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

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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British Motor Tax Yields £13,313,334

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 11

London.—Official returns show that the motor tax for the year enged November 30. 1923 yielded £13[?]13,334. Over one million…

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Country Railways

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 16

Last week a country deputation waited upon the Minister for Works and urged him to submit the proposal to construct a railway…

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Current Topics. Bogan Gate Motor Garage

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

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…

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Bridge Tenders Minister Considering Bradfield's Report (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

When Mr. Ball arrived in Sydney yesterday, Mr. Bradfield handed his voluminous report on the Bridge tenders…

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Destructive Storm 260 Points in 60 Minutes. Railway Washaways—Dams Destroyed Power House Flooded

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

One of the heaviest downpours of rain ever experienced in the district occurred on Friday night last. Early in the evening extremely vivid…

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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

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 3

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…

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Motor Reliability Tests

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

Upwards of seventy motorists, competitors in the “Daily Guardian” “Smith’s Weekly” reliability test, passed through Cowra on Sunday…

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Man Injured in Motor Reliability Test

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

When nearing Cowra on Sunday last a man named David Oligvie, a motor garage employee from Sydney, had occasion to leave his car. As…

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Merriganowry Bridge

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. P. F. Loughlin, M.L.A., kindly forwards us the following copy of official correspondence, from Under Secretary for Public Works:…

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Aged Woman Under Train

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 1

Mrs. W. Dent, aged 74, of “Iandra,” Beauchamp-street, Marrickville, had her right loot severed by a train at Strathfield station this week…

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Motor Notes Starting a Cold Engine Simple Adjustments Which Ensure. Easy Starting (By "Spark Plug")

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 16

Any modern engine should start from cold within one and a half revolutions of the crank shatt; when warm, it should start easily…

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Railway Union To Affiliate with Labor Council (By Wire). Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 4

The new branch, of the Australian Railways Union has decided to affiliate with the Labor Council…

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Motor Notes the Aet of Teoublehunting Diagnosis by Eliminating Tests (Conclusion) (By "Spark Plug.")

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 7

These intetanes of complex trouble, though unusual, have occurred, on doubt, many' times, aswell as many other puzzling…

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Motor Body Building Local Enterprise

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 13

Mr. Edwiard A. Bell has just completed, to the order of Mr. W. W. Cullen, of the Metropolitan.Hotel, West Wyalong, a handsome and…

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Railway Transfers

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 1

Mr. A. J. Burns, in charge of the timekeeping section of Goulburn District Superintendent’s office, has been transferred to a similar position at…

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Ariah Park Train Jibs

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 4

The Temora-Griffith trains is undoubtedly gaining notoriety for the frequency of mishaps which have occurred of late (says the Temora…

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North Shore Bridge

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

We received the following this morning by wire The State Cabinet yesterday accepted the tender of Dorman, Long and Co, for an [?]rch…

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Mad Motorists

Western Champion · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 15

Some little while ago the Council directed the attention of the police authorities to the continual breaches of the Motor Traffic Act, particularly…

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Grenfell Railway League Extension to Gareema Via the Warraderry Valley

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 2

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…

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Aeroplane's Flight And Postal Slowness

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

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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