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

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Motoring and Cycling Notes

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

One of the most delightful tourists’ routes in Australia—the trip over the Black Spur, near Healesville (Vic.)-now has its up-to-date motor service…

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Exhorbitant Railway Fares

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 1

The "Cootamundra Liberal " says: --Does it never strike the people of this state how excessive the railway fares are ? Fancy it costing a man…

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Motoring and Cycling Notes

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

On the question of inflation, the correct degree of hardness of pneumatic motor tyres has a tremendous influence on the life and wear of a tyre. The…

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Railway Employees' Increases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Railway Institute on Friday evening the Secretary-for Railways (Mr. H. McLachlan) said that the railway revenue for the half-year showed a bigger…

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Railway Employees' Increases

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

AT the annual meeting of the Railway Institute in Sydney on Friday evening Secretary for Railways (Mr. H. McLachla said that the railway revenue for the he…

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Correspondence. Re Railway Carriages Made in Germany for Great Britain. To the Editor Yass Tribune

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

Sir,—It seems a surprising thing that Germany should be able to undersell Great Britain, and the reason does not lie altogether in her protectionist policy…

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Road Tenders

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Tenders for works upon the following roads in the district were opened at the court hours, yestersday:--Contract 48-056, Whose towards…

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Express Train Derailed

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 4

An express train ran off the rails at Ghent, Belgium. Forty-three British mail bags were burnt. These contained registered packages the value of which had been entered at…

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John Bridge & Co., Report

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 4

Tallow— Demand for the lower grades was rather quiet and prices did not undergo any [?] prime was fully 16 [?] £23 5. £23. 17.6d; abd…

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Railway end Tramway Earnings

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

THE railway earnings fur the last quarter of 1905 increase over the corresponding period of the previous year of £158,713, and tho expenditure an increase…

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The Railways Commission

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

THE Royal Commission (Judge Rogers and Messrs. G. A. Wilson and E. W. Knox) appointed to inquire into the administration of the railways have issued their report,…

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The Railway Coal Contract

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

As mentioned in last issue, the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the coal contract made with the Lithgow Coal Association have brought up two reports, the one…

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The Railways Commission

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

MR. KNOX has forwarded his resignation as a member of the royal commission. The Premier says that the question of the appointment of another commissioner in place…

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Devastated Fire at Albury Travels As Quick As the Mail Train. Alhury

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

Later details in regard to the bush fire show that the fire was purely accidental being caused by the lighted head of a safety match being blown…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

About midnight on Friday a number of trucks attached to a goods train became derailed near Yass, and for some hours blocked both the down and up traffic…

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The Railway Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

It would be scarcely possible to find (says the Sydney Morning Herald) such a marked unanimity of public opinion as that which prevailed on Thursday in…

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Excursion Train Derailed. Eight People Seriously Injured

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident occurred at 1.25 on Sunday afternoon to an excursion train on the narrow gauge line from Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, in Victoria. The train consisted…

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A Runaway Train. Serious Accident at Yass

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred at Yass Junction. between 1 and 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. When a train loaded with wheat and travelling to Sydney, had pulled…

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The Railway Inquiry

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

WHEN the resignation of Mr. Knox from his position on the Royal Commission inquiring into certain railway matters was announced, it was said that pressure of private business…

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A Runaway Train

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

Yass, Saturday.—A serious railway accident occurred at Yass Junction, between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. A train loaded with wheat and…

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