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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 12 of 12

Ovevland by Motor

Western Champion · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 13

Mr Palmer Kent, manager of the Charters Towers (Q) branch of the Bank of Australasia, accompanied by Dr Tyndall Smith, from the same…

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The Railway Station

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 2

The inconvenient situation of our terminal station was made clear on Thursday last when some 70 or 80 of the residents wished…

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Trundle-Tullamore Railway

Western Champion · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 14

Mr A Ringholm, of Allibone and Ringho'm contractors for the TrundleTullamore railway line, has kindly furnished us with the following…

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On the Aeroplane. My First Flight

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 6

The Hon. C. S. Rolls writes in the London "Daily News":— From the day I first met the Brothers Wright, in the year 1896, I never had…

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New Models for Evening Blouses. Wanted, an Aeroplane Costume

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 3

The numerous passengers in Mr Wilbur Wright's aeroplane have various impressions, but they all agree that it is intensely cold while sailling in the…

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Railway Mismanagement

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 2

Private ownership of railways in England does not seem to work very satisfactory and he would not be a daring prophet who foretold that before very…

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What a Railway Detective Has to Know

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 2

The members of the half-dozen special corps of railway detectives, which are maintained by the railway Clearing House, and by certain of the big" railway…

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