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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 16 of 37

Special Trains. Red Tape Methods. Cruelling Railways

Western Champion · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 5

The, co-partners—Government control and red tape—are becoming more intolerable from year to year. Now, it would appear (says the…

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Winter Time-table District Railways

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 1

The winter time-table of the Railway Department came into operation on Sunday last, 31st May. Attention is directed to the advertisement. In this…

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Motor Notes Making a success of Driving Instruction

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 6

There is just as much art in teaching another person to drive as in the original acquirement of personal proficiency, and just as many a…

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MOTOR V. TRAIN. Co-ordination Essential

Western Champion · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 2

The inevitable outcome of all efforts to stem, the huge definits of the Australian Railways by bringing further regulations and…

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N.s.w. Motors and Railways

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 1

"One of the reasons given by the Premier (Mr. Lang) in justification of the sweeping provisions of the new Transport Bill," said the secretary of…

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Special Train From Eugowra Cut Out

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 5

On the motion of Messrs. O’Neil and Freebairn, it was decided not to run a special train from Eugowra this year, but the others will be run…

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Bridge Fatality 15 KILLED, 12 INJURED When Suspension Collapsed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

A cable from Bordeaux states that 15 were killed and 12 injured when a new suspension bridge collapsed…

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Cowra Road Fatality Inquest Into the Death of Edward Owen Evans “Not in Fit State to Drive Car.”

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 3

Evidence that Edward Owen Evans, who was killed in a car smash on the Cowra road on April 9th was not in a fit condition at the time to drive a car was given at the Inquest conducted on Saturday last, by the District Coroner, Mr. G. S…

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Ungarie Railway League

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 7

A meeting the above body was held in Mr. A. P. Gillett's Deport on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of deciding what was to the done…

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Riverino Roads

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 10

Riverina shire and municipal councils are complaining, that owing to the extraordinary rains over recent months, the roads in many places…

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The Railways. Graziers' Resolutions. Deputation to Mr. Cleary

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 1

Resolutions passed by the recent annual conference of the Graziers' Association were submitted by a deputatipn from the executive…

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Lad's Long Tramp

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 1

Camped in the saleyards in Orange at present (says the "Leader") is a young man just about out of his teens, who has had a bitter…

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Motor Spirit. Birds Warning

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

Giving evidence in opposition to an application by the Vacuum Oil Co., Pty., Ltd., for an excise duty on "cracked" motor spirit of 3d, and for…

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Motor and Cycling Notes Patching Long Slits in Inner Tubes

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 9

If a patch is applied to a long slit in a tube in the usual manner the slit will have a tendency to lengthen beyond the patch and the tube will…

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Motor Fatality

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 4

At the inquest at Young last week into the death of Evan Owen Evans who was killed when driving a baby Austin car on the Cowra Road, re…

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Mirrool Creek Bridge Wanted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 2

A big public meeting at Ardlethan decided to urge that a bridge be erected over Mirroof Creek. Repeated flooding has made the position serious, and…

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Strike Threat At Railway Works Protest Against Bonus System (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 1

Threats of a strike were made by railway, men at a meeting at Chullora railway works yesterday to protest against the proposal of the…

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60 Miles an Hour Express Trams' Speed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 1

Under the winter time table, express trains between Albury and Junee are permitted to run at 60 miles an hour. This week this speed was maintained…

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Support for Railways Action of Employees

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 2

A gathering representing all branches of the railway service at Mudgee Railway Protection League, its objects being to bring all…

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Motor Notes Influence of Air Cleaners on Carburetion

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 6

Where the use of an air cleaner on the carburettor intake is discontinued or one is fitted for the first time, there may be in either case a pronounced…

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