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

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

641 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 33

Cross Country Railway

Western Champion · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 8

Among the witnesses examined by the Public Works Committee at Condobolin in support of the wyalong-Condobolin line, was the Ven,…

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Motor Bus for Parkes

Western Champion · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 13

Mr. William Jarrett, who has forsaken farming, purchased an International motor bus last week through Messrs. Huggard and Leonard and…

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Bridge Over Lachlan a Eugowra Deputation. Minister Sympathetic. But. Advises. Self-Help

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

A deputation, representing [?] and citizens of the Waugoola shire Eugowra and South of the Lachlan residents, introduced, by Ms…

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B.r.s. Railway League

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 1

The Hon. Sec., Mr Max McCrone, writes:—"A meeting of the Barmedman Rankins Spring Railway League…

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Proposed New Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 15

The State Public Works Committee passed a resolution favoring the construction of a line of railway from Uranquinty to…

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Motor Car Runs Through Murray

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 3

Owing to the very low state of the Murray at the waterworks pumping station, near Albury, a six-cylinder motor car was driven…

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Railway to Broken Hill Work May Begin Soon

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 14

The construction of the missing link in the New South Wales railway system—the railway line from Trida, the farthest point…

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Motor Notes Starting—easy or Hard?

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

A motor that is [?]ard to start should not be tolerated. In the first place, it is a strain on the starter, electric or otherwise. And…

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Fatal Motor Accident Ex-West Wyalongite the Victim

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

The sad news was received here on Tuesday that Mr. Cecil Dooner, youngest son of Mrs J. Griffiths, of Central Wyalong, had…

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No Fire Motor Glen Innes' Lost Chance

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 6

Glen Innes.—A report from the Fire Commissioners shows that during last year the revenue derived from Glen Innes was £879,…

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Motor Notes What Easter Reveals in the Field of New Cars

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 7

The public of Great Britain and America are afforded their periodical reviews of the newest in motordom by the great…

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A Cause of Motor Skipping

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 7

Intermittent engine firing or missing is sometimes caused by moisture or grease on the surface of the distributor cover…

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Bogan Gate-wyalong Railway. Further Evidence

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 7

The inquiry by the Works Committee into the matter of the proposed Bogan Gate-Wyalong railway was continued at Bogan Gate on Saturday…

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An Aid to Motorists

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

We have received a copy of an interesting booklet entitled "Spot Lights on Tyre Troubles" describing the causes of various tyre troubles…

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Railway Ambulance Work

Cowra Free Press · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

There are about 12,500 members in the ambulance classes of the railway service, and mote than-25 percent. of the railway men are competent…

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Kirkwood 'Crashes.' Golfer in Aeroplane Smash

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 1

Vancouver.—Kirkwood, the golfer, going by aeroplane to a game at Asheville, North Carolina, escaped injury when the…

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Two Youths Charged With Stealing Motor Car

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 2

At the Temora Police Court on Easter Monday, before Messrs H. Foster and J. A. Bradley, J's.P., J. N. Greenwood and E. J. Clark,…

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Motor Notes Brightening Up the Car After Easter

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 7

After Easter, with its touring for many people and, in any case, rougher usage, of the car for most, the average motorists' eye…

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Motor Accident Victim's Condition Serious (By Wire). Sydney, Monday Night

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Ernest Leslie Chescoe was struck by a motor car in Allison Road, Randwick, early this morning…

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Proposed Railway. the Rival Routes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 3

When the Wamboyne people were battling for a railway to that centre, as part of the full line from Wyalong to Condobolin, there seemed to be an…

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