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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Cheap Train After the Harvest

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 2

Realising that many people would have been unable to take advantage of the cheap railway travelling facilities provided during the regular…

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Gate on Forbes-Condobolin Road (To the Editor.)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 2

Sir, -- In your issue of the 21st is an article setting out the alleged facts in connection with the application of the Forbes P. P. Board to the the Lachlan…

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Cheap Train After the Harvest

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

Realising that many people would have been unable to take advantage af the cheap railway travelling facilities provided during the regular…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

On April 1, 1933, an important change will be made in the French rule of the road, thus putting an end to the uncertainty existing at the…

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Visiting Aeroplane

Western Champion · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 11

Captain Folette, in a Moth 'plane, reached Parkes aerodrome shortly after 12 on Wednesday, with Mr. J. Williams, "Daily Telegraph"…

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Cheap Train After the Harvest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Realising that many people, would have been unable to take advantage of the Cheap Railway travelling facilities provided during the…

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Blazing Motor Car

Western Champion · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

Mr. C. J. Camroux, a director of the Australian Imperial Shale Oil Co., at Wollar, is an inmate of a Mudgee private hospital, suffering…

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Man Killed. Motor Accident. ORANGE

Western Champion · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 16

The secoud motoring fatality in the district since the New Year occurred early yesterday morning, when Frank Mannix, aged 36, was killed on the…

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Breach of Motor Act

Western Champion · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 10

Sergeant Ferris stated at the Police Court on Wednesday that a number of men were carting wheat in unregistered lorries, hoping to make sufficient…

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Railway Dismissals (By Wibe) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

Mr W. Skeyton, the Federal secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, says that the State Government's decision to dismiss about 2000…

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One Killed Another Critically Injured Two Others Escape Motor Fatalty Near Orange, Driver Arrested. Orange

Cowra Free Press · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

Francis Mannix (36) a well known resident of Orange, died on the roadside in the early hours of this morning, following severe injuries…

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200 New Trams Tender for £211,000 Accepted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

The Commissioner for Tramways (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) announced last week that the tender of the Clyde Engineering Co., Ltd., for the…

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Motor Fatality Charge of Manslaughter

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

A motor car fatality occurred on Thursday morning on the Bathurst Road, between Orange and Lucknow. A touring car, driven by Mr. Joseph…

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Shire Councillors “Slated” Koorawatha Woman’s Sarcasm. Closing of Old Bridge

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

A letter was read at the Burrangong Shire Council meeting this week from Nurse Preston, of Koorawatha, objecting to the closing of the old…

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Exciting Mishap Lady Howse in Sensational Motor Accident

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 6

Lady Howse, wife of the late Sir Neville Howse, who has motoring from Melbourne to Orange on Thursday accompanied by her son, John…

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To Railwaymen Commissioner’s Message

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

In the course of a message which is just now being sent to every railwayman in the State, Mr. J. Hartigan, Commissioner…

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Suspension Bridge Repairs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 5

In a report to the Forbes Council last night, the overseer of works stated that, repairs to the suspension bridge had been carried out by the…

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A Denial Local Men Employed On Bridge Painting Work

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 5

In a letter from the Department of Transport, read at the monthly meeting of Forbes Council last night, the statement by…

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Travel Deluxe. Trundle's Train was Crowded Out. TRUNDLE

Western Champion · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 6

With the thermometer at 110 in the shade and hot winds blowing an excursion train left Trundle to-day with one carriage for 99 adults and 17…

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Open Finding Molong Road Fire. Coroner's Inquiry Held

Western Champion · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 20

On December 6th, last, a cottage on Mr Leith Barber's property, on the Molong Road, was completely destroyed by fire a couple of days after the last tenant had left, to take his sick child to Sydney for treatment…

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