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

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Publilc Information. Railway Fares from Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 8

STATION 1st class 2nd class £ s d £ s d Sydney. 1 6 2 16 5 Bathurst. 9 9 6 6…

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Market Reports. John Bridge & Co., Ltd

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 8

No sales have been held this week, but the same inquiry is shown for any wools available, but, of course, the quantity is very limited. London news…

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New Railway League. Buddigower-Willandry

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

A WELL atteuded meeting of farmers was held at Buddigower Saturday 8th, and a Railway League was formed for the purpose of…

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Good Roads. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 2

At the Local Government Engineers' Conference it was claimed to bevy impossible to have good roads without qualified engineers to build…

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First Grade Cricket. Sydney Tramways v. Cowra District

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 2

The Sydney representatives and followers to the number of twentyfour arrived this morning, and were met by some of the locals' who…

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First Electric Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 5

The earliest public trial of a passenger boat driven by an electric motor was that conducted by Professor Jacobi, of St. Petersburg, in the year 1838. though for…

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The Deadly Stock Train. 31,000 Sheep Crippled and Killed. the Railways Indicted

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 4

Mr. J. B. DONKIN, of Lake Cowal, well-known throughout this district, and a member of the Meat Trade and Abattoirs Board, contributed the…

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Perilous Train Packing. Serious Side Op Strap-hanging Method

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 6

The dangerous overcrowding on the District Railway since its electrification is to be brought before the Railway Commissioners…

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Motor Car Tragedy. Heiress Killed and Millionaire Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 6

A terrible motor accident occurred in Long Island on l9th November, in which Mrs Frances Burton Harrison, daughter-in-law of the authoress,…

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Motor Musings

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 8

(The reflections of a lonely amateur, lying prone beneath his car, vainly endeavoring to locate the cause of a weird and woful effect.) Ye clodhoppers crude, as your faces…

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John Bridge & Co. Ltd

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 8

No sales have been held this week. The news from London is hardly as satisfactory and withdrawals are pretty extensive. Nevertheless,…

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Railways Extraordinary

Western Champion · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 9

With £2,000,000 at his command, Alfred W. M'Cune, an American, is at work on one of the biggest railroad jobs on record. The line will extend…

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Cross Country Railways. Dubbo to Werris Creek

Western Champion · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 24

Th proposal to construct a railway tline from Dubbo to Werris Creek so as to connect the northern and western railway systems of the State, was…

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Almost Incredible. Growth of the Motor Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 3

The growth of the motor car industry is among the most astounding in the world. In a little over 12 years the motor car business has jumped…

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Our Railway Troubles Some Official Correspondence

Forbes Times · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

The following letters, received by Mr. J. P. Lynch, M.L A., from the office of the Chief Railway Commissioner, will (perhaps)…

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Musical Motors

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

The latest idea in musical novelties is the invention of a Chicago man, who has recently perfected a contrivance of electrically-operated musical…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

A youth, about 17 years of age, was killed at Annandale this morning, while attempting to board a moving tram. The lad missed his footing and fell…

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Darlinghurst Tram Mishap. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

Another tram accident occurred at Darlinghurst. While crossing Oxford Street Harold O'Sullivan was knocked down by a car and rendered unconscious. His…

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Tramway Cricketers Music Mirth and Refinement

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

The Soolal. A number of the above from the Randwick work shops visited Cowra on Thursday morning with a view to…

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Trans-continental Railway. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

Mr Hedges, a member of the House of Representatives, speaking at Fremantle, declared that Labor members held 10,000,000 acres of land on…

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