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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Motor Notes. Preparations for Re-Lacquering

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

When it is intended to re-lacquer a surface which has a nitro-celluose finish it is essential that if a wide area is to be treated it should be well…

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Special Train to Tumut

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

Mr. J. Henson, stationmaster, advises that a special train will leave Wyalong Central station on Sunday 3rd March, at about 6.30 a.m. for the…

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Killed by Train Fatality at Parkes the Inquest

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 9

At an inquiry into the death of John James McCarthy, 62, a miner, who was run over by a train at Parkes on February 12, an…

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Mr. E. A. Chapman Dead Ex-railway Union Secretary Ill for Some Time (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

The death is announced of Mr. E. A. Chapman, State, Secretary of the Australian Railways Union, aged 47 years…

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The Motor World News and Notes After License Suspension

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 5

What is a motorist to do who drives, his car to court and there has his licence suspended? A motorist in Bromley (England) faced with this…

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Motor-cycle Trial Australia's Principal Event B.S.A. Reliability

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 8

The imotor-cycle reliability trial that commenced in Sydney on January 26 was the greatest motorcycle trial lever held in Australia…

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Australia's Greatest Motor Cycle Trial. B.s.a. Reliability

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 4

The motor cycle reliability trial that commenced in Sydney on January 26 was the greatest motor cycle trial ever held in Australia. It…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

Silent zone regulations went by the board in the West End of London on New Year's night. On the stroke of the hour Piccadilly was a…

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Orange Motor Fatality Echo of the Kelly Case

Cowra Free Press · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

At the Orange Quarter Sessions last week Henry Radburn Luther (27) was arrainged on two separate charges of feloniously slaying…

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Tumut Swimming Carnival Champion Swimmers and Divers to Compete Special Train Arrangements

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 1

The Tumut Swimming Club are to hold a gala day on their picturesque pool on Sunday March 3rd. The visitors include Arlbur O'Connor…

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Motor Notes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 1

Regular Firing and the Spark Plugs. Lack of uniformity in the spark plugs of an engine can sometimes quite upset the sweet running of an…

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Motoring Notes Supplied by the R.A.C.A.

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 5

COASTING. Although it is permissible in many favorable circumstances to coast downhill in neutral drivers should always remember…

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BEAUTIFICATION Parkes Road Scheme to Cost £300 Vetoed by Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

A proposal that £300 should be spent on the beautification of the Parkes Road between the railway gates and the crown of…

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Trams Collide One Man Killed Six Persons Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

When two trams collided near Sydney University this morning, James Baxendale, aged 48, teacher of English at Fort Street High…

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Railway Deficit Big Reduction Mr. Hartigan's Forecast Union Criticism Deplored

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 8

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan), at the official luncheon of the Junee railway jubilee, said be thought that at the end of…

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Caution on Newly Surfaced Roads

Cowra Free Press · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 7

The (R.A.C.A. warns motorists that wherever a road has been recently re-surfaced and is covered with a layer of loose grave] or screenings…

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Fettler Killed Run Down by Train Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 1

Thomas Bailey, aged 32 years, a fettler, was killed instantly when he was run down by a north bound goods train, between Rappville and…

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Shocking Death on Switchback Railway Youth Falls From Car MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 1

Marley Dyer, aged 21 years of Elwood, was killed when he fell from the Big Dipper in Luna Park last night while the carriage was passing…

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The River Road

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 3

Time was when the South River Road between Forbes and Condobolin, carried a continuous stream of traffic Cobar, Nymagee and Mount Hope…

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Travelling Stock Road or Stock Route. Interesting Court Case. Dawson versus EDGAR

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 5

At the Condobolin Police Court last Wednesday, before the Police Magistrate, Mr. M. J. Ryan, a case of considerable local interest was heard…

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