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

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Fatal Accident on Barmedman Rankins Springs Railway Elderly Man Killed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 November 1920 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred on the Barmedman Rankins' Springs line about 10.30 a.m. on Saturday last, when a man named Allan McDonald,…

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Railway Superintendent's Office

Western Champion · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 13

The railway cottage, just over the Welcome street crossing, after doing duty for many years as a stationmaster's residence, has been…

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Our Railway Service

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 2

HAVING made a good case in connection with our post office, the next question to tackle is the train service. The time…

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Aeroplane Crashes Three Occupants Killed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 4

An Avro aerplane erashed at New Plymouth, New Zealand, yesterday kil ling the three occupants—two men and a woman…

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Train and Tram Passes for Maimed Soldiers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 4

The Limbless and Maimed Soldiers Association has been informed by the government that railway passes are not available for armless men and…

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The Goolagong Station and the Road Leading to It. Boree Shire Engineer Reports

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 5

Engineer T. A. Donaldson reported at length to Tuesday's meeting of the Borce Shire Council on the matter of the proposed road to the North…

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B.r.s. Railway Wheat to Be Received

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 4

We received the following letter yesterday from Mr. Buttenshaw, k.L.A.—Parliament House,…

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Dreadful Railway Smash

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 2

A timber train of 54 trucks, laden with 4000 railway sleepers, and weighing 600 tons, got out of control on the Perth-Bunbury railway line (W.A.)…

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Road to Goolagong Siding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 2

The Canowindra-Eugowra railway will come within about four miles of Goolagong township, and a new road has to be constructed to connect the…

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Alleged Bigamy Motor Mechanic Charged

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 2

At Forbes Court this morning, before Mr Helm, P.M., Francis Eugene Biffen, a motor mechanic, was charged with bigamy…

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Wyalong-condobolin Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 8

Mr E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., for wards the following:— Public Works Dept. N.S.W., Sydney, November 10th…

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B.-r.s. Railway Big Meeting of Wheat Growers Protest Against Retention Money

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 2

Notwithstanding the short notice, no less than 70 wheatgrowers along the Barmedman Rankins' Springs railway line attended the meeting, at…

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Railway Extension

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1920 · page 2

SOME time back an agitation started here to have the railway line extended from Grenfell to a point on the…

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Our First Aeroplane

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 3

Quite a stir was caused at Quandialla on Saturday when it became known that an aeroplane had landed at Mr W. Troth's Lavendo property…

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Road to Goolagong Railway Station

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 5

An important conference of local governing bodies will be held at Goolagong to-day (Friday) with reference to the road leading to the proposed…

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Wyalong-condobolin Railway

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 6

The residents of Wamboyne are agitating for a railway between Wyalong and Condobolin, running through Bena and Euglo, and…

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Rise of Ungarie Era Of, Wheat Railway Stimulus Scope for Expansion

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 1

UNGARIE, Tuesday.—Harvest hopes run high in tile rising district, of Ungarie. The wheat crops hereabouts share to the full the bountiful promise…

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Head on Railway Line

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 6

Albury, Monday.'—At midday a man whose identity is at present unknown aged about 45 years, placed his head on the railway line near the local…

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Bad Railway Smash. Serious Accident Narrowly Averted. Canowindra Train Off the Line

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 5

On Thursday evening, as the Canowindra-Cowra train was nearing Glen Logan Siding fifteen trucks left the road, also two wheels of one of the carriages…

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A "Pusher" Aeroplane

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 2

The aeroplane that has been in the Forbes district for the past few days is en route to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Messrs MacPherson Brothers.,…

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