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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 5 of 12

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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Peak Hill Railway

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:—…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Motor Car Accident

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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