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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

226 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 12

Billabong Bridge. Joint Conference on Tenders

Western Champion · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 6

A joint conference of the Shire and Municipal Councils was held on Monday evening for the purpose of discussing the tenders received for the…

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Railway Extension

Western Champion · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5

A copy of Mr Kennedy's report (as a result of the official inspection) on the proposed route of the railway extension from Forbes, has been…

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Bulbodney Railway

Western Champion · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 14

Following is a full report of the proceedings of the deputation re the above, briefly recorded in our issue of the 27th ult, for which we are…

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Some Emotions in a Motor the Maniac Chauffeur

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Frances Campbell writes in the "Westminster Gazette" of 9th November:— It was shortly after my return to England and I had been away ten…

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Bimbi Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 2

A RAILWAY LEAGUE meeting was held on 4th Just. Messrs. H. Gault, sen. (chair), T. Goona[?], W. J. Newman, J. Causer, Lloyd, S. Ellis, F. Ellis, H. Conn, J. S. McIntosh, J…

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The Craze for Speed. Motorists Deride, but Physicians Agree. Mr. Tree's Experience

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 8

Sir James Crichton-Brawne's diatribe delivered against motorists at Blackpool on Thursday (says the "Express" of September 15), has aroused the derision of…

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A Railroad Motor Car

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 8

The accompanying illustration is of the latest of the Union Pacific gasoline motor cans, constructed for suburban passenger traffic and inspection service on the lines…

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Bulbodney Railway. (Contiuned from last issue.)

Western Champion · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

Mr Carroll considered it would bo wise and judicious to extend the railway towards Nymagee. This line, be considered, ought to be extended to…

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Death on a Motor Car. the Chauffeur Expires

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Utilising on 14th November that he was losing consciousness, and that the steering wheel of the motor-car which he was driving was out of his control,…

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The Socialists at Hull Railway Servants Protest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

The 'Westminster Gazette' con aiders that the academic triumph achieved by the Socialists at Hull is likely to produce a similar…

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A Motor "Scorcher."

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 6

A steam automobile is being constructed by M. Serpollet, the well-known inventor, to run one hundred and twenty-five miles an hour. The motor will develop two…

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Narromine-Peak Hill Railway

Western Champion · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 11

Mr J. P. Lynch the member for Ashburnham, has been informed by by the Public Works Department that funds for the survey of the Narromine…

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Smoker Delays a Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

Entering a suburban train near Paris, a smoker who had just lighted an excellent cigar was forced to leave a nonsmoking compartment, and searched the…

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The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained by Soldiers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

A fatal motor-car accident had an extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheaia yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London " Daily…

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Touring Motor. an Australian Type

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 3

Touring conditions in Australia are somewhat different from those abroad, so that the experience of motorists in England and on the Continent, where…

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Sir Henry Colville. Killed by a Motor. How It Happened

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9

We (the London "Times" of November 29th) regret to record the death, as the result of a motor-car accident at Frimley on Sunday, of Major-General sir…

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