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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Motor Notes Plain Facts about "Doped" Fuels

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 6

From time to time many contraversial statements are made as to the possible benefit or harm which might result from the use of perol blended…

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Another Cheap Train

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 3

Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable to travel…

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Another Cheap Train. at Single Fare for the Double Journey

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable to…

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Mail Train Delayed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

Heavy rain, registering a total of 175 points, caused a washaway on the railway between Ariah Park and Quandary, causing the Barellan mail…

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Another Cheap Train

Western Champion · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 14

Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable to travel…

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Special Train To Lake Cargelligo

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

The special train to Lake Cargelligo departs from Wyalong Central at 8.30 a.m. and leaves Lake Cargelligo at 8 p.m. The Cricket Association are…

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Another Cheap Train At Single Fare for the Double Journey

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves. unable to travel…

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Burglars at Weethalle Railway Station Entered

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

The Railway Station at Weethalle was broken into on Wednesday. Entrance was gained by forcing a window. The till had been rilled but it…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. draws attention to an unusual form of danger which occasionally occurs at railway level crossings at night. A member wrote…

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Three Killed Tragedy at Gundagai. Motor Coach Crashes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 2

One of the worst accidents of its kind in N.S.W. occurred near Gundagai on Thursday, when a big tourist coach capsized after the axle…

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Daring Burglary Hunters’ Boot Store Broken Into. Safe Removed Bodily and Taken Away in Motor Lorry. Between £30 and £40 in Cash and Cheques Missing

Cowra Free Press · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

At the week end Hunters’ Boot Store, which is situated right in the heart of Cowra, was the scene of a particularly daring…

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Special Train To Lake Cargelligo 368 People Patronise

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

The special train from West Wyalong to Lake Cargelllgo on Sunday last was well patronised. Forty-two persons joined the train at Wyalong…

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Another Cheap Train At Single Fare for the Double Journey

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 3

Anxious to make clen excuration travel facli[?]ties avali[?] to far distant country [?] who may have found themselves unabled to travel…

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Motor Notes Position of Car Trade

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 1

The position of the motor trade to-day in many parts of Australia is anomalous in that despite a timely placing of overseas orders the shortage of…

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Shire Works Main Roads Program[?] Engineer's [?] [?] Booth) [?] the different [?] the past month

Western Champion · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

At read:— [?]Sweeney is one the Old Grenfell Road assisting McKeowen in the construction of causeways…

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Girl Jumps From Train at 40 Miles Per Hour Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

While an electric train wag passing through Carlton Railwiay Station at nearly 40 miles ah hour Elsie Short aged 11 years, jumped from the open…

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Dangerous Bridge Approach

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

The state of the approaches to the bridge over Erina Creek, oil the main road from Gosford to Terrigal, has caused several motorists to…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

The Department of Education has notified the N.R.M.A. that approval has been given for senior officers of the police force to lecture to…

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Motorists' Week

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

The date for "Motorists' Week" throughout Australia, as a protest against the excessive petrol taxation, has been fixed at from March 9th to…

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Special Train From Lake Cargelligo Alteration of Time

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 1

Mr. E. A. Wilder, Secretary of the West Wyalong Cycle and Athletic Club has asked us to state that owing to cerain. unforseen…

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