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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 24 of 25

Cowra to Condobolin Railway That Cowra Chamber of Commerce Favors

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 9

There are various proposals for new railway lines to develop the rich Lachlan Valley, and the danger appears to be that the conflicting…

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Factory Made Roads

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 4

Ships have been, made in factories on a large scale during the past few years, the outside work consisting merely of the assemblage of the "fabricated"…

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Chamber of Commerce Railway Matters

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 2

THOUGH the recent interview with Superintendent Reid was not very encouraging as regards any improvement to the local…

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Local & General Aeroplane for Mudgee

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 1

Mudgee.—Mr. J. Austen is purchasing from the Australian Aircraft and Engineering Co an Avro aeroplane, capable of carrying three…

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Goods Train Breaks Serious Accident Averted

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 4

The rear portion of a goods train broke away while a train was ascending near the old Zigzag last night and rushed back through Lithgow at…

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Railway Proposals Cowra's Comparison

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 10

The following is a copy of a report by the Public Works sub-committee of the Cowra Chamber of Commerce on the further extension of the…

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Warning to Motorists

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 2

At the Police Court on Tuesday James McCabe was fined 10/-, with 8/- costs, for having failed to return his expired motor riders license to…

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Aeroplane Visit

Western Champion · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 12

A Farnham aeroplane, the property of Messrs. McPherson Bros., of Longreach, Central Queensland, arrived here from Forbes on Tuesday…

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Eugowra-parkes Railway

Western Champion · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 13

The local Railway League is in receipt of the following communication from the Public Works Department, through Mr. M. M. Plannery, M.L.A.:…

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Motor Vehicle Prices

Western Champion · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 13

We have been requested to give publicity to the following extract of letter from Dodge Brothers to Standardised Motors Ltd., Sydney:—Re…

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Railway Proposals. Cowra's Comparison

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 2

THE following is a copy of the report by the Public Works Subcommittee of the Cowra Chamber Commerce on the further extension of the Eugowra…

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Road to Goolagong Siding

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 2

The following paragraph appeared in the report of Engineer Wilkinson to the last meeting of the Wangoola Shire:—…

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Santa Claus Up to Date Parcels by Aeroplane. David Jones' Enterprise

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 8

The arrival of the Sopwith-Gnu aeroplane at Forbes yesterday morning marks a historic'step' in the development of commercial aviation in…

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Fatality at Parramatta Boy Killed by Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 4

A boy named Chitterton fell between the platform and a train at Parramatta yesterday, and was killed…

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Motor Car & Tram Collide Car Driver Arrested

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 4

A motor car got out of control at Wellington, N.Z., and rushed down a street and collided with a train, injuring two women and doing…

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Affray on Boyd Road Alleged Attempted Murder. Defendant Committed for Trial, Forces Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 9

Leopold Villotet a Frenchman, was churged at Forbes Court on Tuesday, on a count of feloniously wounding Frederick W. Telford,…

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Motor Vehicle Prices

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 4
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette, Canowindra Star and Eugowra News

We have been requested to republish the following extract from Dodge Brothers to standardise Motors Ltd., Sydney…

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Motor Fatality at Newtown

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 4

Frank Walton alighted from a tram car at Newtown last night, and was passing behind the tram when a motor car, driven by a lady, knocked…

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