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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Record Engineering Feat. the Victoria Falls Bridge. Sir C. Metcalfe's Impressions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

Sir Charles Metcalfe, the famous engineer, has just returned to this country from the scene of his latest triumph—a canon on the boundary…

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The Motor Weapon in War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

MOTOR MAXIM GUN USED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE RECENT BRITISH MANOEUVRES…

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Electric Railways in Sweden

Western Champion · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 18

Within the near future, the definite plans will be formulated for the electrification of the more important State railways of Sweden…

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Railway Development

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

THE Chief Commissioner for Railways has pointed out again and again that the great need of the railway system is the…

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Railway Ambulance Class

Western Champion · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 13

The Railway Ambulance C[?] established in connection with the local station several months ago by District Superintendent Milne, is making good…

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Railway Returns

Western Champion · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 9

We are indebted to Mr Lloyd, local S.M., for the following information for the month of December:—Passengers 158, coaching revenue…

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Sailing on a Railway

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

The single line branch of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to Thames Haven is closed for traffic, but as the inhabitants of the district have…

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English Railways. As Business Builders

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

A "Railway Man" writes in the London "Daily Mail" of September 4 th:—In the face of all that English…

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The Harvest. the Railways Overtaxed

Western Champion · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 20

" The Railway Department is doing as well as could be expected in the circumstances," is the philosophical way in which the whe it shipper in general…

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The Motor Omnibus

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

It is the motor age or the infancy of the motor age—which? The indications are, perhaps, that the motor is going to be the supreme vehicle of transportation whether…

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Curious Experience of an Actress. a Comedy in a Railway Carriage

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. Seymour Hicks writes in "Pearson's Magazine":—A curious experience befel my wife, Miss Ellaline Terriss, when she was…

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Public Meeting the Grenfell Railway Service and Proposed Railway Extension

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

IN response to a requisition, the Mayor (Alderman John Taylor) convened a meeting to consider matters in conneccion with the railway service, and which was held in…

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On Tramp

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 6

Thoroughly miserable, I walked on till I came to a workhouse, and at the gate I stopped. It meant food, rest; and at last, yielding to the temptation, I got a ticket…

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Railway League

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 2

THE first meeting of the newly formed league was held on Thursday evening, Mr. Jno. Taylor presiding. Also present Messrs Josephson, Richardson, R…

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Railway Facilities

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

At the regular monthly meeting of the Stockowners' Association of N.S.W held Friday, it was resolved to…

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Railway Disaster in America. Train in Flames. Ten Killed, 25 Injured

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 5

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" wrote on 7th December:- Details arrived this afternoon of a…

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Motor-car Services to Tourist Resorts

Western Champion · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 19

The Government Tourist Bureau, quite in, consonance with its reputation for keeping abreast of the times, has for some time had under consideration the…

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Ox Tramp

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 3

Thoroughly miserable, I walked on till I came to a workhouse, and at the gate I stopped. It meant food, rest; and at last, yielding to the temptation, I got a ticket…

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Railway Matters

Western Champion · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 13

Mr Milne, the Western District. Railway Superintendent, is a very busy man ac present. On Monday he arrived at Parkes at 7 p m. by goods…

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Canowindra-Gregra Railway

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 4

Speaking at Cudal during his recent tour Mr Waddell is reported to have made the following remarks regarding the above:—…

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