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

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Railway and Tramway Employees. Consumptives Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 4

A meeting of railway and tramway employees was held on Friday evening at the Railway Institute for the purpose of making provision for defraying the cost of consumptive patients who are…

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Railway Men and Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

A letter has been forwarded to the Railway Commissioners by residents of the Towrang district, expressing appreciation of the work done by the local railway men, and also those at Goulburn,…

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Railway Ticket Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

Jack Moriarty was the name given by a man who was charged at the Central Summons Court on Wednesday with an infringement of the Railway Commissioners' by-laws by selling a ticket without…

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Road Tenders

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2
Also in Argyle Liberal and District Recorder

TENDERS for work upon the roads in the district are called for in another Column to close at Crookwell courthouse on the 20th February at noon,…

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Cycle Road Race

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

A SILVER cup presented by the Canada Cycle and Motor Company, and valued at £3 3s was the object of a very interesting competition at…

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Railway Fatuity

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners exhibit remarkable energy in the matter of prosecuting people who have the audacity to use tickets that have been purchased by other persons…

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Motor Morality

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 3

IT has been said that a bishop would cheat an archdeacon about a horse, and the introduction of motors was expected to raise public morality in this respect. It has not. The man…

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Railway Destruction in Manchuria

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

The correspondent of the Daily Express at St. Petersburg states that there are persistent reports that the Japanese have destroyed a portion of the railway between Mukden…

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Great Motor Contest. Sydney to Melbourne. for the “ Buchanan Cup.”

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

Now that the Dunlop Motor Reliability Contest from Sydney to Melbourne, to be held on the 21st to 25th February is only a week or so ahead,…

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The Motor Bus Question

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 1

Cr. W. Knox, M.P., has forwarded to the Malvern-prabran tramway conference a ma[?]s of information dealing with motor om[?]ibu[?]es Cr. Koox…

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Motor Ride Incident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 4

A FEW days ago a complaint was made to the Criminal investigation branch of the Police Department of West Australia by Patrick Lawrence Dwyer, that on Friday night he…

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Protecting a Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

Concerted measures are being taken to protect the Prussian railway bridge across the Brinitza…

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The Central Railway Station

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

ACCORDING to a report supplied to the Minister for Works, it is anticipated that in the event of no unforeseen difficulty arising the station buildings will be ready for occupation and…

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Motor Omnibuses

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

THERE seems to be a probability that in the near future the residents of the eastern suburbs of Sydney will be supplied with a new means of conveyance, viz, by motor…

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Public Roads and Government Responsibility

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

In the case of M'Keon v. Miller, which was before the Full Court on Wednesday on a motion by plaintiff to set aside a nonsuit, an important point was discussed as to the responsibility of the…

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Beware, the Motors! To the Editor Yass Tribune

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

Sir,—Perhaps I can make up in some way to the people whose horses my Motor has seared, by suggesting that you should draw attention to the…

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Russo-japanese War. Bold Japanese Raid. Railway Damaged. London, Feb. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

French newspapers state that Japanese cavalry have destroyed the railway bridge at Fengloeting, between Harbin and Mukden, having marched through Chinese territory for the purpose in the…

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The Overland Motor Competition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

A party of Victorian motorists, comprising Messrs. T. K Raad, W. J. Proctor, Stott, S. Belger, H. C. Begot, and H. B. James, arrived in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, having travelled overland…

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The Motor Contest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 4

Now that the Dunlop Motor Reliability Contest from Sydney to Melbourne, to be held on the 21st to 25th February, is only a week or so ahead, this instructive and educational motor contest is…

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