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

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

639 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 32

Our Mail Train

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

Our mail train is proud of itself. It actually drew into the Forbes platform yesterday, two or three minutes ahead of time. The local cabmen…

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Eugowra Road Affair. Baby's Condition Improvi[?]

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

The baby who was brought in from Eugowra-road on Thursday night is still an inmate of Forbes Hospital. On inquiry being made this morning,…

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The Train Collision. SYDNEY, Saturday, 5.25 p.nr

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

In connection with the railway collision at Binalong on Saturday morning, when the up Melbourne Express crashed…

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Another Railway Collision

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

Within a week two serious collisions have occurred on the N.S.W railway lines. The public had hardly got over the shock of the…

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Railway Collision. One Person Killed Several Parliamentarians Hurt

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 1

The Melbourne express and Temora mail trains came into collision at Binalong, between Harden and Yass, early on Saturday morning. It is…

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A Motor Car for Australian Roads

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 2

The well-known Clement Bayard Company have put a new Car on the market, which they call their 12-h.p. Colonial model. It is spoken of as a…

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John Bridge & Company Ltd

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 12

Wool : Business in Australia at the present moment is practically hung up by the shipping difficulty, which may cause a postponement of…

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Railway Platforms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 2

We learn on good authority that a number of sidings on the Cudgel[?]ico railway are not to be provided with platforms, and that Hiawatha,…

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Railway Collision. Temora Mail and Melbourne Express. One Life Lost. Saturday, 2.30 p.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 2

At four o'clock this morning the up Melbourne Limited Express and the down Temora mail, which left Sydney at 8.10 p.m. last night, met…

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Railway Smash

Western Champion · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 25

The Melbourne limited express and the down Temora mail train met head on at Binalong, at 4.20 on Saturday morning. Robert Thomas,…

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Eugowra Road Affair

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

The man Taliesin Griffiths, who was last week remanded on a charge of attempted murder of an infant on Eugowra-road, will be brought before…

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Municipal Main Roads. Question of Their Repair

Forbes Times · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

At a meeting of the Forbes Municipal Council on Tuesday evening last Alderman Patterson moved that the Inspector of Works prepare…

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Trains in Collision. Mail Train and the Limited Express

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 5

The limited express dashed into the Temora mail at Binalong (210 miles from Sydney), on Saturday morning last. The collision was head on, and…

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Our Sydney Letter the North Coast Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 2

The opening of the Wauchope section of the North Coast railway marks another step in the march of progress. Some day,…

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Roads Made of Oil

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 7

The Romans were the master roadmakers of the world, and until the advent of motor traction our modern roadmakers found the methods of the…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Eugowra Road Affair Griffiths Further Remanded

Forbes Times · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 4

Taliesin Griffiths (on remand), who stands charged with tde attempted murder of a baby on the Eugowra road, near Forbes, on…

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Eugowra Road Affair. Accused Before the Court. a Further Remand

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 2

Taliesin Griffiths, a Welshman, was before the Forbes Court on Saturday morning, on a charge of the attempted murder of an infant on…

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Fashion in the Motor World

Forbes Times · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 4

Motor Car agents have to study the fancies of their customers, as much as milliners or drapers. Just now the inquiry is for a light type of Car, with…

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Market Reports. John Bridge & Co., Limited

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 11

Wool:-- This week's Brisbane sales passed off with practically no alteration in prices. Our Northern Branch effected ready clearances, sell…

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The Road to the Show Ground

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 2

On Monday evening a deputation consisting of Messrs. J. Smith, W. Golsby and J. R. McDonald, representing the Showground and…

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