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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 9 of 32

A New Military Aeroplane

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

A new type of military aeroplane has been tried at San Diego, California, and has developed remarkable speed and climbing ability. The official…

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John Bridge at Easter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

JOHN BRIDGE & CO. send us a gracefully phrased invitation card similar to that of which many of our readers have no doubt been recipients. It…

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Forbes Municipal Council Rumored Train Alteration Denied Rent of Lodge Room

Forbes Times · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 6

The regular fortnightly meeting of the local Municipal Couucil was held in the council chambers on Tuesday evening, when there were…

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Fashion in the Motor World

Forbes Times · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

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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Forbes Police Court Tuesday, March 23rd, 1915. Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M. a Runaway Motor Bike

Forbes Times · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 8

Alfred John Marlin, a young man, pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle in a dangerous manner in Lachlan-street on Saturday, March…

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Sorry Motor Car Experience

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 8

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

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Snow-plouchs for Tramways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 7

America is the land of the electric tramcar, and incidentally also heavy snowfalls. The electric trolley lines stretch out in all directions, and people…

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Like Motor, Like Men

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 2

Foster Fraser asked an American Manufacturer, "Where are your old men?" The answer was to point to the graveyard. Low-priced Motor Cars…

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Simplicity in Motor Oars

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 6

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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How Australia Got Her "Swastika." This First Deissell Motor Ship

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 3

It is interesting to note that the first cargo of the famous NY Danish lager, which has already won popularity, by its sparkle and excellence of…

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A Motor Car For. Australian Roads

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

The well-known Clement Bityard 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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Hiawatha Train Service

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

The Engineer-in-charge, Mr. C. Amos, informs us that residents of Hiawatha who require produce or other goods taken through on the…

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Western Division Railway Running

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 5

Addressing a meeting of the railway staff at the Railway Employees Picnic at Dubbo on the 22nd inst, Superintendent Milne gave…

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Botha's Predicament. Russian Victories. Italian Troops Moving. Constantinople Doomed. New Aeroplane Fleet. Sydney, Wednesday 8.48 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 9

The Russians are bombarding the Posphorus for a distance of eleven males. The Germans in the Aas district in…

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Motoring Notes

Forbes Times · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 6

The problem of traffic control appears to be giving the authorities a deal of trouble in solving, because the traffic units are a very mixed…

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Starving Stock and the Railways

Forbes Times · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 6

The Railway Department has decided to take truck orders three months ahead for the removal of starving stock. This applies to…

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A Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 4

At the inquest on the body of the victim of a railway collision on the transcontinental railway, one witness said he considered the engine driver…

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Railway Construction. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 4

Mr Cann says that at present there are 19 railways being constructed in the country portions of the State, mainly for developmental purposes…

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Unified Railway Gauges. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 4

Mr Griffith is opposed to the proposal to unify the railway gauges of Australia, which he declared would not open one acre of land, and would…

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Fatal Motor Smash

Western Champion · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 3

About 3.30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a motor car in which wereseated Mr. R. L. Baker, the wellknown boxing promoter, Mr…

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