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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

184 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 10

"Life's Toilsome Road." Sermon in 100th YEAR

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

Hundreds of people from all parts of North Staffordshire visited Blurton Church, near Stoke-on-Trent, recently to hear the Rev. Prebendary…

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Evils of Motor Dust. "An Insanitary Nuisance."

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Dr. Fremantle, the medical officer of health for Hertfordshire, has been remarking on the motor dust. On the subject of dust, or at least…

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Railway Congestion

Western Champion · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 12

That the whole question of railway traffic conditions is forcing immediate and complete attention is indisputable. We are daily opening up new country…

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Millionaire Tramp. Gives All His Wealth Away

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 3

Mr James Ends How, of the United States of America, now representing the unemployed of his country at the Ipswich Conference, is (says the…

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Harriman's Career. Messenger Boy to Millionaire. Ruler Op 90,000 Miles of Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 3

Mr Edward Henry Harriman was America's latest railway king, and that on a more extensive scale than any of his predecessors, having, in the words…

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North Coast Railway. Part 2

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 7

Once across the Paterson River, the route of the line traverses some of the choicest farming land of the State. For about three miles it winds…

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Millionaire Shot Dead. Railway-station Crime

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 6

Mr. Walter E. Ammon, the millionaire oleomargarine manufacturer, was shot and instantly killed at Pennsylvania Railway Station, New Jersey, this afternoon, by…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative. Friday, December 3 Railway Traffic

Western Champion · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 10

The inwards goods traffic at the local railway station during the past couple of weeks has been exceptionally heavy, the arrivals including about 300,000…

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New Railways, Wyalong to Condobolin

Western Champion · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 15

Another of the many proposed cross-country lines was brought under the notice of the Minister when Mr Kelly introduced a deputation which asked…

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Record Aeroplane Flight. Mile and a Half In a Circle. Mr. Farman's Latest Triumph

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 6

The longest flight ever achieved in an aeroplane was accomplished to-day by Mr. Henry Farman at Issy, the distance covered being 2½ kilometres (2734 yards) in a…

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Proposed Cross-country Railway. Wyalong to Condobolin

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 2

ANOTHER of the many proposed cross-country lines was brought under the notice of the Minister when Mr. Kelly introduced a deputation which asked for a…

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North Coast Railway. Part 3

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4

After leaving Hilldale, the route of the line butts into something solid in the shape of a ridge which bears the euphonious designation of the…

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Railway Extension

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4

One of the most important questions of railway intension in this portion of the State is that having reference to the proposal to connect…

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Motorists Attacked by Wolves. Desperate Defence. Fusillade From Disabled Car

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 6

The "Marin's" daily report of the progress of the round-the-world motor race (says a Paris message of March 22) to-day contains the following: --…

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Spoiling the North Road

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

The erection of centre standards on the Great North Road at the request of a small district council against the wishes of the Middlesex County…

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Car of the Air. Motor the Essential Part

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 3

An absorbing interest having been aroused by the feats performed lately with flying machines, even conservative Englishmen now view the coming of the…

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Motor-car Abduction. Traveller Runs Off with Rich Girl

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 3

A young traveller named Lewis, employed by M. Hadin, a rich manufacturer of Brussels, fell in love with the pretty sixteen-years-old daughter of…

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Motor Musings

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

(The reflections of a lonely amateur, lying prone beneath his car, vainly endeavoring to locate the cause of a weird and woful effect.) Ye clodhoppers crude, as your faces…

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Tramping Notes. Winchester to Southampton

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

Winchester is an easy, old-world place, "where the people realise to the full that every day possesses twenty-four good, long hours. There is neither hurry nor…

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