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

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

482 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 25

July Sheep Sales Invitation From "John Bridge."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 2

PRODUCERS FROM THIS DISTRICT who intend visiting Sydney for the forthcoming Sheep Sales are cordially invited by John Bridge…

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The Mails. Train Mails

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 1

Canowindra and Grenfell 7.30 a.m. daily. Sydney, West and South, 4.45 p.m. daily…

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Market Reports John Bridge & Co., Ltd

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 8

Wool.--It is now officially announced that the Australian wool production has been taken over by the Imperial Government for the…

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July Sheep Sales. Invitation From "John Bridge"

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 8

Producers from this district, who intend visiting Sydney for the forthcoming Sheep Sales, are cordially invited by John Bridge and Co.,…

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Public Information. Railway Time Table

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 1

Passenger train from Harden to Blayney arrives 12.47 a.m., departs 1.15 a.m. connecting with western mails. Passenger from Blayney to Harden…

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July Sheep Sales. Invitation From "John Bridge."

Western Champion · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 8

Producers from this district, who intend visiting Sydney for the forthcoming sheep sales are cordially invited by John Bridge & Co. to give…

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The War Austrians Driven Back. Velles Aerodrome Burnt. Deluge of Gas Shells. [?]Ecord American Arrivals. [?]Mazing Number Landed. Unrest in Austria. Sydney, Tuesday 11.30 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 9

Signor Orlando, the Italian Premier, [?]ports that the Austrians crossed the [?]ve, but were driven back. An American communique says:—…

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Rheims Still Standing. American Patrols Cross. Marne. [?]Ustrians Bridge the Piave. Sydney, Thursday 9.50 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 9

An attack on Rheims, which was [?]tended to capture the town, has [?]en stopped by French counter at[?]acks…

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Local Strike. Trouble in the Railway Yard. Wheat Lumpers Leave Work

Forbes Times · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 5

A strike of wheat lumpers in the local railway yard took place during the week, when about a dozen men left off work. The trouble is…

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The Road to Town

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 3

Here is the private in quite a different mood, but equally effective: The road to town is young with Spring, And brave with new green grasses,…

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Barmedman Rankin spring Railway. Money for State Works. Limit of £4,000,000

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 3

The loan expenditure of the Slate will be limited to about £4,000,000 in the coming financial year…

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Damaging Roads

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 June 1918 · page 5

An important public notice by the Lachlan Shire Council appears in our advertisement columns this issue relative to damage of roads, etc…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Car Goes Over Morongia Bridge. Occupants Escape Injury

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 26 June 1918 · page 2

On Monday morning as Massrs. J. Hewitt and Geo. Tinham were coming into town in the former's car they were the victims of an accident,…

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The Road to Town

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 June 1918 · page 7

Here is the private in quite a different mood, but equally effective: The road to town is young with Spring, And brave with new green grasses,…

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John Bridge & Co

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 8

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date, 22nd June, 1918:Wool.—Our final appraisement, for the present season will be held on…

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TRUNDLE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Train Derailed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 6

On the 13th instant, the train travelling to Tottenham ran off the line at Kadungle, tearing up the sleepers for two hundred yards…

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Motor Wood Cutting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 4

The all-round utility of motor cars is only just come to light. There is to be a practical demonstration in the district to-morrow, which will…

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Defrauding the Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 June 1918 · page 4

Six persons were charged at the Central Court to-day with conspiring to cheat and defraud the Railway Commissioners of goods valued at…

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Fares and Freights Railway Commissioners' Scheme. Non-paying Lines & "Store" Stock

Forbes Times · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 3

The Cabinet agreed on Tuesday to the recommendation of the Railway Commissioners to increase the fares and freights on the North Coast line…

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Motor and Sulky Collide Sulky Smashed to Pieces. No Persons Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 2 July 1918 · page 2

A motor car the property of Mr M. Prest (and driven by Mr J. F. Purtell) collided with a sulky driven by Mr. Thomas Sheedy, near the…

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