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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 9 of 33

District Railway Proposals Commissioners’ Views

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 4

The Public Works Committee sat in Sydney on Monday of last week for the purpose of considering several proposed railway extensions and…

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Railway Commissioners. To-day's Visit. Motor Train and Rail Way Extension

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 2

THE luncheon hour to-day was chosen by the Railway Commissioners for an inspection at this town, and though the hour was…

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Railway Posting Box

Western Champion · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 15

Some little time ago, when the Municipal Council asked that persons desirous of posting letters on the mail trains should be allowedd to…

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Five Times 1000 Miles in Two and a Half Days Great Motoring Feat by Brand New Overlands State Wide Demonstration to Prove The Reliability and Economy of The Overlands

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 15

The recent non-stop run, in which five standard model Overland's took part, has been thes ubject of a great amount of comment throughout the…

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Motor Notes Know Thy Car Points Which Distinguish the Average and the Polished Driver

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 13

Those who drove motors in the early days were classed as clever men with nevrves of steel, hawk-like optics, and of unerring judgment…

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Motor Trains

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 11

A complaint from Bungandra, on the Rand-Henty line, states that the motor train has superseded the locomotive service, and is certainly…

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Motor Notes (Specially written for the “Free Press”)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 1

One often sees in text books such a sentence as “maximum efficiency can only be obtained from the car, if systematic and adequate…

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Daring Motor Climb to Summit of Morgan’s Look-out

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 3

WANGARATTA, Monday. — On Sunday Mr. K. Green, a visitor from Sydney, drove a single-seater Dodge motor car to the top of Morgan’s…

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Daring Motor Climb to Summit of Morgan's Look Out

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1924 · page 1

WANGARATTA, Monday —On Sunday Mr K. Green, a visitor from Sydney, drove a single-seater Dodge motor car to the top of Morgan's Lookout at Glenrowan. This…

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Five Times 1000 Miles in 2 1/2 Days. Great Motoring Feat by Brand New Overlands. State-wide Demonstration to Prove the Reliability and Economy of the Overlands. Remarkable Results

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1924 · page 2

THE recent non stop run, in which five standard Model Overlands took part, has been the subject of a great amount of comment throughout the whole of the…

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Curtailment Again Shire Councillors Disagree. Roads to be Repaired

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 3

At the meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council last Saturday the matter of repairing the New Grenfell and Cowra Roads within the…

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Train Service Efforts for Improvement. Proposal to Leave Two Hours Later

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 4

At Friday night's meeting' of the Chamber of Commerce, a letter was received from the Railway Commissionrs in reply to the request to…

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Killed by a Gate Fatal Accident at New Grenfell Road

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

A strange and fatal accident occurred at New Grenfell Road on Saturday afternoon last, when little Olive Turner, aged 8 years, was…

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Railway Commissioners Visit Cowra Deputations Favorably Received. Commissioners Thanked for Having Acceded to Other Requests

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 3

When the special train conveying the Railway Commissioners and party pulled in to Cowra station on Thursday afternoon the only ones…

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That Memorial Bridge. (To the Editor.)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 5

Sir,--When in Condobolin quite recently I expected to see this work completed. It will be interesting to know what the Patriotic Heads or the…

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Daring Motor Climb. to Summit of Morgan's Look-out

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 6

,Wangaratta, Monday.--On Sunday Mr K Green, a visitor from Sydney, drove a single seater Dodge motor cat to the top of Morgon's…

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Broken Hill Railway Line

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 6

Mr E. M. Horsington, M.L.A., has received the following from the Railway Department: Instructions have been issued for…

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Road Repairs Wanted

Western Champion · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 15

One of the letters placed before the Shire meeting on Monday last was couched in such, terms that a member of the Council suggested that it should…

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Daring Motor Climb. to Summit of Morgan's Look-out. Wangaratta

Western Champion · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 18

On Sunday Mr. K. Green, a visitor from Sydney, drove a single-seater Dodge motor-car to the top of Morgan's Look-out at Glenrowan. This…

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Bridge Over Lachlan

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 3

Just previous to the recent big meeting at Eugowra in connection with the proposed bridge across the Lachlan River, the following letter…

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