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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Travelling Per Motor Car

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

The Forbes Garage have always been recognised and spoken of as the district caterers for those wishing to travel per car, and so great has been…

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Amalgamated-railway and Tramway Service Association

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 8

On Thursday last in the Indus trial Court, Mr. Justice Heydon granted registration to the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway…

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A Motor Razor

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 9

A safety razor, connected to a motor by means of a flexible shaft, is the latest invention to simplify shaving (says the "Electrical World"). The…

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Mangled by a Train

Western Champion · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 29

A shocking railway accident occurred at Eveleigh soon after 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, as a result of which an employee in the…

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Forbes Day Train. Local Railway Matters. The Blockage of Chaff

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 7

At the meeting of the Forbes municipal council on Tuesday evening Alderman Cleary brought up a matter which he considered would be of local…

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N.s.w. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 1

On March 5th, in the Industrial Court. Mr. Justice Heydon granted registration to the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, subject…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

Forbes Times · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 3

At the meeting of the local Municipal Council on Tuesday evening last Alderman Cleary drew attention to the intimation recently contained…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. (From the Dunlop Co)

Forbes Times · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

There's big money in promoting six days' races in Paris. The contest recently concluded drew tremendous gates, the receipts totalling…

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Railway Proposal. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 4

A trial survey is being made of a proposed line to connect the Federal Capital with the southern line…

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Forbes-stockinbingal Railway. Questions in Parliament

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 7

In the Assembly last week, Mr G. Burgess, M.L.A. for Burrangong, asked Mr Holman whether enough rain had fallen over the…

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Balloon or Aeroplane. Should Flights be Allowed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

At Thursday's meeting of the Show Committe, a circular letter was received from Captain Penfold, the well known airman, stating that…

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Shire Road Contracts

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

In pursuance of the resolution passed at last meeting, the Shire Council is calling tenders for several of the most urgent road works to…

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Our Telegrams. Friday's Railway Accident. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

No further fatalities have been recorded as a result of the Exetet disaster. Mr. Ainsworth, of West Wyalong…

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Dreadful Railway Disaster. Worst Accident in New South Wales. Deaths Total Fourteen

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

No more terrible accident than that which occurred at Exeter shortly hefore midnight on Friday has ever darkened the history of the…

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Awful Railway Disaster Fourteen Killed. Nineteen Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

The mail train to Temora, which left Sydney at 8.10 o'clock Friday night, crashed into the engine of a goods train bound to Sydney from Junee,…

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Railway Smash. Temora Mail Wrecked Dead and Wounded Among the Wreckage Fourteen Killed and Many Injured. Collision with Cattle Train. Distressing Scenes. (From the Sydney "Daily Telegraph."

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

The railway disaster at Exeter, on the main Southern line, 6 miles from Moss Vale, occurred about 20 minutes before midnight on…

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Barmedman- Hillston Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

MR TOM BROWN, M.L.A, forwards the following for publication: —Sir,—With reference to the letter presented by you from the…

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Profit-sharing Scheme. Detroit Motor Co.'s Distribution. Two Millions for Employees

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 9

A remarkable instance of the success of the profit-sharing scheme has just occurred at Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. The Ford Motor Co., which carries on…

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Train Robbers Fight

Western Champion · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 13

Prom Peorin, Illinois, comes a thrilling story, in which one of the principal actors, the engine-driver of the Chicago north-western freight…

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Terrible Railway Smash. 14 KILLED, 18 Injured. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 5

A terrible railway disaster occurred at midnight at Exeter, near Moss Vale, when the Temora train crashed into a stationary goods train. The…

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