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

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

1,010 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 51

Gunning Gap. Good Roads

Western Champion · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 13

"Bad roads" have been for so long, and with such good reason, the theme of discussion everywhere that it has become a positive habit Mile after…

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Landing Mishap Aeroplane Damaged

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

One wheel of the air mail plane collapsed when landing at Cootamundra on Tuesday evening, and the propeller and under carriage were…

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Better Farming a Train of Knowledge

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture has issued a booklet describing the objects and the contents of the Better Farming Train which will tour the…

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Feeler From N.S.W Fed. Roads Agreement Will Lang Sign?

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

Is the Lang Government nw desirous of participating in the advantages of the Federal Aid Roads Act? That this is the case is suggested…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Gunning Gap Good Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 11

"Bad roads" have been for so long, and with such good reason, the theme of discussion everywhere, that it has become a positive habit. Mile after…

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Thomas Killed Motor Racing Fatality At 170 M.P.H. (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 1

The world famoust racing motorist, Thomas, was killed in attempting to break the world's record on Pendine sands…

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PROGRESSING Ungarie-Naradhan Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 12

The earthworks on the new Ungarie Naradhan railway line are now as far as Hannon, six imlles from Naradhan…

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Bush Fire Menace F. & S. District Council's Views. Railways Blamed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 1

At the meeting of the District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, on Tuesday, the question of supplying…

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A Page of Interest to Motorists Motor Notes a Good Way of Carrying Tools

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 10

The locker at the rear of a singleseater car usually presents an appearance of chaos, everything being dropped in haphazard, so that when, for…

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Motor News and Notes C.w. Oil Moderation

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 10

Although every motorist fully recognises the necessity for keeping oil in the engine, there are comparatively few who realise the evils…

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The Staff the Railway Magazine

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 7

What break-of-gauge represents in extra handling of merchandise is emphasised in the current issue of “The Staff, the railway and tramway…

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From Moving Train Driver's Serious Fall

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

H. Johnson, an engine driver, while taking a train from Dubbo to Binnaway on Friday night, fell from the footplate when near Barbigal. He was…

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Day Labor Main Roads Board Baddeley's Assurance. (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

Mr. Baddeley in reply to Mr. Gosling, said he had already taken up the question of day labor as against contracts with the Main Roads Board…

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Fettler Killed Run Down by Train. (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

Two railway fettlers named Baird and Gibson were run down by a special stock train while proceeding from Girargambone on a railway tricycle…

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Motor Notes on Oil Moderation

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 4

Although every motorist fully recognises the necessity for keeping oil in the engine, there are comparatively few who realise the evils which…

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Railway Board Bill for Reconstitution (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Works and Railways introduced a Bill providing for the reconstitution of the Railway Board…

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Motor Notes Wasted Revolutions

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 8

Although it is not literally correct, perhaps not even approximately right, to say so, it is not at all a bad plan to consider that each part of an…

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Roads for Motors

Western Champion · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 19

Mr. David Kelly's article on the above subject, which appeared in a recent issue has attracted considerable attention. Our Bumbury…

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Local and General Motor Train Held Up

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 5

The motor train for Narromine, which left Cootamundra recently, broke down at Stockinbingal, and an engine had to be hurriedly made up…

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Keeping the Roads Clear

Western Champion · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 11

The motorist who finds himself in difficulties because his tyre has come in contact with an upturned tack (another case of being on the right tack…

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