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

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

743 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 38

Parkes Aerodrome Site There's No Such Place. Chairman and Director Dieter

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

Messrs. N. M. McPhillamy and C. B. Humfrey were not present at the meeting of the Forbes P.P. Board on Monday, when the discussion took…

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Started Work The Main Roads Board (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

"The Main Roads Board will hold its first meting to-day, and commence the duty of collection of data immediately…

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Junee Railway Station Status Raised

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

Owing to the increase in the volume of work at the Junee railway station during the last year or two, the Railway Commissioners have…

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Local Motor Items

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 8

Mr. G. T. White, of The Big Garage, is installing a Bowser petrol device. Congratulations on this progressive step…

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Latest in Motor Cars Rollin for Service

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 8
Also in Cowra Free Press

The management of our organisation is very pleased with the manner in which the public has received the Rollin car since its introduction into…

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Motor Gossip Used Cars in U.s.a

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 8

It is estimated that about 3,000,000 cars go out of use and are scrapped every year in America. These figures are based on an average life of 6 years…

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Motor Cars Like Children’s Toys. Parents to Blame. (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

Mr. E. S. Twigg writes:— Young Australians have excellent energy and go, but there is a tendency to think they are capable of…

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Express Plunges Into River Sensational Railway Accident. Several Perish in Wreckage Bridge Swept Away by Cloudburst (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

Reuters, Capetown, March 22.—The Estcourt-Cape Natal express plunged into a river beyond Hart's Hill yesterday…

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Sensational Accident Waggon and Horses Fall. Over Bridge Approach. One Horse Killed

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon as Mr. Tom Watt was driving a team, the property of Mr. Hy. Bryant, to his Cudgelo property, a very serious…

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Old Couple Killed By Callous Motorists

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

Speeding, it is said, at between 40 and 50 miles an hour, a big motor car dashed into Mr. and Mrs. John Gurr, an elderly couple, in Parramatta…

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Latest in Motor Cars Rollin for Service

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:- The management of our organisation is very pleased with the manner…

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Latest Telegraphic Another Railway Fatality Eight Persons Killed Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

There was a terrible accident last night at the level crossing at Highett on the Mordialla line, when an electric train crashed into a motor car…

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Motor ’Bus Capsizes Cowra Cricketers’ Miraculous Escape

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

What might easily have proved a most serious accident occurred to a ’bus load of Cowra cricketers and supporters—fourteen in number—…

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Motor News and Notes History Making Ride Completed

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 1

On Saturday last, Arthur Grady, the young West Australian, arrived at Perth after circling Australia on a standard 21 h.p. Douglas motor…

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Cowra Car and Motor Cycle Club

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the above newly-formed Club was held in Messrs. Poignand and Murray’s rooms on Wednesday evening last. The attendance…

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Latest in Motor Cars Rollin for Service

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 8

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co. op. Co. writes: -- The Management of our Organisation is very pleased with the manner in which the…

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New South Wales Government Railways Excursions to Sydney. Saturday, April 4th, 1925

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 5

Excursion tickets at single fare for the double journey (minimum rates 8s 9d first-class and 5s 10d secondclass) will be issued at Condobolin to…

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Parkes Aerodrome Site

Western Champion · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 16

Messrs. N. M. McPhillamy and C. B. Humfrey were not present at the meeting of the Forbes P.P. Board on Monday (says the Forbes…

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Rollin Motor Wins Reliability Test. Astonishing Petrol Economy

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

THE Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes: The management of our organisation has been all along sanguine that the…

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