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

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

1,357 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 18 of 68

Motor Cycle Show

Western Champion · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 3

The Motor Cycle Show which was held last week in the Melbourne Town Hall was the first exhibition of its kind held in Australia. Except…

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Motoring & Cycling Notes Safety in Tyres

Western Champion · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 3

It has often been assumed that the smaller the area of contact—of a motor tyre on a greasly road—the better the chance of the tyre to get…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Western Champion · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 10

The United States offers an insignificant field for anything but American cars. During 1928 American motor vehicle exports numbered…

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Endorsing a Motorist's License

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. is inquiring into a complaint by a, member, that his license was recently endorsed by a police constable without any…

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Wyalong-wamboyne Railway Rate of Construction

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 4

In a report to the Hon. E. A. Buttonshaw, Minister for Works and Rail ways, the Railway Commissioners stale that good progress has been…

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Motor Notes Renewing Worn Brake Gear

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 2

After a car has seen considerable service it is sometimes found that the corners of the brake expanding cams and parts of the shoes which…

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Motorists Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

At Forbes Court yesterday James McKenna was fined 10 for cutting a corner whilst driving a motor vehicle…

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Three Men Injured Struck by Motor Driver Fined £15

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 1

Thos. Murray McVeish, a young man, who was involved in a car smash in Rankin Street on March 5, when three people were…

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The Winding Road

Western Champion · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 17

My tired feet are brown and bare. But oh, my heart is free; And as I follow down the road That runs towards the sea…

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Wamboyne-bogan Gate Railway

Western Champion · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 11

Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., and the secretary of the Railway Sectional Committee of the Chamber of Com merce (Mr. J. E. Russell)…

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Railway Men Angry With Reps. in Parlt. (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 1

The Victorian Railway Union is angry over the action of 12 retiring members of the Legislative Assembly in voting in caucus last year to reduce…

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New Motor Cycle Record

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 1
Also in Cowra Free Press

Leaving Sydney at 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, W. Owsley, on his motorcycle, arrived in Melbourne at 6.41 the same evening, thus creating a new…

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A Page of Interest to Motorists Missing Spark Plugs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 8

When your engine misses, determine first of all whether the misses steady or irregular. An irregular miss had best be left for an expert to find…

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Hints for the Motorist Why the Air Vent

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 8

Few motorists understand why a breathing or air vent is provided in motor engine crankcases. The reason is that if no provision were made for…

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Two Deputations Wait on Railway Commissioners

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 2

A deputation from various public bodies of the town, the Municipal and Shire Councils, P. and S. Assn. and P. A. and H. Assn., waited on the…

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Motor Cycle Hits Lorry Rider Seriously Injured

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 9

On Wednesday evening a nasty accident occurred in Redfern street, when a young man named William Thoms (20), who was riding a motor…

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Cowra Railwaymen Hold Annual Social

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 5

The annual social of the Cowra branch of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Institute was held in the Masonic Hall on Monday last…

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Broken Glass on Roads

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 4

The activity of the police in prosecuting drivers of vehicles and others who deliverately or negligently allow glass to be scattered on…

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Difficult Road Detours

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. enters a strong protest against the closing of important traffic thoroughfares before fully trafficable sidetracks and detours are…

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