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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 2 of 12

Australian Gum Trees for American Railways

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 7

Mr E. O. Faulkner, of America who is representing the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway system, is at present in Adelaide, the…

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In a Tramcar

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

People sometimes wonder how the, man must feel who is mean enough to keep his seat in a tramcar while a lady is standing. Perhaps the following is only a…

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District Railways. Cookamidgera to Eugowra

Western Champion · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 15

At a recent meeting of the Forbes branch of the F. and S. Association, Mr Heaney said he journeyed to Eugowra recently to take part in the reception…

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A Road to Nowhere

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5

The Shire Council is evidently deter mined to brave popular protest and proceed with the wars of smothering up an important line of…

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Railway Fares & Freights. a Country Member's Plea for the Inlanders

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

Speaking in the Assembly at the close of last session, upon the proposal of the Government to borrow £700,000 for the purchase of railway rolling-stock,…

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Railway Extension

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

The demand that the State shall be at once linked up by twin steel rails is becoming insistent. Almost every centre, whether it is popularly known…

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Common Sense and the Motor-car

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

The Daily Chronicle":--" We may congratulate the Automobile Club upon the very successful results of their eight days' competition, The object of the contest…

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Which Road?

Western Champion · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

If you could go back to the forks of the road, Back the long miles you have carried the load,…

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Parkes Railway Station

Western Champion · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 13

Mr J. W. Colless, local stationmaster, has received notice of his appointment to Campbell town, in the suburban area, on the Southern line, 34 miles…

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Roads Without Traffic

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 2

We notice that lately the Mines Department, in granting mining leases, is making a reservation of the surface area for purposes of roads and myth…

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Wyalong Motor Company

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 2

We understand that a syndicate has been formed to run a regular motor service between the towns and out to the Station. The syndicate has already…

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The Bulbodney Railway

Western Champion · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 19

Some little while ago, when a deputation of residents from the vicinity of Bulbodney and Orange Plains waited upon the Minister for Works…

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The Club Train. an Affair of Luxury

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 5

Club trains for business men living at a distance from their businesses are not new, but it is safe to say that nothing like the accommodation which…

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English Railway Travelling. Privately-owned Lines. a List of Grievances

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Alfred Fellows writes in the "Daily Mail" of 24th December an article which shows how, to an ever greater oxtent than here, the want of…

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The Motor Bus Co

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

The local syndicate, controlling the lin[?]of motor-busses to run from the We[?]t Wyalong Post Office to various traffic centres, publishes its…

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The Railway Extension

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

Mr Thos. Brett, who was appointed to [?]ollect signatures in suppert of the proposed extension to Cudgellico via Yalgogrin, informs us…

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Billabong Bridge. Joint Local Conference

Western Champion · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

A conference between the Goobang Shire Council and Parkes Municipal Council was held at the Shire offices on Monday evening, for the purpose of…

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The Great Bridge Over the Zambesi

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 6

A complete description of the magnificent bridge erected by British engineers over the Zambesi is given in "Engineering." "This bridge has a main span of…

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Wyalong Cudgellico Railway

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 8

Speaking about the rivalry in advocating different routes for the proposed railway line to follow from Wyalong to Cudgellico, the "Star"…

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