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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Tragedy of a Wreck. Railway President Killed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

The New York correspondent of the London "Express" gives further particulars of a tragic event which was the subject of a cable message…

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Motor Harvesting

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

Of late years the utility of petrol motor power has become so general that it is not surprising to find it now applied in the harvest field. Australian are…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 21
Also in Western Champion

A meeting of the Parkes Railway League was held last week, and there was a good attendance, residents from various parts of the district being…

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eak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 12

AN advt. appears iu our business columns intimating that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will visit Narromine on…

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Railway Extension

Western Champion · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 13

The adjourned meeting in connection with the proposed extension of the railway line from Parkes to Peak Hill was held at the Council Chambers…

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In a Railway Carriage

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

The humours of travelling in Ireland are endless. A fastidious non-smoker happened to find himself in a third-class smoking carriage in tin company of a couple of gaunt-featured Southern…

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Miscellan[?]s. Wooden Railways

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 3

THERE are still several wooden railways in existence in Canada and the United States. One of them is in the province of Quobec, and is 30 miles long. The rails are…

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A Motor Device for Propelling Small Boats

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 3

An interesting device in the way of applying a motor to a small craft has been brought by G. Trouche and Company and constructed at their Buchet works near Paris…

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Bogan Road Railway League

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 7

AT a meeting of the Bogan Road Railway League, the President (Mr. Robert Carter) suggested the advisability of some one being appointed to…

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The Public Works Committee. Narromine to Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 4

THE Public Works Committee will arrive at Tomingley to-morrow morning and, after taking evidence, will come on to Peak Hill where they will…

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Motor Car Sensation

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL motor car accident occurred in the Sydney Domain the other day. Mr. J. S. Parker, storekeeper of Molong, had inspected a…

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Tomingley. Railway League Meeting

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 7

A MEETING of the Railway League was held on Saturday afternoon, when a large number were present, including Mr. J. D. MacKay, President of the…

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Our Open Column. Narromine-Peak Hill Railway. To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 18

SIR,—As the Public Works Committee are about to visit the proposed line of railway from Narromine to Peak Hill, I would like to draw further attention…

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Railway Matters

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 8

FORBES TIMES, in advocating a railway from Forbes to Stockinbingal, says :—The members of the Public Works Committee are leaving Sydney on the…

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Railway League

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 11

A MEETING of the Railway League was held on Wednesday afternoon Mr. R Newbigging, President, occupying the chair…

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Cumnock Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 23

CUMNOCK people are still agitating for a railway, and recently forwarded' a monster petition to the Minister, in reply to which Mr. Eden George has…

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In a Railway Carriage

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 3

The humours of travelling in Ireland are endless. A fastidious non-smoker happened to find himself in a third-class smoking carnage in th[?] company of a couple of gaunt-featured Southern…

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Peak Hill-Narromine Railway. Visit of the Public Works Committee. Evidence Taken at Tomingley and Peak Hill

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 8

THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works arrived at Narromine on Friday, and, after taking evidence, they arrived at Tomingley on Saturday…

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Our Member. Railway and Other Matters

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 11

Mr. EDEN GEORGE, member for Ashburnham, addressed the electors at Peak Hill from Wildie's Hotel balcony on Monday evening…

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