British Motor Tax Yields £13,313,334
London.—Official returns show that the motor tax for the year enged November 30. 1923 yielded £13[?]13,334. Over one million…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1924
653 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 33
Country Railways
Last week a country deputation waited upon the Minister for Works and urged him to submit the proposal to construct a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Current Topics. Bogan Gate Motor Garage
Mr. C. E. Sanderson, who will be remembered in Forbes as a partner in the firm of Messrs Casey's, Sanderson and Farrance, is now well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Tenders Minister Considering Bradfield's Report (By Wire) Monday Evening
When Mr. Ball arrived in Sydney yesterday, Mr. Bradfield handed his voluminous report on the Bridge tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Storm 260 Points in 60 Minutes. Railway Washaways—Dams Destroyed Power House Flooded
One of the heaviest downpours of rain ever experienced in the district occurred on Friday night last. Early in the evening extremely vivid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electricity for Cowra a Fact. Temporary Plant Now Running Smoothly. Current Switched on by Mayor Todhunter Last Night. a Historic Event in the Annals of Cowra. Large and Representative Gathering of Ratepayers. the Railway Works Now Lighted Electrically
THERE was a very-large and representative gathering at the temporary electric power house last night to witness the switching on of the electric current to the Railway by the Mayor (Ald. E. P. Todhunter). Amongst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Reliability Tests
Upwards of seventy motorists, competitors in the “Daily Guardian” “Smith’s Weekly” reliability test, passed through Cowra on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Injured in Motor Reliability Test
When nearing Cowra on Sunday last a man named David Oligvie, a motor garage employee from Sydney, had occasion to leave his car. As…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Merriganowry Bridge
Mr. P. F. Loughlin, M.L.A., kindly forwards us the following copy of official correspondence, from Under Secretary for Public Works:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aged Woman Under Train
Mrs. W. Dent, aged 74, of “Iandra,” Beauchamp-street, Marrickville, had her right loot severed by a train at Strathfield station this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes Starting a Cold Engine Simple Adjustments Which Ensure. Easy Starting (By "Spark Plug")
Any modern engine should start from cold within one and a half revolutions of the crank shatt; when warm, it should start easily…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Union To Affiliate with Labor Council (By Wire). Sydney
The new branch, of the Australian Railways Union has decided to affiliate with the Labor Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes the Aet of Teoublehunting Diagnosis by Eliminating Tests (Conclusion) (By "Spark Plug.")
These intetanes of complex trouble, though unusual, have occurred, on doubt, many' times, aswell as many other puzzling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Body Building Local Enterprise
Mr. Edwiard A. Bell has just completed, to the order of Mr. W. W. Cullen, of the Metropolitan.Hotel, West Wyalong, a handsome and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Transfers
Mr. A. J. Burns, in charge of the timekeeping section of Goulburn District Superintendent’s office, has been transferred to a similar position at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ariah Park Train Jibs
The Temora-Griffith trains is undoubtedly gaining notoriety for the frequency of mishaps which have occurred of late (says the Temora…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Shore Bridge
We received the following this morning by wire The State Cabinet yesterday accepted the tender of Dorman, Long and Co, for an [?]rch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mad Motorists
Some little while ago the Council directed the attention of the police authorities to the continual breaches of the Motor Traffic Act, particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Grenfell Railway League Extension to Gareema Via the Warraderry Valley
A MEETING of members of the above League was held at Myamyn on Wednesday afternoon, to discuss the matter of the proposed extension of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane's Flight And Postal Slowness
Receiving a telegram that his daughter was seriously ill. at Orange, Mr. Jones, a well-known Grenfell grazier, hired an aeroplane, and…
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