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

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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John Bridge & Co

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report:— The Imperial Government's requirements in respect to wool appears…

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Railway Matters

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

The following letters are being sent out in connection with the deputation to wait on the Minister [?]ortly:—…

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A Railway Movements. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

A movement is on foot at Quirindi to have the terminds of the cross-country railway altered to there in stead of Worris Creek. owing to the…

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The Mails. Train Mails

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 1

Canowindra and Grenfell 7.30 a.m. daily. Sydney, West and South, 5.45 p.m. daily…

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The Train "Robber."

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

The case in which Wolfren Larson is under remand on the charge of attempted robbery under arms on the Forbes mail was furthher remanded yesterday…

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Railway Policy. N.s.w. Government's Intentions

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

It is understood that the financial policy of the State, especially with regard to the public works programme, is being hold in abeyance pending the…

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The Malls. Train Mails

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 1

Canowindra and Grenfell 7.30 a.m. daily. Sydney, West and South, 5.45 p.m. daily…

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Reward of £10. Damage to Suspension Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

At the meeting of the Forbes Mu[?]picipal Council on Tuesday night, [?]Alderman M'Donnoll drew attention to further damage at the suspension…

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Railway Mishapss. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

Some railway carriages which were being shunted at Hurstville station yesterday morning, into a dead end, gained too much speed, and crashed into the…

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A Railway Smash. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

Some railway carriages were being shunted at Hurstville this morning into a dead-end. Too much speed was used and they crushed into the buffers…

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Lachlan-street Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The matter of a high-level bridge over the lagoon at the foot of Lach lan-street, has reached the stage of tenders being called for the work…

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Forbes Train Hold-up Sensational Evidence. Larsen Committed for Trial

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 1

At the Bathusrt Police Court on Friday, Wolfren Larsen was charged with attempted robbery under arms. The court was crowded. All the…

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Forbes Train 'Hold Up.' "Thought It Was a Joke." Larsen Cosimtted

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The story of the attempted mail train "hold-up" was told at the Bathurst Police Court on Friday, when Wilfred Larson, a young man, was…

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The Eugowra Railway

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Lance Kirby, the secretary of the Eugowra Railway League, was in town on Saturday last and informed us that the deputation to the Minister,…

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Local Railway Matters

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 4

The Xmas holidays had rather a prejudicial effect on the goods business at the local, station last month, hut stock and passenger…

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Train Sensation. Larsen Committed for Trial

Western Champion · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 23

The midnight struggle in the cabin of the engine of the Forbes mail between the driver and fireman and a masked and heavily armed man was…

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Bush Fires Outbreak on Back Marsden Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

A serious bush fire swept portio[?] [?]the country on the eastern side of [?]Forbes-Stockinbingal line on [?]rds of p[?]y and was extinguished after…

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EUGOWRA (From Our Own Correspondent). the Railway

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

I understand that Mr Grimm has arranged tor Friday, 31st January, as the date for the railway deputation to wait on the Minister for Works,…

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Home Made Motor Car Mr D. F. Underwood's Feat Took Fourteen Years to Build

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

Fourteen years ago Mr D. F. Underwood noticed the plan of a motor car in a publication called the English "Mechanic." Studying the…

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Famous [?]awkesbury Bridge. Some Interesting Facts

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Although many of our readers ha[?] [?] over this famous and wonder[?] bridge, which carries the railway [?] fi[?] on the northern line over [?]…

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