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

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

734 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 37

General News Sydney Motor Service

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 2

In to-day's issue appears advt. re Mr. Keegan's Grenfell-Cowra-Sydney car service. A seven-seater Cadillac Sedan leaves Grenfell 7 a.m. on…

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Fire on Train 41 KILLED 41 Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

A cable from Cairo states that 41 persons were killed and 41 injured in the worst disaster yet experienced on the Eqyptian…

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Bridge Abandon It for Your Country’s Sake. Mrs. Lyons’ Strong Appeal at Feminist Club

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

THERE is nothing of the ranting urger for Women’s rights about Mrs. J. A. Lyons. When she spoke to the…

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World Speed Record British Motor Car

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

London.—At Monthery; driving a Singer super-six ear, Mr. P. Brewster made a world record for 16 h.p. cars, covering 3026 miles. at an average of…

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Motorists' Amazing Escape

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

Goulburn—Messrs H. Stephens, S. Stephens, E. Grant, W. Conley L. Wanless and F. Wicks had an amazing escape when their car overturned on…

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Tobacco Stolen. Missing From Goods Train

Western Champion · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 4

On the arrival of the mixed train from Orange to Peak Hill, at Peak Hill, on Wednesday morning, it was discovered that one of the trucks had…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the R.R.M.A.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 4

The N.R.M.A's. long standing suspicion that the Australian motorist has been and still is paying an unfairly high price for his petrol is fully…

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Motor and Cycling Notes When the Bendix Self Starter Jams

Western Champion · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 9

It is seldom that the self starter gives trouble save when the battery has become almost exhausted, but there are a few mechanical ills to…

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Official Replies. Railway Commissioners Answer Farmers' Requests

Western Champion · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 8

At the last Farmers and Settlers' Conference numerous resolutions were passed urging the Railway Department to grant concessions in…

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Train Fired at Mr. Bavin a Passenger (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 1

A bullet fired from some firearm, struck the train in which the leader of the Nationalist Party, Mr. Bavin, was travelling from Bowral to…

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Farmers' Requests Railway Commissioners' Replies

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

At the last Famers and Settlers' Conference numerous resolutions were passed urging the Railway Department to grant concessions in…

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Grazier Sued Fatal Motor Accident Verdicts for £1874

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

In the Narrabri Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Davidson, and a jury of four, the bearing was concluded in the cases in which Mrs. Christina…

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Overland From Adelaide a Motor Trip of Over 800 Miles. Some Interesting Impressions by a New Cowra Resident

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

The following interesting impressions with regard to South Australia, and the country passed through during a recent…

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Motor Notes Adulterated Fuel And the Petrol Question

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 6

The matter of the sale of adulterated petrol to motorists and the price of feul generally are questions of such widespread and immediate importance…

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Train Scalers Haul at Parkes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 3

Warned by the guard that a number of men who had "jumped the rattler" were aboard, police met at Parkes a train from Forbes. Some of the men…

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£5,000,000 Expected Railway Deficit (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

Mr. Chapman, President of the Australian Railways Union, severely criticised the result of Mr. Cleary's administration…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. is urging the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate all the operations of all the petrol undertakings…

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Motor and Cycling Notes Manl Petrol Gauges Are Erratic

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 9

At a recent aircraft inquiry it was stated by one expert witness that pilots were reluctant to depend upon the petrol gauges of their 'planes and…

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Cricket Sheedy Cup. Grand Final Match. KIA-ORA V. RAILWAY

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 10

The grand final for the Sheedy Cup, between Kia-Ora and Railway, was concluded on Woodward Park yesterday, and ended in a…

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CARDS. Cribbage Chats. Railway Rout Broadway

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 7

The friends of Charlie Faull will be sorry to hear that he has been laid up by the 'flu, Charlie was busy at the time in organising a Cribbage…

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