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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 3 of 22

Cowra=Crookwell Railway

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

It will be observed upon referring to another, column that a meeting of the Cowra Railway League, and other members of our community…

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Bridge at Merriganowry

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 10

Mr Waddell, in reply to urgent representations, has received the following letter from the Department:—'I have to inform you that the…

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Toogong Road Enclosure

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 1

One of the matters dealt with by the Local Land Board at Molong last week was a complaint by Boree Shiro Council against gates that had been…

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Proposed Railways. Peak Hill to Parkes

Western Champion · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 23

The Under-Secretary for Public Works is not of opinion that the time has arrived for the construction of a railway from Parkes to Peak Hill…

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Parkes to peak Hill Railway

Western Champion · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 14

The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Parkes to Peak Hill was further considered by the Pablic Works Committee on…

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Railway Business

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

Per favor of the Stationmaster we are able to furnish particulars of the business transacted at the local station during the month of January: —…

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Bridge at Merriganowry

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

Mr. Waddell has courteously forwarded us the following official communication from the Works Department for publication.—Sir,—Referring to…

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Infant Motorists

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

The modem nursery declines to be left out of any fun that is going. It demanded bicycles after a very brief study of them in the hands of Its elders; it adopted…

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Cowra-Crookwell Railway

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

All who are interested in the above railway proposal are requested to meet at the School of Arts, on Wednesday, 15th inst., at 8 p m., and not Tuesday night,…

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The Railway Guage

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

The question of a uniform railway guage will be considered in its preliminary stage at a conference of Railway Commissioners to be hold in Melbourne…

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Proposed Railways. Forbes Stockinbingal

Western Champion · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 6

The further consideration of the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Forbes to Stockin bingal was continued brfore the Committee on…

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Motor Garage

Western Champion · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 14

With the advent of so many motor cars in our town and district, a wellequipped local motor garage was fast becoming a "long-felt want." Mr…

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Infant Motorists

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 3

The modern nursery declines to be left out of any fun that is going. It demanded bicycles after a very brief study of them in the hands of its elders; it adopted…

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Eugowra Railway

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 2

Mr T Waddoll is in receipt of the following letter from the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, re survey of railway to Eugowra, dated…

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Railway-tickets From Old Newspapers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 5

This is essentially the age for the com-mercial utilisation of waste products. Upon the Belgian Government railway system newspapers left in the train are…

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British Railways. a Suggested Economy. the Nationalisation Question

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 5

H. G. Archer wrote in the London "Daily Mail" of 24th February:- There is an alternative to the complete nationalisation of our railways…

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Maxims for Motorists. Pedestrians Who Know Nothing

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 4

"I should like to see horses and even pedestrians carrying head and tail lights when using the roads at night time," said Mr Henry Sturmey, the veteran…

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The Death-roll on American Railways

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 4

An article in the "Atlantic Monthly" entitled "Confessions of a Railway Signalman" helps to explain the long death-roll on American railways…

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Cowra—Crookwell Railway

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 6

At Grabben Gullen on Thursday, Mr. Neilson, Minister for Lands, replying to a deputation from the newly formed branch in that quarter…

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A Tramp's Mistake

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 5

It was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed a sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards in front of…

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