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

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Aeroplane Smash Passenger Injured. Mishap Near Canterbury

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 20 December 1921 · page 4

While pleasure flying at Earlwood Recreation Grounds, near Canterbury, late on Sunday afternoon, an aeroplane became…

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Wyalong-condobolin Railway

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1921 · page 2

At a well-attended meeting of the Condobolin Railway League last Thursday night, at which a number from Ungarie locality were present,…

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Timber on Roads

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 21 December 1921 · page 2

At Saturday's Shire Council meeting, on the motion of Crs. Dickson and Crossley, it was decided to have notices inserted in the local…

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Parkes Aerodrome

Western Champion · Thursday 22 December 1921 · page 15

A letter from the Controller of Civil Aviation, read at the Council meeting on Tuesday night, intimated that Mr Hodinott's report on the…

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Excursion Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 6

The cheap excursion train on Monday had 325 second class passengers and 85 first-class n board when it left Temora. Of…

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Motor Cycle Trips

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 4

Some of the Forbes motor cyclists contemplate long trips during the Xmas season. Mr. Chas. Curry left to-day on his Henderson-Four for…

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Railway Extension The Condobolin Line. (To Editor Wyalong 'Advocate')

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 1

Sir,—I would urge all persona interested in the increase of our railway facilities (so needful to a wheat district) to lay to heart…

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Railway Accident At Demondrille

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 9

Passengers by the train from Harden to Young and Cowra on Saturday night had an experience which some of them will not…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes (From the Dunlop Rubber Co.)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 4

A fillip will be given to amateur cycle track racing in Australia in the near future by the arrival of two crack South African racing men—in…

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Motor Cycle Contest Six Days' Reliability Trial. Twenty Competitors Reach Forbe. Trouble on Way to Grenfell

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 8

The motor cycle club of N.S.W. recently inaugurated its first annual six days' reliability trial throughout the country districts of the State…

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Beating the Railways Lorries As Competitors

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 6

Messrs Jackson, Thomson & Co. of 70 George Street, Redfern, have arranged a demonstration trip of the Model 61 International Motor Lorry…

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Strenuous Motor Cycling

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 6

Motor cycling in level country is a care-free sort of a thing when compared to the trials and tribulations experienced in the hills. Writer…

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Motor Cycle Ramblings

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 6

The Forbes motor cyclists who undertook Xmas tours were attended with varied fortunes. Mr. Chas Curry got as far as Bathurst on his Sydney…

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