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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

453 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 23

Correspondence. Peak Hill Railway. To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

SIR,—By the Parkes CHAMPION I see there is great interest displayed by that Municipal Council and the railway to Peak Hill. Why this great interest?…

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Railway Collision

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 7

A RAILWAY accident occurred at Arbroath, Scotland. The North British express crashed into the Caledonian Company's train. Nineteen persons…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 15

SAYS the Parkes EXAMINER:—"A subcommittee consisting of the Ven. Archdeacon Neild, and Messrs. A. Stewart and H. Bowditch, is busily…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is fitted up with…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

From New York on 15th october the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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A Railway Comedy. Chase After a Passenger

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

The Geneva correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote, on 23rd October:— Tourists travelling in the "express"…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 10
Also in Western Champion, Western Champion

AN anonymous writer, "Nemo," whose identity could be easily traced over Parkes way, has been writing to the Sydney papers advocating the line…

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Railway Returns

Western Champion · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 13

The following particulars of the returns from the local railway station for the month of December are kindly supplied by Mr J W Colless:—Goods…

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Motor-car Traffic London Detectives' Crusade

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 3

Scotland Yard is apparently doing its best to satisfy the numerous writers of indignant letters concerning the misdeeds of motor-omnibuses. Each day the…

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Balloon Triumph. Aerial Motor-car

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

On 24th October the Paris correspondent of the "Express" wrote:— M. Santos-Dumont has Avon the Archdeacon Cup by flying about seventy…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 6

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is fitted up with…

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Prison Labor on Roads

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 14

THE possession of a small amount of money gained by their own labor would help many a man to get away from his previous criminal and…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 6

From New York on 15th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 4

From New York, on 30th October, the corespondent of the London "Daily Mail" write:— Further information fails to lessen…

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Peak Hill Railway. Before the Public Works Committee

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 15

WE have before us a printed report of the evidence taken by the Public Works Committee at the inquiry held regarding the expediency of…

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Railway League

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 10

AN important meeting of the Railway League will be held at the Council Chambers to-morrow afternoon. Very important business is set down for…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 20

REGARDING the proposed railway from Narromine to Peak Hill, Mr. Eden George, M.L.A., writes as follows to the Secretary of the local League:…

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Tramcar's Flight. Panic and Collision. Sixty People Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 9

From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London of Daily Mail" wrote:— Yesterday at Frascati, a small…

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