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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

592 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 30

Motor Act Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

Mr. H. B. C. Evans appeared for John Leslie Peasley at the local Police Court last Tuesday in a Motor Act case in which Peasley was charged…

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More Went Motoring This Xmas

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

The patrol department of the N.R.M.A. reports that the Association's road service figures for the month of December were the highest on…

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Visit to Forbes Of Railways Commissioner Complaints to be Aired Council Discussion

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 9

When the Railways Commissioner, Mr. J. T. Hartigan, arrives in Forbes on February 11, on the second day out from Sydney on…

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Railway Trespassers Hold Up the Departure of a Train. One Man Gives Constable Sams a Run for It

Cowra Free Press · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 7

Charged with having trespassed on the Railway premises at Cowra four young men named Harold Littler (18), George…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Yass to Tumut Via Wee Jasper

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 4

An officer of the N.R.M.A., who recently travelled over the direct route from Yass to Tumut by way of Wee Jasper, reports that the road is…

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Motor Cycle Invasion of Cowra on Sunday Next

Cowra Free Press · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

Cowra is to be the scene of an invasion next Sunday, an invasion by a small but highly efficient mechanised army. It’s mission, however, is…

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Motor Transport Interstate Boundaries (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

According to Mr. Menzies, Federal Attorney General, one matter to be discussed at the forthcoming Premiers' conference is the question of…

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Bike Road Race

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 2

About 300 people witnessed the start of the cycling season on Sunday morning when 17 riders faced the starter in the six miles road race for…

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Motor Notes Oil Leakage from Top of Gear Box

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

In cars having a ball and socket gear change lever there is sometimes a seepage of oil from the turret at the base of the gear lever, and such…

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Visiting Motorists to Tasmania

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 3

Some motorists are under a misapprehension that the 50 per cent. reduction in freight on the return journey from Tasmania to the…

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Motor Notes Correct Signalling

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 8

Many accident are narrowly averted in the metropolitan area each day through the care[?]es or indistinct signalling of drivers of motor…

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Motor Notes Expired Driving Licenses

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 3

It is not generally known by motorists that they must return their expired driving licenses to the Department of Road Transport if they…

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Yesterday's Excursion Train

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

In addition to a large number of ordinary passengers, 31 first-class and 65 second class excursion tickets were issued at Forbes yesterday for…

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Relief Sought Camp Street Bridge Debt Council Cites Point

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

When a letter from the Department of Main Roads was read at the last meeting of the Forbes Municipal Council, pointing out…

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Fell in Front of Train Man Shockingly Mutilated (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

George Thomas Barry, aged 50, fell in front of a steam train at the Granville railway stat[?]on last night, and was shockingly…

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The Shooting of E. Hackett Quarry Hill Road Incident Victim's Story of Attack Gannon Committed for Trial Bail Fixed at £100

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

ERNEST JAMES HACKETT, a returned soldier, one of the central figures in the shooting case at Quarry Hill Road, Forbes, on January 10, gave a graphic story of the occurrence at the Police Court yesterday, when Edward Harold Gannon,…

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Motor Trip With Snake

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 4

ARIAH PARK.—When coming to town with his two sons, Mr. T. Murdoch saw a snake cross the road, and stopped the car to kill it…

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Motor Insurances Third Party Risk

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 7

Failure by interested parties to agree to the exact form of the compulsory third party insurance on motor vehicles in New South Wales has…

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Local Apathy In Public Matters Visit of Railway Commissioner

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

The attitude of the public mind to questions of local moment was again strikingly demonstrated at the meeting called by the Forbes…

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QUANDIALLA F. & S.A. Deputation to Railway Commissioners QUANDIALLA, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 4

At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Messrs. N. Conn and D. Kelly were selected as delegates, in conjunction with two…

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