Re-decking Waddell Bridge
The bad state of the decking on Waddell bridge has been evident to travellers for some time past, and recently a request for some…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
598 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 15 of 30
Cherry Tree Falls Bridge
Waugoola Shire asked approval of Boree Shire to proposed improvements to this bridge—painting, tarring, and screwing up…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Antics of a Goods Train. Permanent Way Damaged Near Condobolin
An advice from Condobolin dated Tuesday says:—An extraordinary occurrence is reported of a goods truck which was attached to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barbed Wire. Motorists' Narrow Escape
Messrs P. Holyer and H. K. Ford had a narrow escape from serious injur[?] on Monday evening. A picnic party was being held down the river,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Second Road Plant. Council Turns it Down
The Bland Shire Council, at its last meeting, had before it a letter from Eden Shire Council, stating that their road making plant was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Goods Traffic
The local railway station master on Thursday received a wire from the Superintendent of the Eskbank section to the effect: "No traffic of any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 →Browne versus Bridge
The case in which Gwendoline Browne, an ex-Forbes resident, is suing Lionel Bridge, managing director of John Bridge and Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Fatality. Sydney
A motor car containing passengers went over the edge of the road in the Dorrigo Cutting and rolled down the side of a gully hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parkes-Peak Hill Railway
This (Friday) morning (says the Peak Hill "Express") the above line will be open for traffic by the Railway Construction Branch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smashes. Sydney
A brake van, which was being shunted at Como, crashed into a locomotive, and turned a somersault. The guard, William Bishop, who was in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Workers. Sydney
The Railway Workers' Association rejected the constitution of the recently formed Australian Union Federation. It is considered in union…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Bandits
This is not the Motor Bandits of Sydney, but simply the first Birthday of H. S. Edwards and Co. To-day we celebrate our first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West in a Motor [?]Ar. in the Grip of the Drought Country in a Bad State. Billy Goats Living in Houses. (Special for "The Forbes Advocate.")
Mr Charles Venables, of the firm of Venables and Co., Forbes, returned last week from an eight days' motor trip through the west. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Bandits
This is not the Motor Bandits of Sydney, but simply the first Birthday of H. S. Fdwards and Co. To-day we celebrate our first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Ticket Printing Machine
A ticket-printing machine that greatly simplifies the work of the railroad ticket agent is being installed in a number of offices in Germany. This…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Railway Clock Shows Minutes at a Glance
The minutes on a novel dial, arranged for the use of railroads, are big and plain, because they are so very important to train-[?]en and others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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 →A Tram Accident. Sydney
A tram left the rails in King-st., St. Peters, yesterday and dashed on to the footpath. Two women were thrown out on to the roadway and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Perfect Railway." American Praise of England
Mr. F. W. Whitridge, president of the Third Avenne Railroad, New York, who is visiting London, had some refreshing things to say about English railways. "Your express services," Mr. Whitridge said, "are as…
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