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

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

601 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 31

Railway Annual Smoke Concert

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

The above function took place in the Centennial Hall on Saturday evening and was very successful. Full report in our next issue…

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Motor Traffic Prosecutions

Forbes Times · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 1

William Ceeil Watts (Parkes) pleaded guilty to driving a motor car without having a license. Constable McGannon stated the facts…

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A Fine Motor Car

Western Champion · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 21

Some half-dozen members of the Parkes Musical Society who were unable to make the train trip to Condobolin last week where "The Mikado"…

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Railway Men's Annual Smoke Concert. An Interesting Funotion. Presentation of Ambulance Class Prizes

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

The annual Smoke Concert under the auspices of the Cowra Railway Employees' Association took place in the Centennial Hall on Saturday…

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Local Railway Items

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 2

The Easter passenger traffic hus been very brisk, and in excess of previous years.The wheat carting has been…

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Noisy Motors

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 1

A man was before the Lithgow Police Court the other day on a charge of riding a noisy motor cycle through the main street, and he had…

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Tiger Loose in a Train. Defied and Cowered by a Game Cockerel

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 4

Great excitement was caused at the Calcutta terminus a few weeks ago, when, on the arrival of the Madras mail train, it became known that a full-grown Bengal tiger…

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"John Bridge" Picture

Forbes Times · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., have recently opened a department through which the man on the land may obtain most of the articles needed in his…

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Motors at the Show

Forbes Times · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 9

The Car Magnificient at the Show. The beautiful lines of the new "Mit[?]ell Six" Car, and the phenomenal [?]ords it has put up in New South…

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Ungarie Railway League

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 5

At a meeting of the above league, held on Saturday last, the following business was transacted:— That all members pay 10s each…

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Motors at the Show. The Car Magnificient at the Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 11

The beautiful lines of the new "Mitchell Six" Car, and the phenomenal records it has put up in New South Wales during the last twelve months…

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Motors at the Show

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 10

The Gar Magnificient at the Show. The beautiful lines of the new "Mitchell Six" Car, and the phenomenal records it has put up in New South…

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Late Telegrams. Took Ill in Train. and Died Shortly After-wards. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Agnes Maliphant, while travel[?] ing from Corowa to Sydney, was taken ill in the train at J[?] and was removed to the hospitel. She [?] shortly…

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The Markets. John Bridge & Co

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 1

Messrs. John Bridge and Co. report under date, April 14, as follows:— Wool.—The special appraisement of "star" lots, which commenced on…

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Latest Telegraphic. Alleged Embezzlement. Bank Manager in Trouble. Railway Men Paid Off. Prime Minister's Slander Action. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 4

The Ashford Shire Council is urging the abolition of the State Parliament, and the transfer of its functions to a local body, under the…

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Stoppage of Railway Works

Forbes Times · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 2

Mr. Mayoh, general manager in Australia for Norton-Griffiths, interviewed on Wednesday, said: "While it is true I have been asked to close down…

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The Stone in the Road

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 7

There once lived a king who ruled his subjects so wisely and so well that his fame spread near and far. But everything that wanted doing…

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Water Motors and Hedge Fightors (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 2

Sir,—It is evident that the use of water meters in Cowra is hitting some of the proprietors of local irrigation works fair on the breeches'…

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"John Bridge." Many Easter Visitors! Expulsion Incident

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 4

Responding freely to the cordial invitation issued by John Bridge and Co. just before Easter, hundreds of the [?] and country friends…

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