Cheating the Railway
Cresus Boasquet, an Italian musichall manager, obtained a number of special trunks, filled them with sand, and pasted on them labels for…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
598 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 30
A Man, a Woman, and a Bangle. Ride in a Coogee Tram
Guy Kingsbury, a railway laborer, told a simple story at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday morning of how he lost a bangle the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes-stockinbingal Railway
The following letter, in reference to the Stockinbingal-Forbes railway, has been received from the Premier by Mr. N. Conn, Secretary of the Euroka Farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man With a Match. Scares Train Passengers
Some excitement prevailed at Junee on Monday night. As the English mail was about to leave the platform, a terrific report was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legs Cut off by Train. Strange Caoe at Dubbo
George Wilkie (21) and two companions started from Dubbo on Monday night last, to walk to Nyngan. About two miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fitzgerald's Bridge
At the Shire Council meeting on Saturday, Councillor Sly said he and Mr G. Thornton had seen Mr A. Grimm, M.L.A., wth reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fowl Play. the Motorist's Menace
Toot, toot, too-o-o-t! (writes Ian Hay in the "Daily Mail"). The punctilious motorist, bowling along the open highway at 20 miles an hour, had espied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revolution in Motoring. No More Punctures
Yesterday, at the invitation of Mr. A. E. Peppercorn, proprietor of the Forbes Motor Garage, a representative of this journal visited his establishment to make…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Puncture Seal." Boon to Motor Car Owners
Mr A. E. Peppercorn, of the Forbes Garage, has just installed a special steam jacket pump, in connection with the sole agency that he has secured of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling Shearers
Eight, shearers, mounted on up-todate motor cycles, lined up at Johnson's motor-garage on Tuesday, for a dash, to Orange. Plains, station, where,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed Limits for Motors
In an advertisement printed in today's "Advocate," the town clerk draws the attention of motor car drivers and motor cyclists that the police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Forbes. the New Railway Bridge
The work of constructing the new railway bridge at South Forbes is proceeding apace. The wooden framework of the structure is completed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuesday, February 17th; Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M. Trespassing on the Railway
Jack Marlin, Chas. Burke, Athol Gunn and Walter Crippen were charged with wilfully trespassing on the railway station premises on 28th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday, February 17. Trespassing on the Railway
Walter Crippin, Charles Burke, John Marlin, and Athol Gunn, four youths, pleaded guilty to a charge of trespassing on the railway premises…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grenfell Railway Station
The improvement to the local railway station yards, amounting to £1500, are complete; these include a new grain shed, draining of yard, laying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By Order of the Czar. Chapter Iv. on the Road to Siberia
Fortunately for Dick Chetwynd's mission he was no stranger to St. Petersburg, and he had had some experience of official life in Russia, during both peace and war. He…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorist Shot Dead. Hit with Dum-dum Bullet
M. Jenatzy, the famous motorist, who was when in England, nicknamed "The Red Devil," met with a tragic fate. He was one of a party who were big game shooting in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable Clippings. Butted a Tram
Norman Keese, a Calgary man, tried conclusions with a tramcar on Friday. He knelt down on the sidewalk in First Avenue South and…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A New Road Dressing
Through a remarkable scientific discovery made by chemists at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, it has been found that the dark-colored liquor,…
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