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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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More Fast Motor Travelling

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 4

A Ford this time. Mr E. W. Venables had occasion to catch the mail train at Parkes on Monday. He left here at 5 o'clock, and arrived at 5.20,…

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Railway Accidents in America

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 4

During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…

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Motor Cars Galore! Visit to Roy W. Sandford, Ltd., Sydney

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

One of our representatives recently paid a visit to the two depots of this firm, namely, the city offices and showroom at 181 Elizabeth-street, and the…

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A New Motor-plough

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

A plough has been recently made that is propelled by a four-horse-powor gasolene motor. It is much like the ordinary horse-drawn implement, and…

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Stock Traffic On Railways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 4

"Traffic is congested almost to the breaking point, and no improvement can be looked for pending the completion of…

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Railway Accidents in America

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 8

During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…

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Motor Cars Galore! Visit to Boy W. Sandford, Ltd., Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

One of our representatives recently paid a visit to the two depots of this firm, namely, the city offices and showroom at 181 Elizabeth-street, and the…

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Forbes Day Train

Forbes Times · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2
Also in The Forbes Advocate

The Orange "Advocate" again urges the above matter in the following strain in its issue of Saturday last:—The traffic on the…

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RAILWAY & Tramway Revenue. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 3

Railway and tramway revenue, for the first quarter of the present year shows a large comparative increase…

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Distance From Railway

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2

"A city member may not attach any importance to the tact that the man who is 15 miles from a railway is to be placed on the same mark as the…

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Motor Cars Galore! Visit to Roy W. Sandford, Ltd., Sydney

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

One of our representatives recently paid a visit to the two depots of this firm, namely, the city offices and showroom at 181 Elizabeth-street, and the…

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Railway Accidents in America

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 10

During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…

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Four Railway Brothers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 9

"Mr. Thomas Gardner, who is about to retire after 46 years spent in the service of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, is one of a remarkable quartette of brothers, all of whom are in the employ of…

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Fast Motor Travelling

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

A very fast run from Forbes to Cowra was done by Mr. Roy H. Strickland's new Minerva car. The distance to Cowra is 63 miles, and…

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A Day Train

Western Champion · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 19

The Orange "Advocate" again urges the above matter in the following strain in its issue of Saturday last:—The traffic on the…

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Mr Hoyle and Railways. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

Mr Hoyle, speaking at Orange, said he would do all he could to bring about a cheap and more expeditious condition of affairs in the railways…

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The Tramp's Gratitude

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

When Blaine was a young lawyer, and cases were few, he was asked to defend a poverty-stricken tramp accused of stealing a watch. He pleaded with all the ardour…

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Motor Record. Broken in Melbourne

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 4

The Australian 100 miles motor cycling record was broken in Melbourne on Tuesday last by Curwen Walker, viz., 1 hour 49 minutes…

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Jemalong Road Work. Assisting Forbes Municipality. Stone for South Condobolin Road

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 4

Mr A. J. Booth, Shire Engineer, presented his monthly report at the meeting of the Shire Council on Saturday, and it read as follows:—…

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