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

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

648 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 33

Still John Bridge!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

Messrs. John 'Bridge and Co., Ltd. Circular Quay, Sydney, report having sold direct on account of P. H. Morton, Esq., blocks 1A and 1B of the famous…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 6
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Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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A Tram Smash. Sydney

Forbes Times · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

The Tramway Board, inquiring in to the tram smash in King-street on Saturday reports that the accident was caused by the brakes failing,…

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On the Roads. (A Holiday Song from a Book of Poems by Mr. Arthur Symons.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

The road winds onward long and white, It curves in many coils, and crooks A beckoning linger down the height ; it calls me with the voice of brooks…

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Largest Railway Station

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

"Engineering" says that in America it is only within the last ten or twenty years that much attention has been paid to the possession of really fine stations; but of…

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Cowra—Crookwell Proposal. A Much Needed Railway

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

Following is a copy of a comunication recived by Mr Ryall, hon. sec. to the Cowra Railway League, regarding the above proposal:—…

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Crookwell—Cowra Railway

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

Attention is directed to an advertisement in present issue convening a meeting of the members of the Cowra Railway League for the purpose of making…

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Still John Bridge

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 12

Messrs John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Circular Quay, Sydney, report having sold direct on account of P H Morton. Esq., Blocks 1A and 1B of the famous…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 10

Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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Local and General. Railway Employees and Tem perance

Forbes Times · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

Owing to the complaints to the Commissioners of railway servants indulging too frequently in the cup that cheers, while on duty, they…

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A Motor Tour. An Extensive Outfit

Forbes Times · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

Few people (except those with large experience in motor travels) are aware of the many and varied appliances which a motorist calls…

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New Railway Proposal

Western Champion · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 12

A proposal to run a line of railway from Warren to Quambone, by way of Collie, to Quambone, was discussed by the Public Works Committee on…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

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

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Forbes-Orange Train

Forbes Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

Thus the Orange "Advocate":—We have often been surprised to find that none of the public bodies or newspapers in the Forbes,…

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Cowra-Crookwell Railway

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

The members of the Cowra Railway League, and all who take an interest in the adoption of the above railway proposal are invited by advertisement…

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No Trucks. Congestion at Forbes Railway Station. a Most Unsatisfactory State of Affairs

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

With the wheat and chaff rolling in in immense quantities, the Forbes railway station presents an exceptionally busy appearance just now. Every…

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Wattamondara. Railway Improvements. An Overhead Bridge

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

It will be remembered that for some time the residents of Wattamondara have been agitating for an overhead bridge, owing to the highly dangerous…

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Market Reports. John Bridge & Co., Ltd

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

Fer our twelfth sale of the season we brought forward on Tuesday, the 7th inst., a catalogue of 5415 bales, including some very nice parcels of…

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Forbes Railway Returns

Forbes Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

A visit to "the yards" at the Forbes railway station yesterday morning (Tuesday) was a treat for sore eyes, and a photograph of the…

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