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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Motor Quadricycle

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

MR. BENNETT, of the Well-known cycle firm, messrs. Bennett and Wood, Sydney, to-day gave an exhibition in Goulburn of a molor [?] "The Speclwell," which…

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Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

THE earthworks in connection with the Gonlburn-Crookwell railway are almost completed, and at present there only a few men engaged. On this and of the…

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Female Tram Guards

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

In Santiago and Valparaiso women are employed as conductors on tramways. They wear a dark-blue uniform with a white apron tied with red ribbons, and large white…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Shortly before 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon Mrs. Mitchell, who resides at Abercrombie-street, Sydney, was crossing (George-street, near St. Benedict's Church, with her…

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Railway Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Notwithltanding the local attractions for Easter a good many people left Goulburn on Thursday and Friday. There were by the morning train on Thursday 106 passengers, who paid £94 16s 7d In…

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The Boer War. Protecting the Railway Line. London, April 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

Lord Kitchener is erecting along the railway lines high Martello towers, so as to enable a minimum number of troops to protest the railways and the bridges. The towers…

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Easter Railway Traffic

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

The revenue from the [?] at Goulburn during the [?] was [?] an [?] of [?] The number of [?] issued was [?]…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 1

Lithgow, Saturday—A mixed train with some 30 trucks was coming to Eekbank from Penrith on Thursday evening and when on the top road of the Zingzag it developed a high speed on the steep…

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Railway Excursions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 4

On Monday last a railway excursion organixed by the Star of the South Lodge, G.U.O.O.F., Goulburn, was held to Gunning Park, and proved very successful. A train…

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Ups and Downs on the Hobart Road

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 1

Although the Hobart road, like many others of similar length, is like the path of life in many respects, its effects on the venturesome cyclist are…

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Old Road-books

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

Old road-books of the days when mail-coaches were in their greatest perfection, and of the more remote era of postchalsea and travelling on horseback by forgotten…

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Old Road-books. (From the “Globe.”)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

Old road-books of the days when mailcoaches were In their greatest perfection, the more remote era of postchalses and travelling on horseback byforgotten…

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Railway Reservoir

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

THE work on the railway reservoir at Channingar commenced recently, and there was considerable unplesantives caused when the men were being put…

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Tho Visit of the Tramway Cricket Club By “Short Slip.”

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

QUITS- the event of the holiday, as far as the cricketing. world is concerned was the visit of the Redfern Tramway Cricket Club [?] town. Arriving hare on Good Friday morning they were…

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Improvements at the Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

We are glad to notice that much-needed improvements are to be effected at the railway station. Offices for the District Traffic Inspector and Electrical Engineer are to be erected next to the…

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Retirement of a Railway Official

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

Mr. William Taylor, for many years sub-inspector of wooden buildings and wooden bridges on the main southern line from Goulburn to Albury and all branches, retired from the railway service on the…

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Railway Ambulance Demonstration

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

The annual demonstration of the Goulburn Railway Ambulance Corps will take place in the Elite Rink on Saturday evening, 27th instant. At previous gatherings these demonstrations have been…

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Railway to Gunbar

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

In reply to a deputation which waited upon him on Wednesday, the State Minister for Works said he would lose no time In submitting to Parliament a bill…

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Motor Cars in Melbourne and Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 4

Motor notes are to be found in practically all cycling papers now, and are evidence of the growth and development of motoring. In Europe, England, and the United States…

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