THE Western Champion and Parkes and Fobbes Representative Friday, May 1. Railway Topics
Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 12
RECENT happenings on the railways, both in this State and in Victoria, have created a feeling of uneasiness among the travelling public which…
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Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 12
On Wednesday we received the following telegram from Mr R. J. Baker, of the "Express," Peak Hill, who is at present in Sydney:—…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Motor Car. a Health Giver. Medical, Testimony
The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 3
Mr H. H. Ridle, M.B., Cambridge, writes in the "Daily Mail" of 27th February:— The motor-car is so universally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Motor Race. Twenty Thousand Miles. Some of the Difficulties
The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 6
In conncction with the motor race from New York to Paris, Mr Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S., an experienced motorist, well acquainted with Siberia,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Guard. As in England. a Complete Catechism
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 5
Question: Who are you? Answer: A Railway Guard. Q.: What is a Railway Guard? A.: The controlling genius of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abducted by Motor. a Girl's Adventures
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 5
WITH "A SILLY YOUNG IDIOT." The hearing was resumed at Newcastle Assizes on 20th February of the action against [?] a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Round the World. a Motor Race. Competitors' Larder
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 6
On 11th February the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of Paris wrote:— The New York to Paris motor race starts to-morrow at eleven o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electro Motors
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8
Messrs. Electromotors, Ltd., of Manchester, are now one of the leading firms of electrical engineers engaged in the manufacture and installation of electrical machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Coast Railway
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4
The tender of Messrs Carson and Co., of Sydney, has been accepted for the first section of the railway from Maitland to Dungog, a distance of 33 miles, the figure being…
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Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4
Dr McDonnell, of Forbes, whilst driving his motor car to the railway station last week, lost control of the machine, which dashed with great force into a fence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster Another Trial of the Brakes
Western Champion · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 14
A message from Melbourne on Friday reads:—Tests were made to-day of the brakes of the Bendigo train. The tests were all made whilst the train…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Motor Car. "A Health Giver. Medical Testimony
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 8
Mr H. H. Ridle, M.B., Cambridge, writes in the "Daily Mail" of 27th February:— The motor-car is so universally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Novel Motor Ice Boat
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 8
The motor ice boat here shown was built by an English gentleman, for his own use. It consists of a fiat-bottomed boat having mounted within it a motor of 4 or 5…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Matters. Tuesday Night's Meeting
Western Champion · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 11
A hurriedly convened public meeting was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night fur the purpose of making arrangements for a deputation to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Extensions. the Parkes-peak Hill Line. a Definite Ministerial Promise
Western Champion · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 4
Advantage was taken of the stay made by Mr Lee, Minister for Works, in Parke's on, Friday morning on his way to Condobolin en route for Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Matters
Western Champion · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 5
At the close of the deputation to the Minister for Works on railway matters on Friday last, the Mayor (Mr Close) handed Mr Lee the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a Third-class Railway Carriage
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3
At a small railway station in the South of Ireland, as the train drew up at the platform, the familiar cry of " All tickets ready" : was heard. A shabby- looking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post Office. Train Mail
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 1
Leave Post Office, Grenfell, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 1.25 p.m. Arrive Post Office, Grenfell, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 11.50 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Train [?]Gedy Man and Wife Killed. the Inquest
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 6
The inquests, held yesterday, 11th March, on the bodies of Mr and Mrs Mervyn Hughes, of Kenilworth-court, Putney, the young couple who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grenfell Railway and Postal Services. New Time Tables
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 1
As previously notified, the new train service commenced last Monday, and in future the running will be as follow:— From May 25, the 8.5 a.m. Mixed Train…
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