Greenfell-forbes Back Road Mail Service
SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 22nd June last, intimating that you had been requested to bring under notice the question of providing mail facilities for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1909
184 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 10
Great Railway Project. Ceylon to India
"Sanction has just been given by Viscount Morley for the construction of a line of railway across the Pambam Straits to connect Ceylon with the main…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway
The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bicycle Road Race
The bicycle read race, Forbes to Parkes and back took place on Wedneaday afternoon, and was won by McNamara the seratch man…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Curious Chinese Railway
The most curious railroad in the world is in China, and it was built and financed solely by Chinese. It is also operated by Chinamen. It is known…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Turn of the Road
The dust lay in thick wreaths in the roadway; the woman's tired feet dragged through them, filling the hot air with a fine, penetrating powder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway
The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Desporate Prisoner Escapes. Jumps From a Movjng Train. Constable Leaps After Him
A young man, F. White, was committed for trial at Williamstown on a carrge of having made an o[?]trageous attack on a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 40 Mile Road Race Won by McNAMARA a Splendid Ride
The Forbes-Federal Bicycle Club held their 40 mile-road race on Wednesday last over the course from Forbes to Parkes and return There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramps As Pirates. Caught on Way to France
An extraordinary story of longshore piracy was told (says the "Daily Express") at the Chichester Police Court on July 17, when two tramps, John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramps As Pirates. Caught on Way to France
An extraordinary story of longshore piracy was told (says the "Daily Express") at the Chichester Police Court on July 17, when two tramps, John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring to the Pole. British Party's Novel Outfit. Sanguine Explorers
Though the idea of using the motor-car for Polar exploration is not new it has been left for Lieut. Shackleton to give [?] practical expression. A large motor-car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Railways. the Railways and Closer Settlement
Mr G. W. Seaborn has addressed the following In letter to the "Sydney Morning Herald":—The action of the Railway Commisioners in limiting the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fight in a Train. Sad End to Holiday
An extraordinary scene at Paddington Station (London) on Bank Holiday, in which an American soloist and a surveyor played the leading parts, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motors at Bombay
So far from being duty astonished at learning, from an article in the "Sunday at Home," that there are nearly a thousand motor-cars in Bombay, we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Disaster. Caused by a Horse
Just outside Paris on Sunday night, August 8, a collision occurred between two trains, and resulted in the death of thirteen people, while twenty-two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway League
A specially convened meeting of the Wyalong and District Railway League was held at the Globe Hotel on Tuesday morning last Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Facilities
From many parts of the State come complaints of an insufficient supply of railway trucks to carry the fat stock which pastoralists wish to send to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE [?] Wednesday, October 27 Cudgellico Railway
SOME little time ago, the Construction Branch of the Works Department was responsible for Mr Surveyor Paul and his staff of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Deviation. Tullamore to Tottenham
The Minister for Works was last week waited on by a number of residents of Tottenham, known also as Orange Plains, and persons interested…
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