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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 6 of 22

Purchasing a Motor Car

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

Last week we drew attention to the error there is in thinking a rough and cheap car is suitable for heavy country roads, and as a furtherance of our opinion, we mention…

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Railway Extension

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 1

There was a fair attendance at the public meeting held in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon, over which the Mayor, Mr. D. H. Tasker,…

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Parkes Railway League

Western Champion · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 12

A meeting of the Railway League Committee was held on Tuesday evening, the members present being Messrs Medlyn (chair), Thomson, Loader,…

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Proposed Railways

Western Champion · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 4

In a recent issue of the "Herald" "Werris Creek" writes:—It would appear that the Chief Commissioner favours the connections Parkes and…

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Cross-Country Railways

Western Champion · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 12

Immediately after the visit of the Public Works Comittee to Parkes the Secretary of the local Railway League (Mr J E Russell) wrote Mr J…

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A Good Motor Trip

Western Champion · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 13

The country traveller of the Perdrian Rubber Co, has just completed a trip, which is probably one of the severest tests a car could be put to…

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Touring Motor. an Australian Type

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 9

Touring conditions in Australia are somewhat different from those abroad, so that the experience of motorists in England and on the Continent, where…

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Eugowra Railway Proposal

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 1

At a meeting of the Cowra Railway League a request was received from Mr W E Myring, Eugowra, asking for the support of the Cowra League…

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The Paris Motor Race. Alone on the Prairie. Desperate Flight From Solitude. Record Day's Run

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 8

Signor Antonio Scarfoglio, the specials correspondent of the "Daily Mail," wrote from Paxton, Nebraska, on 11th March:…

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Purchasing a Motor Car

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 7

Last week we dr[?]w attention to the error there is in thinking a rough and cheap ear is suitable for heavy country roads, and as a furtherance of our opinion, we mention…

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Correspondence. Our Roads and Streets. To the Editor

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 9

SIR,—Just a few lines to attract the attention of our Shire Councillors to a length of about 100 yards of roadwork Lear the 3-mile pag,…

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Forbes-stockinbingal Railway Visit of the Public Works Committee

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 2

THE Parliamentary Public Works Committee arrived at Grenfell on Thursday for the purpose of taking evidence in connection with the…

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Forbes-Stockinbingal Railway

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 6

The members of the Public Works Committee took evidence at Bimbi on Wednesday last in regard to the Forbes-Stockinbingal railway. The…

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Train- Wreckers. Their -Punishment

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 4

Evening at De Aar. An awed hush has fallen upon a place of great unquiet, for there is stern, grim work afoot, and the breathlessness of impending tragedy…

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'John Bridge" at the Royal Agricultural Show

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 6

The big wool and stock-broking firm of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., has taken offices at the Sydney Show Ground, where clients and friends are cordially…

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Railway Extension. Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway

Western Champion · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 17

Giving evidence at Cootamundra, before the Public Works Committee on the proposed railway from Forbes to Stockinbingal, Mr Fred Pinkstone…

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"Ancus" Motor Cars, Buggies, Etc

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

The firm of Messrs. Angus & Son, whose advertisement appears on this page, is just now specially equipped to meet the big Easter trade. Hundreds…

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A Good Motor Car

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

During the past few weeks we have been pointing out the wisdom of only buying good motor cars—in fact, cars of repute, only—and mentioned the…

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Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 6

During the visit of the Public Works Committee to Grenfell last week on the inquiry as to the Forbes to Stockinbingal railway, local evidence was tendered…

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Cowra—Crookwell Railway

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 6

Mr. Frost, collector of statistics for the Crookwell—Cowra Railway League, visited Cowra, and in the course of conversation informed us…

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