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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 6 of 37

By Car Instead of Train. Parliamentary Humor

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 2

From the official record:-Mr. Drummond: Has the attention of the Premier, in his capacity as Minister for Railways, been drawn…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 5

The menace of projecting loads on the running boards of motor cars has been fully illustrated during recent weeks, when a number of…

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Preventing Motor Accidents. Free Booklet Tells You How

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 5

The Vacuum Oil Company has just issued an interesting 64-page profusely illustrated booklet called "Modern Motoring," an important…

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Tax All Services To Protect Railways (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

The Premiers of Tasmania and Victoria have expressed approval of a proposal to tax all commercial services which are competing with the…

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The Tractor Causes Over-Production "Away With Motors" Correspondence (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

Sir,--Please allow me space in your esteemed journal to express my humble views on this "depression," and the road leading out of this "valley…

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Preventing Motor Accidents

Cowra Free Press · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

The Vacuum Oil Co. has just issued an interesting 64-page profusely illustrated booklet called “Modern Motoring,” an important…

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EXPERIMENTS. Road Construction. Work by Main Roads Board

Western Champion · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 9

Mr. H. Baker, Divisional Engineer, Main Roads Board, Parkes, interviewed by a "Champion" representative as to what Steps. were being taken…

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Motor Collision. Seven Persons Injured

Western Champion · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 3

Five police patrolmen and two civilians were injured, two seriously, when a police wireless patrol oar collided with, a sedan motor car at the…

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TRESPASS. Railway Truck. Moved Too Late

Western Champion · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 6

Yesterday William, Darlington and Hubert Alwyn Luckman were found by the police in a truck in the Parkes railway yard. The…

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Motor Accident

Western Champion · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 6

Shortly after 6 on saturday evenwith other children in Lower Clarinda ing a itte boy, named Horace Green, 4 years of age, who had been paying…

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Motor and Cycling Notes Protecting the Paintwork

Western Champion · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

The sharp corner at the bottom edge of the bonnet can easly cause a great deal of damage to the adjacent paintwork if the bonnet is handled…

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Fatal Accident. At Railway Crossing. Broken Hill Express

Western Champion · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 8

Mr. Francis Coyte, 31, one of the best-known members of the Borenore community (says Friday's "Leader"), was killed yesterday afternoon, When…

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Motor Notes Women as Drivers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 1

Nerve, presence of mind, Judgment, consideration for others, and a Knowledge of the engine one is handling-- these are the essentials of good…

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Railway Freight Rates for Store Stock

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

We herewith reprint a circular letter, received from the Municipal Council, Goulburn, which was read at last Thursday's meeting of the P.P. Board:…

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Fatal Motor Accident Near Coolac

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 2

A motor car struck the Money Money bridge, a couple of miles on the Cootamundra side of Coolac, crashed through the railing, and fell into the…

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General News Tramp's Trick on Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 4

As a locomotive running between Wagga and Junee was approaching an incline the engine failed to grip the rails. Knowing that he had a…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. says that of the 87,538 new motor cars registered in the four principal States of the Commonwealth during 1930, 16.1 per cent…

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ATTACKED. Tram Conductor. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 1

While working on a train between Waverley and Bondi last night the conductor, E. J. Beach, was brutally attacked by two men…

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Motor and Cycling Notes Keep Records of Despatch Service

Western Champion · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 9

Whether a man is the owner of one commercial motor vehicle only, or of several hundred, it is of the greatest importance to his interests that full…

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Bridge Crossed Works Minister First Over

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 2

The first man to walk across the Harbor Bridge on the road level was the Minister tor Works, Mr. Davidson…

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