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

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

1,241 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 63

A Page of Interest to Motorists Motor Notes Railway Bridges and Motor Traffic

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

Dr. t. Antill Pockley remarked at a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Council this week that the railway authorities appeared to he a law unto…

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Torrential Rains in Riverina Junee and Ganmain Flooded Railway Traffic Suspended Six Trucks Derailed by Collapsed' Culvert. (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

Torrential rains fell in Riverina last night. Washaways occurred in many places. The town of Ganmain is flooded. Railway traffic between Cootamundra and Wagga is suspended…

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Motor Notes an Unusual Magneto Trouble

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

Being very bothered by intermittent misfiring in a four cylinder engine recently, one owner, after much inquisition amongst the sparking…

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Deluge of Rain Six Inches at Ungarie Railway Traffic Suspended

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, rain has fallen locally at certain periods, but commencing late last night it has fallen almost…

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Hospitals and Motors N.R.M.A. President's Contradiction. Cars Not Filling Hospitals

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

REPLYING to the renewed suggestion that the motorists of New South Wales should be specially taxed for the upkeep of hospitals, the…

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Real Motor Service

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 6

It people would only study their health and make a serious effort to be well, doctors would have a hard job to make a living. The same with…

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"The Golden Road." Coming Thursday Next, 23rd

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

"The Golden Road" is something to be seen, something you have never seen before in the pictures ... now grave, now gay, with humor…

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Railway Travelling. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

An unprecented position with regard to railway transportations has been created through the extraordinary rains. The danger now extends to the…

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Gates on Roads Considering the Motorists

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 7

The Department of Local Government is communicating with Shire Councils directing attention to the serious inconvenience to motorists…

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On Wrong Train

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 7

Walter White was, at the Goulburn Police Court fined 20/ with 8/ costs and witnesses expenses £1 19s 7d, in default 14 days hard labor, for…

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City Works Bridge and Railway Over £8,000,000

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

Suggestions that Country Party influences in the Cabinet are resulting in city works being neglected are not borne out by figures in tho Public…

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Special Train Show Committee's Loss

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

At the annual general meeting of members of the West Wyalong Show Association on Saturday last, Mr. A. B. Grellman asked was the loss of £21…

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A Real "Ghost Train" It Passes—but Nobody Gets on or Off

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

The Broken Hill train is known in Parkes as the "Ghost Train." Repeated applications by Parkes people for permission to travel on the…

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What the Rain Has Done N.S.W. on the High Road to Prosperity

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

New South Wales is speeding on the highway of prosperity. If adverse conditions do not block the way in the next few months, the…

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10,000 DAMAGE 18 Miles of Railway Gone (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

Damage in the business section alone is estimated at £10,000. Over 18 miles of railway have been washed away between Dubbo and…

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WARATAHS v. RAILWAY

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

The following will represent the Waratahs aginst the Railway on Sunday next,, play to start at 1.30 p.m. on the ‘Talis ground: W. and J…

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The Ghost Train

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

The people of the Central West would appear to be in the same unhappy position where the railways are concerned, as the man who pays the piper but is allowed very little say in the calling of the tune…

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Motor Notes Hydrometer Readings

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 2

When current is taken from a battery, a certain part of the solution combines with the plates, leaving the solution weaker. When current is…

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"Ears Assaulted" by Noisy Motor Cycles. Young Man Fined at Forbes. Magistrate Comments on Motor Cycles

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

"Ninety per cent, of the motor cycles about the country to-day should not be allowed on the streets at all."…

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The Shire Roads

Western Champion · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 9

All over the Shire the roads suffered to a greater or lesser degree. The exact amount of the damage cannot be definitely assessed, as the condition of…

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