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

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

653 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 33

Erratic Motor Trains

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 10

Giving evidence befre the Federal Public Works Committee, in its inquiry concerning Yass-Canberra railway proposals, Mr. C…

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Jockey Injured. Motor Car Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 10

Samul Waddups, a well known Albury jockey, met with injuries as a result of a motor accident when returning fom the…

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£25000 COMPENSATION Railways' Annual Payment

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 10

The railway inspector, Mr. Langforh staten in the Coff's Harbor court that the sommissioners paid £250,000 annually in…

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New Railway Wanted

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 14

At a meeting of the Grenfell Railway League, held at Warraderry, Messrs. J. M. Holland, P. V. Carter, and James Jones were…

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Motorist Heavily Fined. Failing to Stop After Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 14

At the Coolamon Police Court before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M., Mr. John Brill, of Ganmaim, was charged with driving a motor…

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Railway Officials Look After School Children Well

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 4

During the proceedings at Wednesday evening’s meeting of the Railway Institute, Mr. Hunt, Headmaster of Cowra Intermediate High School, paid…

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Railway Transfers, Etc

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 7

Mr. G. A. Gray, S.M., Goonda[?] has been transferred to Lyndhurst, in succession to Mr. Mawson, retired. Mr. A. O’Leary, relief officer,…

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Dubbo-molong Railway

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 4

The railway from Dubbo to Molong has been completed, but it will be some time before it will be available for passenger service. Goods trains…

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Big Vote for Shire Roads Waugoola Shire Council Gets £2,500. From Commonwealth[?]cum-state Main and Developmental Roads Grant

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 3

The glad tidings has reached the Waugoola Shire Council, through Mr. P. F. Loughlin, M.L.A., that the sum of £2,500 has been voted to that…

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The Belubula Caves Waugoola Shire Council to Repair Road to Same. a Thing of Beauty That Is Almost Unknown

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

At different times we have endeavored to prevail upon those in authority to take some interest in the Belubula…

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South of Lachlan Railway

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

At the general meeting of the persons battling for the. South of the Lachlan line, which was held at Goolagong on Saturday, the…

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Metal Lying Along Railway Line for 40 Years

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

The fact that hundreds of thousands of yards of metal were lying along the railway line between Cowra and Woodstock was referred to at…

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St. Loui's Monument to Children Killed by Motor Cars

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 7

Dirges played and children scattered flowers while a broken column, one of a huge white plinth, was dedicated, on one of the busiest street corners…

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Absorbed Odours in Cream. Control of Motor and Oil Fumes

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 27

Where oil motors are installed in the dairy there is always danger of haying the milk or cream adversely affected by absorbed odours and…

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Traffic Bridge on Fire

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

Ald. Thomas said on Sunday lie had just sat down to dinner when a young man named Stanley Buckman came rushing in to say the bridge was on…

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Fireman Dies Fall From a Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 2

Tony Reid, single, aged 23, firman on the Temora-Griffiths train Who overbalanced and fell between the engine and paltform…

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Making Good Roads Gadara Spending £5,000

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

Good work is being done on the making and metalling of the main roads by the Gadara Shire, for which a loan, of £5000 was…

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Buried Alive at Wandary Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

To be buried alive in a well shaft, under ten feet of solid earth, was the experience which befell James Trethewey, a well sinker, when he…

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Traffic Bridge Decking Not in a Bad State

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

The Public Works Department advised that the decking of the Cowra traffic bridge was not in the bad State reported, but that the planks…

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Fisher’s Road Fixed Up at Last. Mr. Fisher Meets the Council Half Way

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 6

An old standing trouble was satisfactorily adjusted at Saturday’s meeting of the Wangoola Shire Council, when a matter over which there has…

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