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

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

1,233 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 62

Big Road Work

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

The longest length of work yet let by the Main Roads Board in one contract, says the N.R.M.A., is for the formation and draining of over…

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Train Services. Sydney-Forbes

Western Champion · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Leave Sydney daily (Saturdays excepted) 8.25 p.m. Arrive Parkes 7.4[?] a.m.; depart Parkes 8.5 a.m. Arrive Forbes 9 am…

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Western Road to Penrith

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Motorists will be interested to learn, says the N.R.M.A., that the dangerously bad state of the main western road through Penrith is…

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The Man on the Road

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department appeals to motorists to abstain from doing any of the following discourteous and most illegal things:…

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Train-car Collision. Three Persons Killed. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 9

Three persons were killed and four injured in a collision at, Wivenhoe railway station, Tasmania, between a motor car and a train…

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Record Motor Trip

Western Champion · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

A remarkable motor trip was registered last week-end by Mr, P. Donnelly, who left Sydney at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday and reached Bourke at 2.28…

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Touring Motorists

Western Champion · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Fired at by Bedouins in the French Syrian desert, and a narrow escape from being thrown into prison in Turkey, are some of the experiences…

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Gin Drives Motor Car

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

"The early bird catches the early worm," says the Narromine "News." Lately the "News" proprietor has been creeping into his editorial den…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. says that the condition of the Great Western Highway between Sydney and Bathurst is now very considerably improved…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. State Highwayys

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. announces that interesting figures have been made available by the Main Roads Board relative to the mileage of roads in…

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The Bridge Builder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 11

An old man going a lone highway Came at the evening cold and gray, to a chasm vast and peed and wide. The old man crossed in the Ovilight…

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Sensational Motor Accident Car Falls Over Darby’s Falls Bridge Into Lachlan.one Man Rather Badly Injured

Cowra Free Press · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

Three Cowraites employed at Wyangala had a startling experience yesterday morning about 5.30, which they are not likely to forget in a…

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Payten's Bridge P. and C. Assn. Meets School Equipment

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

There was a large and representative attendance at the second meeting of the Payten's Bridge Branch of the Parents and…

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Baby Killed Several Persons Injured Orange Road Crash

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

John Allan Appleby, aged four months, was killed and several persons were injured as the result of a car crashing into a culvert…

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Famous Trains Long Non-stop Runs Giants of the Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

The British Empire contains some of the most famous express trains in the world, and a matter of 300 to 400 miles non-stop is…

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2626 MOTORS Stolen Last Year Majority Recovered (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

During last year 2626 motor vehicles were stolen in various parts of New South Wales, but with cornparatively few exceptions all were…

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Motor Notes Changing Handds

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 8

For the motorist who dislikes wearing gloves while working about his car, it is suggested that he rub cup grease thoroughly into the pores of…

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A "Real" Tramp Incident at Coolamon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 8

The "dinky-di' tramp who is up agains it for a 'hand out' in this district, says our Coolamon contemporary, has been eclipsed by a visitor to…

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In the Motor World Value of Oil Decides Nations' Supremacy Empire's Position (No. 1)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

"It is even probable that the supremacy of nations may be determined by the possession of available petroleum and its…

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