Shire and Municipality. Working in Unison. Stone for South Condobolin Road
The negotiations which have lately been carried on between the Forbes Municipality and the Jemalong Shire for the supply by the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
598 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 30
Thieving on the Railway. a Serious Matter
The Railway Department has a big task ahead of it. That is to run to carth[?] a gang of thieves who have been operating for some months. So…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gravelling Roads. Big Contracts in the Shire
At Saturday's meeting of the Bland Shire Council it was decided that 6,380 yards of gravel be placed on the West Wyalong-Yalgogrin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cudgellico Railway
There are at present about 150 men employed on the above railway, the work still consisting principally of throwing up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Gloves for Motorists
It would appear (says "Chambers's Journal"), as if the motorist is to become the most pampered traveller on earth. The scuttle-dash protects his body and chest from the wind, the side door is a preventive against…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Express and Goods Train
There was a narrow escape from a serious accident at the Goulburn railway station at midnight on Thursday, the Melbourne limited express…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Motor Crash
Late last Thursday night a motor was proceeding along one of the roads in Centennial Park, when it suddenly swerved across the path,…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Train Arrangements
On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the train is timed to arrive at. 10.40 a.m., depart 2.25 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, arrive 11.10 a m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steel Railway Carriages
Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In ordor to obtain rigidity and strength…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Motor-plough
A plough has been recently made that is propelled by a four-horse-power gasolene motor. It is much like the ordinary horse-drawn implement, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Riding on the Footboard of a Train Defendant Heavily Fined. THURSDAY. (Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M.)
George Schivensborg proceeded against Oscar Whiteman on a charge of travelling on the footboard of a railway carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steel Railway Carriages
Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Arrangements
On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the train is timed to arrive at 10.40 a.m., depart 2.25 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, arrive 11.10 a.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Correspondence. Forbes-stockinbingal Railway. (To the Editor of "The, Forbes Advocate.")
People are wondering whether this railway will be completed within 12 months or 12 years. There is no doubt about the Australians being an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Half a Million. Wanted for the Main Roads. Shire Conference Proposal
At the Shires Conference on Thursday last, Mr. A. Black (Bellingen) moved: "That in consequence of the main roads of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Accident. Baby Killed By Motor Car
Mr. W. R. Glasson, owner of Brigalow Station, near Orange, and a well known New South Wales motorist, had the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Starving the Railways
Mr Hoyle (Minister for Railways stated at Granville that he was not opposed to the Railway Commissioners. He wanted to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jerusalem. Electric Light and Trams
Very shortly the sacred streets of the Holy City will hum with the noise of electric cars and its more important thoroughfares will be illuminated at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steel Railway Carriages
Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various elasses. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…
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