Contract Bridge Article No. 20. Playing the Hand
Readers will be well aware of the vital necessity of examination of “dummy” before proceeding to the attack, and thus ascertaining…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
636 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 32
Broke in Two Forbes Mail Train. Serious Rail Accident. Forbes
When a heavily laden petrol waggon attached to the Forbes mail train left the line at Daroobalgie, near Forbes, this morning, the train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loose Gravel Is a Serious Road Menace. Coronial and Medical Com-ments at Lithgow Inquest
Within a week (says Lithgoe “Mercury”) loose gravel and sand caused two fatal accidents in the Lithgow district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accident Car Turns Over. Occupants Uninjured
Mr. E. Harris, of West Wyalong, accompanied by Messrs. E. Rushton and N. Bell, left West Wyalong by car for Sydney on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Children Have Narrow Escapes in Train Smash Forbes Mail Derailed Trucks Hurled Down Embankment Permanent Way Torn Up Investigation Necessary for Safety
WHEN the Forbes mail train was derailed at Daroobalgie at a point about seven and a half miles from Forbes on Wednesday morning, several trucks were thrown down an embankment, the permanent way was badly cut up, the massive steel rails twisted, and the sleepers smashed to matchwood. Twenty-four passengers had narrow escapes from serious injury by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Railways In Central West Cowra Requests Reply From Railway Chief
When the Advance Cowra League decided at its December meeting to recommence the agitation for no less than three new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursions This Month
During the last week in February, excursion trains will be run from and to the country. Every station in the State will have at least one service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increase in Motor Vehicles
The number of motor vehicles in use in Australia increased by 51,377 last year, the total registrations for that period being 723,759, including…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor News Visitors to New Zealand
Members of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia anticipating a tour of New Zealand need not be apprehensive of the customs formalities at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Million Motors To be Built this Year
An optimistic view of prospects of the motor industry in 1936 is taken by leading manufacturers overseas. The year's schedules indicate that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Notes the Cars of 1936
During the last few weeks one has had the opportunity of inspecting and driving a number of 1936 models of various makes and so it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Contract Bridge
A game contract too, (unless it is a lay-down), will often require careful playing to be successful. With A-X-X-X in hand and Q-X-X…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sidney Ben Lowe’s Death Motoring From Cowra at Time
Motoring from Cowra at the time his car overturned near Tarcutta, was Sidney Ben Lowe (better known outside…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Smash Inquiry
When it was decided at the meeting of the Forbes Municipal Council last night to Support the demand made by the Forbes branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rabbits on Road
Acknowledging a complaint of the P.P. Board as to prevalence of rabbits on the Forbes-New Grenfell Road, Weddin Shire Council, Grenfell,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tumut Swimming Carnival Elaborate Arrangements Special Train from West Wyalong
Those people fortunate enough to avail themselves of the cheap rail fares to Tumut on Sunday, February 23, will see the town and district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed Instantly Man Struck by Train (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon. 1
George Lear, aged about 58 years, an electrician who was employed at the Eveleigh work shops, was killed instantly to-day, when he was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miscellaneous Use of the Motor Horn
The indiscriminate use of the horn by some drivers causes them to become a menace to the public and to the general flow of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Car Speed and Acceleration
That the world's car manufacturers should come to a gentleman's agreement not to strive against each other towards still higher road speeds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Overturns on Yalyogrin Road Occupants' Miracuous Escape
Four well known residents of Wyalong and West Wyalong had a miraculous escape from death, or very serious injury, when a…
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