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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 4

This is one of the queer motor accidents of 1933. A motorist named Zucco stopped his car along a rural highway in the United States…

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Motor Notes Why Chassis Inspections Are Valuable

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 1

It is very easy to hurl advice at car owners and to make the comment that the chassis should be examined at regular intervals, but one fears that…

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Special Excursion Train

Western Champion · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 8

In connection with the extensive series of excursion trains arranged by the Railway Department during the Easter holiday period, of which…

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Excursion Train

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 3

The cheap excursion train from Weethalle left here on 27th and proved very popular. Many availed themselves of the opportunity of a cheap…

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Railway Excursions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 4

The railway excursion to Sydney on Tuesday last carried 103 persons who entrained at Wyalong Central. From Wednesday, March 28, until…

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Motor Notes Steering Troubles

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 1

Both owners of private cars and the users of commercial vehicles are often troubled and perplexed by steering troubles, commonest of which is…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 1

The first move in the great Road Safety Campaign in Great Britain has been launched by the Automobile Association. Millions of…

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Two Men Killed Victorian Railway Collision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 6

One man was killed outright and another died an hour later as the result of a head on collision between a small rail motor and a goods train,…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 1

The Safety Department of the N.R.M.A. is of the opinion that every motorist should be qualified to render first aid in an emergency, and in…

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In Pouring Rain World's Severest Motor Race Only 39 Finished (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 1

A cable from Rome states:—The world's severest automobile road race the Millc' Miglla, was run in pouring rain to-day, and accidents were…

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Motor Notes Strains on Steep Hills

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 1

It is always best to avoid as far as possible stopping and restarting the car on a steep gradient. Even when low gear is used as starting (and only…

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Motor Fatalities. Five a Week. Average in Victoria

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 4

Records kept by the Victorian Police Department disclose that motor accidents in Victoria have taken a toll of five lives a week on the average in…

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Shire Shocked. Talk of £8000 Bridge. with Gold Facings?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 2

At last Monday's meeting of the Burrangong Shire Council references were made to the recent request to the Minister for Labor and Industry…

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Miscellaneous Autumn School Vacation May 11-28. Railway Excursions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 2

Public Schools will close for the Autumn vacation on May 10, and so that teachers and parents may make their holiday arrangements well in…

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Motor Mishaps

Cowra Free Press · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 5

There were five motor mishaps at the week end. The first occurred to a party of Moronglaites returning from a dance at Bendick Murrell,…

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New Street Lighting Road to New Hospital

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

Bland Shire Council, West Wyalong has agreed to the request from the Board of Directors of the Wyalong and District Hospital, to have…

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£2,000 Grant Sought For Urgent Road Work

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

Cr. A. A. Wallace, referring to the very unsatisfactory and dangerous state of the Moomboodool-Tallimba road, stated that ratepayers had…

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Farmers Ingratitude Will Not Close Gates When Granted Use of Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

A letter was tabled at the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council West Wyalong, from Mr. H. O. Davies, of Tallimba, who asked that…

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Safe Blown at Railway Station Money and Pistol Stolen "Work of Experts" Says Sergt. Schumacher

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 1

About 3.50 a.m. on Sunday thieves entered the Central Wyalong railway station, and after packing the safe with sand a fuse…

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Motor Notes Carbon Formation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 1

No matter how efficient is engine design, deposits of carbon will invariably form in the combustion chambers of the cylinders. That is a natural…

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