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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 9 of 18

Peal Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 10

A PUBLIC. meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at Parkes on Friday night when the following resolution was carried:—…

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Railway Matters. a Puplic Protest

Western Champion · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 6

A public meeting was held in the Royal Hall on Friday evening last for the purpose of protesting against the rates and freight charged on the…

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Railway League

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 5

A meeting of the above was held in the School of Arts hall on Saturday afternoon last. There were present Messrs T Finn…

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Railway Extension to Canowindra

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

The second meeting of the recently formed Gregara-Canowindra Railway League was held at the School of Arts Hall, Cudal on Saturday last in…

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A Railway Proposal

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 2

Mr E. H Clemson, of Bygalore, was in town on Saturday last in connection with a petition for the survey of a line of railway from Wyalong to Lake…

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Bimbi Railway Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 2

A MEETING was held on the 14th inst., at Norton's Bimbi Hotel. Present— Messrs M'Grath (chair), McIntosh, Fox, Goonan, Robinson, Newman, Warner, Conn, H. Gault, son, Nor-…

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Railway Romance. Consequent Suicide

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 4

An inquest was held by the Merioneth County Coroner at Lianuwchllyn on Tuesday, 17th May, on the body of Row-land Ellis Evans, ased 20, a Great…

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Ballooning Tragedy. a Terrible Night Tramp. Death in the Marshes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 7

Public attention has been called to the sport of ballooning by recent activities of the Aero Club of America, under the…

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In a Tramcar

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 7

Just as she entered the doorway the car gave a lurch, as street cars are apt to do, and the pretty girl was thrown into the lap of a fatherly Irishman…

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Cowra-Canowindra Railway

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 7

The Canowindra Railway League held a meeting at [?] on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Thomas Finn being in the chair. Mr. Watidell, M.L.A., wrote staling that lie…

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A Motor Lifeboat

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Ely sees is a motor [?]boat , the first ever built in France. It is provided with a…

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The Hillston Railway. Why the Line Should Be Constructed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 4

1. 800,000 acres of Crown Lands available for settlement. 2. 16,000 acres under wheat last year--yield over 13 bushels per acre…

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Ladies' Bridge Parties. Public Prosecutor Declares Them Criminal

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 17

From New York on 6th April the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The anti-bridge crusade in Georgia…

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In a Tramcar

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 18

Just as she entered the doorway the car gave a lurch, as street care are apt to do, and the pretty girl was thrown into the lap of a fatherly Irishman…

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Bullock Creek Railway. Extension From Trundle

Western Champion · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 13

Mr T Looney, of Glenmore, Bullock Creek, is in receipt of the following letter from Mr A Kelly, M.P.,:—"Dear Sir,—I waited on the Minister…

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Under [?] Railway Bridge

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 3

A novel ‘industry’ is pursued by the negroes of Bass Christian, Missouri. A railway bridge spans the bay near that place, and when the train is crossing the…

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Railway Companies at War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 4

Papers by the last English mail, up to. 18th May, stated that the cordial understanding between Great Britain and France has led to the inauguration of a…

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New Victoria Station. London's Latest Railway. Terminus

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 7

In the new Victoria Station the London and Brighton Company possesses one of the handsomest as well as one of the largest and most…

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A Balloon Railway

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 3

An Australian engineer, Herr [?] of Salzburg, is said to have been experimenting with much success in the mountains near Salzburg with a novel balloon…

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Condobolin to Lake Cudgbllico Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 2

Mr. A. Kelly, M.L.A,, introduced a deputation of farmers and settlers to the Minister for Works, with a request for the construction of a railway from…

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