Roads to Peak Hill
In connection with the agitation being made by the local branch of the F. S. and Progress Associations, to try and get roads attended to, and opened…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
184 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 10
THE Western Champion and Parkes and [?] Representative. Friday, 29Th October, 1909 Railway Returns
The following railway returns for September are kindly supplied by the station master, Mr C Upton:—Tickets issued 770; coaching revenue £539;…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Burglars in a Motor. a Safe Blown Up
During the early hours of this morning (wired the Stroud correspondent of the "Daily News" on August 10) a daring robbery was perpetrated at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pathway of Pleasure. Most Picturesque Railway. When Death's dark stream I ferry [?] (A time that surely shall come), In Heav'n itself I'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome. [?]
I suppose, says a writer in the "Daily Express," there is no more wonderful and glorious stretch of railway line in the world than the West Highland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reducing Railway Fares and Freights
At a Public Meeting held in Sydney last week, a strong case was [?] out in favor of a big reduction in Railway charges. Mr Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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 4 →The Missing Motor Girl. Her Sister and Chauffeur Visit London. Pursued by Camera Fiends. Family Solicitors Issue Remarkable Statement
Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth, the story of whose doings has provided so great a sensation, is proving a veritable will-o-the-wisp (says a London paper of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pathway of Pleasure. Most Picturesque Railway
When Death's dark stream I ferry o'er (A time that surely shall come), In Heav'n itself I'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duplication of the Western Railway
The question of duplicating the Great Western railway line, between Emu Plains and Blaxland, is now under consideration by the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway
Probably the most important national work in progress in the State at the present time is the construction of the railway line that traverses that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane in War, Etc
The Wright brothers, in a talk about the future of the aeroplane, have stated that they believe the air machine will not only be developed as a vehicle of sport,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Taxation
At every conference of the New South Wales Country Storekeepers' Association there is an annual growl at the condition which enables city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Traffic
Mr C Upton, local station master, kindly furnishes us with the following statistics for the month of October:—Goods, in wards, 542 tons; outwards,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, November 12, 1909 a Railway Park
THE Under-Secretary for Lands has informed our member, Mr. J. P. Lynch, M.P., that the Minister for' Lands has approved of the dedication…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Life's Toilsome Road." Sermon in 100th YEAR
Hundreds of people from all parts of North Staffordshire visited Blurton Church, near Stoke-on-Trent, recently to hear the Rev. Prebendary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Mountaineering
The daring feat of Mr Fawcett, an English motorist, who has just driven his car from the Chamonix Valley to the Mer de Glace, a height of 5750ft.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Railways
In proportion to size of territory, pro duction, trade and wealth, there is probably no other fully civilised country so backward as New South Wales in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Highwaymen
Mme. Dupuis, a lady seventy two years of age, was about to enter her apartment in the Rue Troyon, near the Arc de Triomphe, at eleven o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane Disaster. M. Lefebvre's Death
Deep is the regret expressed at the death of M. Lefebvre, the young aviator who distinguished himself at Rheims, and who was killed last evening while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Outrage. an Express Wrecked
Two men are dead, five others may die, and about forty persons are injured, says a despatch from Newcastle, Pennsydvania, yesterday, as the result of the…
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