian Ambassador to America, had discovered a process of perfuming…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peak Hill Railway What Parkes Is Doing
AT the last meeting of the Parkes Council a letter was read from the Peak Hill Railway League stating that the League had been formed for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peak Hill Railway
NARROMINE is still making the railway to Peak Hill a "live" question. At the last meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association the President (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Returns
We are indebted to Mr J W Colless stationmaster, for the Hollowing particulars of traffic and revenue at the Parkes railway station during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ladies' Bridge Parties. Public Prosecutor Declares Them Criminal
From New York on 6th April the correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" Wrote:— The anti-bridge crusade in Georgia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trampled on by "Hustlers." "Everyday Occurrence."
The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on the 3rd May:— The perils attending business life in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Science and Invention a Liliputian Motor
WHAT is claimed to be the smallest electric motor in the world is in the possession of a Texas electrician and watchmaker who made it as a soart-pin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Superstition at Bridge. Charms and Ceremonies
It is now obvious that the portion of Society which takes its gambling seriously—it is a very large portion indeed—has become superstitious. An…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peak Hill Railway
Is Parkes going to be altogether loft out in the cold, and are the interests of the country and requirements of settlers to be altogether forgotten in…
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