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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 5 of 25

Excursion Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 6

A cheap excursion train (single fare for the return journey) leaves Cargelligo to-day (Friday) and will take in passengers from all sidings to West…

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The 'Forbes Times. Friday, March 26, 1920. Eugowra-forbes Railway. Public Meeting

Forbes Times · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

A public meeting is being held at the Forbes Town Hall Chambers to-morrow afternoon which we would like to see very largely attended. The…

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A Railway Record. Family's Long Service

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Something in the nature of a record for railway service has been establishby the Wark family, of which Inspector J. H. Wark, of Dubbo, is a member…

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Run Down by Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 1

GUNNING.—The five-year old son of William Sheldrick, of Oolong, was run over by a train last week. His father who is employed by the department on…

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Motor-cycle Record

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 1

Mr. Fred Berry, on a Harley-Davidson motor-cycle and side-car, with Mr. Claude Sainty as passenger, left the G.P.O., Sydney, at 10 p.m. and arrived…

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FELL 600 Feet. Motor Smash at Caves. Miraculous Escapes. Katoomba

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 6

A sensational smash occurred on the Jenolan Caves road last night, when a car going up the famous zig-zag went over the side at one of the curves. The…

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Grenfell Cycle and Motor Cycle Club

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 2

A MEETING of cycle and motor cycle enthusiasts was held on Friday last for the purpose of forming a club, and arranging…

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Forbes Railway Proposals League Re [?] at Forbes. the Eudowra Forbes Extension

Forbes Times · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 3

A public meeting following the P., A. and [?]. Association meeting)was held in the council chambers, Town Hall, on Saturday afternoon last for…

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Railway Institute

Western Champion · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 17

The usual meeting of the Parkes branch of the Railway Institute on the 23rd inst. was cancelled, and a party of officers from the Sydney Institute,…

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Train Accident. Cattle Trucks Overturned. Three Persons Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 7

Wagga.— Three persons (Mrs. Hayes of Junee, her son Noel, and her sister, Miss Morris) were injured in a railway accident at Harefield. A coupling on…

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Killed by a Train. Fatality at Central Station

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

Martin William Bushnell Broderick (28), commercial traveller, who served at the front, was terribly injured at the Central Railway Station on Sunday,…

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The Road to Fortune

Western Champion · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 13

The road to fortune is the road to health. Success, and the ability to enjoy it, can only be the property of those who keep their bodies fit…

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Railway Institute

Western Champion · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 13

Railway classes at the local branch of the Railway Institute have already commenced, and arithmetic and shorthand classes will begin next…

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Parkes Co-operative Motor Garage, Ltd

Western Champion · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 13

A further meeting in connection with the above Coy. was held on Saturday last and was well attended. A large number of shares were applied…

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Marsden Road Mails

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

Mr Tom Lavelle, M.H.R., advises having received a reply from the Deputy Postmaster General, regarding a request to have the…

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Mill Burned. Damage at Murray Bridge. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

Damages estimated at £55,000 have been caused by a mill at Murray Bridge, South Australia, being burned…

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15,000 Men Restive in the Railways and Tramways. Sydney

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

Upward of 15,000 Amalagamated Railway and Tramway Association men are restless owing to a number of grievances. The Chief Commissioner…

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Shire Road-making Plant Sale of Portion to Be Effected. Excessive Running Costs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

The Jemalong Shire Council, after having been possessed of a road making plant for over ten years, has decided to dispose of same, or at least…

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Grenfell Motor Clycle and Cycling Club

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

THE above club held their first sports meeting on the sports ground on Easter Monday. There was a good attendance of enthusiastic supporters…

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Motor Garage Burgled. But Little Booty Secured. Thieves Get Clean Away

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 3

Thieves broke into the Cowra Motor Garage Co.'s garage in Bridge Street on Sunday last, but judging by the way things were thrown…

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