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

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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A Terrific Storm. Thousands of Pounds Worth of Damage To Crops, Fenoing and Roads

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

With consistent regularity Cowra and district have been visited by heavy storms on Xmas eve for many years past, and unhappily Xmas 1916 was…

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Condobolin Railway Extension

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. Tom Brown, M.L.A. forwards us the following:— Sir, — With reference to your representations in relation to a…

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South Lead Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

The suspension bridge has been cleared of timber and rubbish, and the work of reconstruction should I now be plain sailing. Mr C. S…

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Automatic Road Builder

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 6

A self-propelled road-building machine has been tested abroad with results that are said to be highly satisfactory from the standpoints of…

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Motor for Rough Roads

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 7

The roads of Costa Rica, notorious for deep ruts which make touring with the usual type of motorcar almost impossible, are…

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Science Notes & News. for Safety on the Railways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 7

There has been installed on one of the English railways a new system of signalling which, it is claimed, is the most perfect yet devised…

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Kosciusko in Summer. Attractions for the Motorist. the Route

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 6

The generally accepted idea among residents of the mother stato of Australia that Mount Koseiusko is a purely winter resort is gradually being…

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Remarkable Growth of Motor Car, and Motor Tyre Industry

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 6

Some idea of the extent and continual growth of the motor car and motor tyre industry in Canada and U.S.A. can be obtained from a study…

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Jemalong Shire. Big Road Expenditure

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

The last meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council, as at present constituted, was held at the Shire Chambers on Saturday last, when there were…

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Along Back Marsden Road a Big Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

Another big fire started yesterday on The Warrens property, owned by Mr Agan MacPhillamy. The blaze commenced in a wheat crop, and…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

Charles May, a chaufieur, has been arrested and remanded until the 12th inst. in connection with the motor accidet on Saturday, by which a little…

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Cade's Capers. Annexes a Motor Bike, Is Run In, and Breaks Gaol

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

In last issue our Eugowra correspondent gave brief particulars of the escape of edward Ireland Cade from Melong lockup and his recapture at…

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Aeroplane Bombardments

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3

One of our aeroplane squadrons bombarded the aerodromes at Haucourt and Matigne railway stations, and the enemy cantonments at…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed. John Bridge writes us as follows

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 6

"The work of appraising the values at which the balance of the Australian Wool clip is to be taken over commenced in Sydney on…

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Railway Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

London. — Eleven peopie were killed and 40 injured in a railway accident, when a crowded passenger train crashed into a light engine…

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Fast Motor-boats As Catchers of Submarines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 4

Submarine-destroying is still one of the secret arts. We do not know, and we may not know, more than a fraction of what has been done by the navies at war to cope with the…

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Kosciusko in Summer. Attractions for the Motorist. the Route

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3

The generally accepted idea among residents of the mother state of Australia that Mount Kosciusko is a purely Winter resort is gradually being…

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Remarkable Growth of Motor Car and Motor Tyre Industry

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3

Some idea of the extent and continual growth of the motor car and motor tyre industry in Canada and U.S.A. can be obtained from a study…

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"John Bridge" Expansion

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

MARKED expansion shows in all the aggregates relating to stock clearances in this department, during the year ended 31st December last. Indeed, it…

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John Bridge Expansion

Forbes Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

Marked expansion shows in all the aggregates relating to stock clearances in this department during the year ended 31st December last. Indeed it is…

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