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

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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For Motorists a Saving in Petrol Consumption

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 9

The Dunlop Hubber Co. writes: — In these times of dear petrol, any device that gives increased mileago is of particular interest to carists…

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Railway Activity

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2

Gear for the commencement of the Eugrowra railway line continues to arrive, and at the beginning of the present week ploughs, scoops, pile drivers…

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The Mountain Road

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 4

IT was very difficult, this mountain road, from the seaside-walk on which I had been accustomed to take my evening stroll for so many seasons. For…

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The Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 4

The roads about Wamboyne are still receiving much needed attention from the Lachlan Shire. A lot of the formation was washed away…

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Prisoner Jumps From Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 4

A prisoner named Murray jumped from a train near Auckland. He was badly shaken and was easily recaptured…

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Eugowra-forbes Railway Mr. J. Fell Appointed to Collect Statistics

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 1

A meeting of the Forbes Railway League was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, on Saturday afternoon last, at which there were…

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Tram and Car Collide. Occupants Seriously Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 4

A motor car, which was alleged to have been stolen, and driven by two men, struck a moving tram in Pyrmont yesterday afternoon…

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The Mountain Road

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 7

IT was very difficult, this mountain A road, from the seaside-walk on which I had been accustomed to take my evening stroll for so many seasons. For…

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Railway Crossing

Western Champion · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 12

The Railway League recently wrote to the Railway Commissioners, complaining of the vexatious delays to vehicular and other traffic at the…

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Railway Requirements. a Condobolin Meeting

Western Champion · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 23

At a public meeting held in Condolin last week a resolution in favour of a daily train service was unanimously carried…

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Latest Cables. America and Europe. English Railwaymen. Indian Train Smash. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 5

Sir Aucklund Geddes, speaking in Atlantic City, said the changes wrought by the war in England, almost deserved the title of revolution…

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New Zealand Strike. Railways Still Idle. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 5

The New Zealand railway strike still continues, and there is no immediate prospect of settlement…

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Motor Car Smash

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 8

Mr Martin Pymont, of Forbes, who is following the western shows with his motor car, is reported to have met with very bad luck at the…

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The Eugowra Railway Wind-up of Fund for Celebrating Sod-turning. Appreciative Letter Eugowra League

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 5

The committee of citizens who controlled the local celebration at the turning of the first sod of the Eugowra Railway met at the Oddfellows' Hall…

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The Old Road

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 4

Give me the old road still, I am tired of the garish city street, Where wealth and fashion and folly meet. Give me the old road still!…

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Train and Lorry. Boy Senriously Injured. Temora

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Two lads, Patrick Croke 11 ye[?]s, and William Carney (14), were driving a lorry across the Victoria-street railway crossing this morning when…

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Victorian Railways Commissioner Selected

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

Mr, Harold J. Clapp, vice-president of the St. Louis Railway Company, Ohio, U.S.A.? has been selected as Chief Railway Commissioner for Vic…

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Railway Matters

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

Replying to a deputation from the North Murray Railway League, the Minister for Railways at Adelaide said that the Premier's Conference…

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The Old Road

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 7

Give me the old road still, I am tired of the garish city sired, Where wealth and fashion, and folly meet. Give vac the old road still!…

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Railway League

Western Champion · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 19

A meeting of the Railway League Executive was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Those present were Messrs. Geddes (chair),…

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