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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 6 of 23

Peak Hill Railway

Western Champion · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 13

While in Sydney, Mr J. L. Whitmill, President of the Goobang Shire, gave evidence as follows in connection with the Peak Hill railway:—He…

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The Fighting Aeroplane. Transparent Airships

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 3

"The lighting aeroplane of the future will be transparent," Mr T. W. K. Clarke, an areoplanist who saw active service in South Africa, said lately to…

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Too Much for the Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 12

An old Ormskirk farmer was seeing hisson off by an express train, and the engine, which was one of the large and heavy compounds, had some difficulty in…

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The Wide World. Italian Railway Outrage. London Lady Attacked. Crime in a Tunnel

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 3

A murderous attack on an Englishwoman in a train from [?] is reported from Chambery. The lady's name is given as Miss Susan Lowe…

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Road Grants

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 13

THE Department of Works has sent intimations to the Shire Council of Goobang to the effect that the following sums will be available for…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 10

AN attempt was made on Wednesday last to wreck the passenger train. Just after leaving Wombiana platform, the other side of Millthorpe, the…

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Peak Hill Railway

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 11

THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met in Parliament House at 11 o'clock on Tuesday and further considered the…

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N.S.W. Railways. The New Chief Commissioner

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 10

MR. TOM JOHNSON, the New South Wales Chief Railway Commissioner, arrived at Sydney on Wednesday, and will enter on his duties within a…

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A Railway Fatality. Ganger Bult Killed

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 14

AT about 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon a sad railway fatality occurred on the Molong-Parkes railway line near Bumbury Siding, by which Ganger…

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The Railway Question

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 10

THE EXAMINER says it is reported at Parkes that the Public Works Committee propose to take the railway line from Narromine to Peak Hill and…

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Railway Fatality. Ganger Bult Killed

Western Champion · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 13

At about five o'clock on Monday afternoon a sad fatality occurred on the Molong-Parkes railway line near Bumbury Siding, by which Ganger David…

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A Motorist Monarch. Sued by a Widow

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 3

From Berlin on 6th January, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" While the King of Saxony and his suite were driving to a shooting party…

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A Railway Signalman. Dies in His Box. Discovered by Delay

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

The "Dally Mail," of February 4th, reports:—A signalman has been found dead—apparently after being seized with a fit—…

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Motor-car Lawps

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

Lamp trials are presently to be held by the Automobile Club, and a writer hopes to see some t[?]s instituted for determining the comparative blinding effect of the powerful…

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Warge Rock Road

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 5

MR. H. B. PULVER, Shires Engineer, paid a visit to this end of the district daring the week, and inspected portion of the Warge Rock road, for which…

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Destructive Fire. On the Tomingley Road

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 7

ON Friday last a destructive fire occured on a farm the property of Mr. Walter Allen, situated on the Tomingley road about eight miles from…

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Railway to Peak Hill

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 12

MR. HARRY BOWDITCH, Secretary of Parkes Railway League, writes:—Permit me to give, in brief, the main reasons why the proposed line of…

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Peak Hill Railway. Mr. McDonald Stuart's Report in 1898

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

THE following is a copy of Mr. McDonald Stuart's report regarding the extension of the railway to Peak Hill, and which was submitted to…

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Narromine-Peak Hill. Railway. The Statistician's Figures

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 16

AT the sitting of the Public Works Committee in Sydney last week, while the question of the proposed railway to Peak Hill was being further dealt with, Mr…

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Re Post and Train Service. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

Sir,—Referring to my letter in your paper of March 2nd, many people were kind enough to express approval of same, but it seems that that is the extent to…

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