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

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

425 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 22

Parkes-Peak Hill Railway

Western Champion · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 9

Mr J P Lynch, M.L.A., forwards the following letter from the Public Works Department:—Sir,—With reference to the letter presented by you from Mr…

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Reduced Railway Rates

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 6

MrCarmichael, Acting State Treasurer, has announced that on 28th instant alterations in the merchandise and live stock book rates and passengers fares and coaching book rates…

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Special to Motorists

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 7

THE run to Mount Kosciusko is an ideal one for the motorist. Good roads lead from everywhere to Cooma, and from here there is a splendid road to…

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New Idea for Railways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

The long list of accidents, due to spreading rails and breaking wheel flanges, on both electric and steam railways, constitutes the reason for…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments. Saturday, May 13, 1911. Canowindra= Eugowra Railway

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 10

The reply of the Minister for Works to a deputation from Eugowra a few weeks back, to the effect that it was his intention to take measures shortly after…

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Railway Exteasion BARELLAN-HILLSTON

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 2

FURTHER consideration was given by the Public Works Committee on Thursday, to the expediency of constructing' railway from Barellan…

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Special to Motorists

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 6

THE run to Kosciusko is an ideal one for the motorist. Good roads lead from everywhere to Cooma, and from here there is a splendid road to…

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Canowindra-Eugowra Railway

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 9

We extract the following from an article in a recent issue of the "Cowra Free Press," regarding the proposed railway to Eugowra:—…

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Robbing a Robber. a Page from a Tramp's Diary

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 3

"Good Beds for Working Men and Travellers 4d.," was the legend painted on the fanlight of a liouse ocar Custom House Street, Cardiff, and as I. would…

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New Railway. BOWNING—BURROWA

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 10

Mr. Harper, Assistant Railway Commissioner, submitted the report of the Chief Commissioner upon the proposed railway from Bowning to…

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Bowning-Burrowa Railway

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 2

Last week the Public Works Committee further considered the proposed railway from Bowning to Burrowa The length of the line would be 28 miles 38…

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Eugowra Railway

Western Champion · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 4

In the course of a recent article dealing with the agitation to secure railway communication to Eugowra the Cowra "Free Press" states that…

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Our Railways. the Decentralisation Commission

Western Champion · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 15

The report of the Decentralisation Commission has been presented to the Acting Premier. The Commission submitted the following…

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Railway Fares

Western Champion · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 15

The recently adopted railway fares and rates come into force on and after Sunday next. As far as the ordinary passenger traffic is concerned the principal change…

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Robbing a Robber. a Page from a Tramp's Diary

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

"Good Beds for Working Men and Travellers 4d.," was the legend painted on the fanlight of a house ocar Custom House Street, Cardiff, and as I would…

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Colonial View of Railway Crisis

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 12

The objects the British railwaymen desire to attain ought to have been conceded by the companies long ago. Victory, however, in many a sordid fight…

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Colonial View of Railway Crisis

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 4

The objects the British railwaymen desire to attain ought to have been conceded by the companies long ago. Victory, however, in many a sordid fight…

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Lunatic in Tram-car. Girl's Terrifying Encounter

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 10

A powerful young man with a perpetual smile, Arthur Wakeford, made the Kingston-on-Thames Court ring with wild laughter as witnesses…

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Agent's Report. John Bridge & CO

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 5

Messrs John Bridge and Oo. Ltd report prime sheep and lambs on Thursday last 25th May, sold ceptionally well, prises being about…

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Greatest of Railways

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 4

Undoubtedly the most ambitious railway project ever conceived is the proposed line from Berlin to Hongkong. It is to run from Berlin to Constantinople direct; from…

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