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

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Simplicity in Motor Cars

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

The owner who looks after his own Car wants everything as simple and accessible as possible. Fittings such as low tension ignition, and sparking coil,…

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Railway Administration

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

Notwithstanding the very heavy falling off in our railway receipts in respect to both goods and passengers, the result evidently of a diminished yield in…

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Reduced Train Service. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

Dissatisfaction is expressed in the country at the working of the reduced train service. The passenger traffic is said to be so overtaxed that…

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Motor Drivers License

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

William Andrew Patterson pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to hand in his motor drivers license after same had expired. Defendant said…

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Cowra Motor Cycle Club. Farewell Mr. J. P. Wyndham

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

The members of the above club met at Mr. A.J. King's (The Motorics) on Wednesday evening, 20th uls., to bid their late hon. treas. (Mr. J. P. Wyndham) farewell…

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Cowra-grenfell Railway Service

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

Some years ago when the writer urged Mr. ex-Commissioner Johnson to grant Grenfell a daily railway service for a given period as an…

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Efficiency in Motor Car Engines

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

The engine of the Clement Bayard Oar is a fine sample of what the French have done to increase engine efficiency, with the result that a ten-horse Clement…

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Train Alterations

Western Champion · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 19

As already intimated the alteration in the running of the mail between Sydney and Forbes will come into force on Sunday next. The train…

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Railway Water Supply

Western Champion · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 19

In order to conserve the local water supply for the use of residents the Municipal Council recently offered to supply water for railway pur…

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Current Topics. Proposed Train Alteration

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

The Forbes to Sydney train was to have left Forbes an hour earlier than usual, starting next Monday. We have been informed by the local…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

Forbes Times · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 8

It is now compulsory for every class of vehicle, including handcaits, bicycles, etc., to carry a rear red light in London streets at night…

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Free Railway Passes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

"Necessity" writes to the "Evening News": We learn daily of the inconvenience caused to the public by the curtailing…

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The Railway Muddle Mr. Rigden Comes to the Rescue of Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

In this issue will be found announcement of the establishment of a daily motor service between here and Cowra — a very quick response to the…

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Sorry Motor Car Experience

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 8

The man who has been misguided into the purchase of some particular, car by someone directly or indirectly interested in the sale of it, does not, for…

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[?]Ion in the Motor. World

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 February 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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A Motor Car for Australian Roads

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 February 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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A War Picture. on a Hospital Train. Relief From Horrors

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 9

The ambulances drive up from the direction of the thunderstorm that never ceases, thread their way through the litter and confusion of the marshalling yard at…

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The Dusty Road. Putting Tommy to Rest. Pen Picture of War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 9

"Funeral party here, sir," says the orderly, putting his head in at the door of the sunny orderly-room. You look out of the window and see that a company has been halted in…

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Motor in War. Triumph of Touring Car. Doing a Glorious Work

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 9

The Allies and the Germans live on their motor car service. So says John Prisleau in London Daily Mail. The chief point which strikes one about the…

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Whhn Buying a Motor Car

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 7

Are you guided by the first principle in economy—reliability— Do you thick of the car that is "just too. cheap," and of the many "ailments"…

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