The Motor-car. Some of Its Uses
"Toot, toot, toot!" went the horn of the big motor car as it thumped along the road. But old Farmer Giles, who who was very deaf, walked on quietly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
453 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 23
In a Tramway Car
An amusing instance of precocious repartee wis heard a few days ago on one of the city trans. The car was crowded, and sitting next other were a rather fat man and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visit of the Railway Commissioners. a Deputation
The Western line has been honored as being that chosen by the new Chief Commissioner for Railways for his first tour of inspection, and in pursuance of this arrangement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Matters. Visit of the Commissioners
In the course of their tour of inspection over the western lines the new Railway Commissioners—Messrs Johnson, Richardson and Kirkaldie—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railway Commissioners
The first official visit of the new Railway Commissioners to Parkes on Tuesday last attracted a little more than ordinary attention, due, no doubt,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative. Friday, April 19, 1907. Some Railway Matters
THE Railway Commissioners have come and gone. They came; they saw; they concurred in many of the things said to them by supplicant…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Car Accident
On Friday last Mr John Strahorn, of Mungery, accompanied by a friend, passed through Parkes in a commodious motor car. After a brief stay,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Famous Train. the West Coast Diner
Time was, and not so very long ago either, when, to ask the question which was the crack train of the London and North-Western Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Motor Airships. the "Daily Mail" Prize
There is now a "boom" in aeroplanemaking in this country, due to the "Daily Mail's" offer of L10.00 for the first successful flight from London to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wonderful Engineering. Bridge-building' in a Hurry
There are two classes, of rapid bridge- building--those of a temporary character, chiefly for military purposes, and those for permanent service, mostly in railway work,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Closing of Roads
UNDER Local Government it would seem that one of the most important matters affecting the settler (in many cases most detrimentally)—the closing and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Car
MR. J. R. STRAHORN'S motor car is on the roads again, having been repaired at Messrs. Glasheen and Socurfield's establishment. The car was very…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Aeroplane Accident. a French Sensation
A slight accident occurred at Vincennes on 28th February during the trial of M. Leon Delagrange's aeroplane—the largest machine yet built on the box-kite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Novel Bridge
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company have recently completed a bridge of novel design over the Mississippi. The bridge had to be of such a height above low-water that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Constable's Bridge at Platford. a Question for Manchester
England is asked by the "Manchester Guardian" to consider whether Flatford Bridge, beloved of her great landscape painter Constable, should be permitted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wealthy Tramp. Starvation with Ll,200. Left to Relieving Officer
Nobody ever thought that Mrs Charlotte Spiers, an old woman of 74, who for years had wandered about Hampshire, was any better off than the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A London Scene. Three Shops Undermined. Tram Service Stopped
"Daily News" of 8th February reports:— Had a small earthquake happened, the three houses that have partially…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Odds and Ends. in a Tramcar
A CLERGYMAN who has just returned from a tour [?]an amusing incident which occurred one day in a tramcar. ‘My complexion, as you know,’ he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Editor. a Deep in the Sleep. a Daily Train Service to Condobolin
I noticed in the report of the Municipal Council of Condobolin heid on April 15 last that the mayor said, that the matter of haying a daily train service was not worth…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Sweating "the Train
THE law provides that persons travelling on the railway without tickets can only be dealt with by the Police Magistrate, consequently many…
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