A Railway Siding. Bed Bend Proposal
At the Farmers and Settlers' meeting on Saturday Mr M. J. Smith said he intended to use his best efforts to having a railway siding constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
648 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 33
A Narrow Escape. Wheel Comes Off a Motor Car
On Saturday afternoon Mr G. T. Weaver and a visitor from Blayney were returning to Forbes in a Maxwell motor car, and when opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost of Wheat Storage. F.& S. Association Discussion. Criticising Railway Authorities
The President or the Forbes branch of the Fanners and Settlers' Association on Saturday afternoon explained the main object of Mr R. Patten's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Day Passenger Train. Forbes Bodies Moving
A move has at last been made for the extension of the day passenger train service to Forbes. The matter was mentioned at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Electric Motor As a Substitute for the Brain
That the function of the human brain can in certain cases be fulfilled by mechanical devices has long been understood, and has led, among other things,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Train Service
The Jemalong Shire Clerk has (says the Forbes "Advocate") received the following letter from Mr. J. E. Russell, secretary to the Farmers' and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Truck Shortage. Wheat Block on Jhe Railway
Competent judges (says the "Her ald") believe that the block to the wheat traffic this year is the worst on record. Railway authorities when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Through the District. Out on Cowra Road. "Innisfail."
Innisfail is the fine river frontage property of Mr. J. B. Barry, situated about 13 miles out on the Cowra road. I called there one day last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Forbes Acvocate, Friday, January 31, 1913. a Day Train Wanted
The agitation in favor of a day train from Forbes to Orange, to connect at the latter place with the western day train, is gaining in favor, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New War Engine That Terrible Motor
An armoured motor car, "galloping" across broken country, leaping ditches like a hunting horse, impenetrable to bullets and shrapnel, firing its hidden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Telegraphic. Big Railway Accident. Brisbane
Further particulars of the railway accident at Toowobmba, show that 5 men were killed, and several victims were pinned under the broken wood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Matters. Bequests by Forbes Council
A couple of weeks ago an article in "The Forbes Advocate" drew attention to the state of congestion at th[?] Forbes railway station, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That Day Passenger Train for Forbes
The question of the proposed running of a clay passenger train between Forbes and Orange, to junction with the passenger train from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Disaster. Brisbane
A goods and cattle train became derailed on the main line from Murphy's Creek to Toowoomba, During the work of clearing a train of empty cars ran into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortage of Trucks. Indignation in the Country. Extraordinary Railway Methods
THERE is great indignation at Wagga in connection with the shortage of trucks. One of the most harshly treated centres this season is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Making Operations. Jemalong Engineer's Report
At the monthly meeting of the councillors of the Jemalong Shire yesterday, the following report was submitted by Mr A. J. Booth, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes-orange Train. Jemalong Council's Support. Deputation to Minister for Education
The letter from the Parkes Farmers and Settlers' Association, urging that support be given by Jemalong Shire to a morning train from Forbes to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Day Train From Forbes
Thus the Orange "Leader":—We are glad to notice that Forbes and Parkes public are obsessed with the necessity for running a train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Fatality. Melbourne
A motor car with four passengers dashed into a walking party near Melbourne, killing Mrs. Donald, wife of Dr. Donald, and greviously injuring Mr. Roy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Sickness. Rapidly Growing
Train-sickness is becoming more pre-valent. Whereas ten years ago only one traveller out of 100 ever became trainsick, now five times as many surccumb…
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