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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 7 of 12

A Workman's Club. an Easter Visit. Doings in the Old Kent Road

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 3

Down the Old Kent road yesterday morning, writes the "Daily Mail" of 13th April, there were no indications of the general celebration of the Great…

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The Grenfell Railway Service

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

THE recent flying visit of the Railway Commissioners, which lasted but for the time it took the engine to get to the turn-table and back, was by no…

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The Queen's Motor. Chauffeur Loses His Way

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 6

The Queen and the Empress Marie had an adventurous motor-car journey on Saturday, 11th April. Owing to the chauffeur taking a wrong road a special…

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Local Railway Traffic

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 2

By the courtesy of our local stationmaster, Mr R. Jones, we are enabled to furnish our readers with a few interesting items…

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A New Continuous Current Motor

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 2

A new type of continuous current ball-bearing motor has been placed upon the market. The characteristic features of this new type of machine…

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Peak Hill Railway

Western Champion · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 6

Messrs. M. Usher (Chief Commissioner's Inspector), and J. Small (Surveyor) arrived in town yesterday for the purposes of locating the site for…

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Devils in Collision. Aeroplane and Taxicab. Extraordinary Scene

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 3

There was an exciting scene here (writes a correspondent of "Lloyd's Weekly" on 2nd May) to-day when M. Delagrange, in making a fine flight in…

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Elopement Stopped. Husband Arrested on a Railway Platform

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 3

A strange story of a frustrated elopement was told to the Bristol magistrates yesterday (7th May), when Henry John Edwin Holder, a tramway clerk, was…

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Piney Range Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 1

A MEETING of the Piney Range Railway League was held at Mr. W. Bristow's on Saturday last, the 18th inst., at which there was a fair attendance…

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Practical Points for Motorists

Western Champion · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 7

Long, heavy springs are better than short light ones. Don't make a practice of exlutchslipping. Some clutches will stand it,…

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Lady Harroway. Her New Motor

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 6

"How heavenly! Are they for me?" Lady Harroway possessed herself impetuously of the tea-roses I held in my hand and pressed a velvety cheek to…

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The Tramway Crisis. (By Special Wire) Sydney, Friday

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 4

The Tramway Employees came out on Strike this morning. Cars are left standing all over the city and suburbs and great confusion…

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By Telegraph The Tramway Strike

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

THE whole tram service stopped this morning at 10, two hours before appointed time. All cars left on the streets. Officers of…

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By Telegraph The Tramway Strike

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 1

Preparations are made for a general strike. The Trades Council executive is empowered to call out any…

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A Monster Strike. Tram Service Stopped. Police Powerles Other Unions May Join

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 4

The whole of the tramway service was stopped at 9 o'clock this morning. Two hours before the appointed time all cr!rs were left on the streets. The officers of…

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Great Strike. Strike of Tramway Employers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 4

The strike has commenced unexpectedly in earnest. A long line of cars remain empty in the principal streets…

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The Tram Strike. Scene of Great Excitement Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 20

The whole of the tram service stopped at 10 o'clock thia morning, two hours before the appointed time, All cars were left on the streets. The…

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The North Coast Railway

Western Champion · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 7

THOSE who are sincere in their desire to have land settlement successfully carried out, and to see the resources of the North Coast districts adequately…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. the Tramway Strike

Western Champion · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 13

When the tramway men gathered to hear the result of the tram officials deliberations they were stunned to find that the strike was at an end,…

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The Tram Strike. Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 13

On an application on behalf of the Attorney-General, the Industrial Court has granted leave to prosecute 26 members of the Tramway Union…

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