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

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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

Eugowra Railway

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 2

The earthwork in connection with the Canowindra-Eugowra railway is being pushed on by Engineer Carson and his staff. The wet weather has…

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Railway League I Support for Eugowra to Parkes Line

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the Canowindra Railway League was held on Saturday last in the Oddfellows' Hall. Mr. T. J. Finn in the chair. There was a small…

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Roads to Happiness

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 4

If you would be a happy man, you must control your greed; eat rice and mashes made of bran, and other cattle feed…

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The Mails. Train Mails

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 6

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

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The Road to Dunedoo

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 4

The long red road that stretches Round town, and flat, and hill, Round slopes, where moonlight etches The gaunt gums; shapes that fill…

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Cowra Railway Football Club. Rules for the A. H. Cooley Challenge Cup

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 6

1. For competition between the following Clubs: Oowra Railway, Morongla, Monteagle, Wattamondara, Koorawatha, Goolagong, Marengo,…

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Public Information. Railway Time Table

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 6

Passenger train from Harden to Blayney arrives 12.45 a.m., departs 1.15 a.m connecting with western mails. Passenger from Blayney to Hardon…

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Motor Owner's Buying Assn., Ltd

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 2

A representative of the above organisation was in Cowra this week and appointed Messrs R. McLean & Coy. the local agents and distributors. The object of…

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Unknown Man Killed on Railway. Wearing Clothes which Originally Belonged to Dr. Roberts, of Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 5

The following is the description of an unknown man whose body was found mangled on the railway line at Bathurst recently: Height 5ft 8in or…

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Light Railways

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 2

We recently published some remarks by Mr. P. V. Carter on the above subject; the following by an "Ex-Gunner" is of particular interest:—…

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Mail Train Delayed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 2

The Forbes mail train did not leave for Sydney on Saturday last till 5.10. p.m., an hour and ten minutes after the scheduled time for its departure…

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Royal Train Derailed Prince Escapes Through Window. No One Injured. Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 4

Two saloon carriages of the Royal train were derailed and fell over an embankment near Bridgetown, 172 miles from Perth…

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Forbes Railway League the Eugowra Extension

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 1

A meeting of the Forbes Railway League was held at the Town Hall, Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon last. In the absence of the…

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New Railway Schemes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 3

The Public Works Committee, which has not been constituted for four years, owing to the war, is to be revived at an early date, according to…

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Roads to Happiness

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 7

If you would be a happy man, you must control your greed; eat rice and mashes mads of bran, and other cattle feed…

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The Malls. Train Mails

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 4

Canowindra and Grenfell 7.30 a.m laily. Sydney, West and South, 5.46 p.m daily…

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The Road to Dunedoo

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 7

The long red road that stretches Round town, and flat, and hill, Round slopes, where moonlight etches The gaunt gums; shapes that fill…

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Public Information. Railway Time Table

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 4

Passenger train from Harden to Blayney arrives. 12.45 a.m., departs 1.15 a.m connecting with western mails. Passenger from Blayney to Harden…

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Royal Train Derailed. Sydney

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 2

Two saloons of the Royal train were derailed and fell over an embankment near Bridgetown, 172 miles from Perth. The…

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Unsightly Matter on Lands Fronting Roads

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 2

The following are extracts from a new ordinance proposed to be proclaimed under the Local Government Act, 1919:…

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