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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Year's Motoring in 14 Days

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 7

English De Luxe Ford averages 30 miles per hour and 39.97 miles per gallon. Battling at times against a south easterly gale which reached…

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Motor Breach Allowed Brother to Drive His Lorry Without Being Licensed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 3

Two brothers, George Norman and James Rankmore. were before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday,…

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Motor Smash Grazier and Wife Seriously Injured

Cowra Free Press · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 6

A very serious motor accident happened on the Blayney-Carcoar road on Wednesday, as the result of which one of the victims is in a…

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Committed for Trial Alleged Robbery at Railway Hotel

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 8

John Walsh (23) was charged that on the 6th August, 1935, at Condobolin, he did break and enter the house of Samuel Frederick Doyle and steal…

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Motor Notes Gradual Increase in M.P.H.

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 8

In attempting to diagnose the causes of unsatisfactory petrol mileage it is a mistage always to action the assumption that the carburettor is the…

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The Out-of-petrol Motorist

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 5

With perspiring face and shortness of breath, the wealthy motorist entered the petrol-filling station, only to find, that the sole attendant was a…

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Contract Bridge

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 8

In concluding the article last week, reference was made to the value, of the “approach system” by which information can be…

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Road Safety

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 9

So that children may know what to do in an emergency, accidents are created by means of models at Springfield school, Cheshire, England…

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Road Race Sunday Next

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 4

Another road race will be staged on Sunday next September 1st. Riders will assemble at Edwards garage in time to start at 10.30 a.m…

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Road to Kanangra Walls

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 3

That the conditioning of 18 miles of road from the Jenolan Caves-Bathurst road to Kanangra Walls would open up some of the finest mountain…

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FOOTBALL Forbes Visit to Dubbo Special Train

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 10

The tit-bit for football fans this week-end is the visit of the Forbes team (champions of Group XI.) to Dubbo (holders of the Johnny…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Stealing Case Road Mail Boxes Rifled by Drover QUANDIALLA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 6

At the Quandialla Police Court, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., John Wales, 31, drover of Young, pleaded guilty to a charge of having on…

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Motor Breaches Drove Unregistered Lorry Relief Worker Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 9

Aubrey Hunt, a young man, pleaded guilty at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday to a charge of driving an unregistered motor…

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FINED For Railway Offence QUANDIALLA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 6

On a charge at the Quandialla Police Court of travelling in a railway carriage from Auburn to Quandialla without previously paying his fare,…

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Your Car Hints For The Motorist For Better Results

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 9

Everyone who runs a motor car it keen to get a good petrol consumption and is delighted if he can improve it from 20 to 22 miles…

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World Motor Car Production

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 9

An increase of over 90 per cent. in the production of motor cars and motor lorries in the past two years is reported by the League of Nations…

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Motor Bandit Robs Motorists of Millions Startling Story of Stealthy Crime

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 9

A thrilling arrest, which will bring reassurance to the minds of motorists throughout Australia, has at last been effected. The Texas Company reports that, through the agency of its special Anti-Friction Squad, the notorious motor wrecker, FRICTION, is now…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 4

An attempt is being made by the League of Nations permanent committee on road traffic to secure inter-national uniformity on a number of…

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Train Collision Railway Guard Dies (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states that Guard Thomas Middlen, who was injured in jumping from a train after a collision at Seymour Railway…

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Arthur North Wins Big Road Race Girl Rider Competes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 1

The West Wyalong Cyclists staged another, big road race on Sunday morning last and a great race resulted. The winner was…

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