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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Goulburn Railway Ambulance and Rifle Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 4

In accordance with the intentions expressed at the public send-off to Mr. Milne prior to his departure for Orange, the members of the Railway Ambulance Corps and…

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Railway King

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Harriman, the Railway King, who took an active part in the big railway gamble on the Stock…

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Jenolan to Wombeyan Caves Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 2

A FEW weeks ago the Government notified [?] Mulwaree Shire Council that £3600 had been voted for the construction of a tourist road between Wombeyan Caves and Mount…

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Burned to Ashes. End of a Railway Train. Awful Collision in America

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

Another railway disaster, almost as terrible in its effects as that at Washington, thrilled all America on the 2nd January, and (says the "London…

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Dramatic Elopment. Caught in the Train

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

A dramatic story of a frustrated elopement was told in the case of an Italian named Ferninand Vicenzi, 36, cook, and a Frenchwoman named Leontine Lebrun…

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American Railway Rates

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 6

The railway magnates of the United States are alarmed at the prospect of Legislatures of 28 States [?]a penny a mile. The…

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Transcontinental Railway Question. Perth (W.a.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Deakin, left the [?]il steamer at Fremantle yesterday for a few hours, and was accorded a civic reception in Perth…

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Motor-car Lamps

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 4

Lamp trials are presently to be held by the Automobile Club, and a writer hopes to see some tests instituted for determining the comparative blinding effect of the powerful…

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Railway Parcels Rates. Stamped Parcels (Prepaid) Rates

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 1

Up to 40 miles—31b. and under, 3d; 3lb. t 7lb., 3d; 7lb. to 141b., 6d; 141b. t 28lb., 9d; 28lb. to 56lb., 1/; 56lb. t 84lb. 1/6; every additional 14lbs. o…

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Tram Cars for Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 2

The New South Wales Tramway authorities have been able to come, in a practical way, to the assistance of the Melbourne tramway authorities in their recent loss by…

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North Coast Railway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 2

THE enthusiasm of the Minister for Works over the North Coast railway has been by no means damped as a result of his recent trip north. Indeed, he has come to the…

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Electrification of Railways

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 3

THE Victorian State Cabinet on Monday decided that the Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Tait, should visit England to join with Mr. Bent in minute inquiries into the…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

AT Cue (W.A) on Sunday morning a dairyman found a decapitated body on the railway line about half a mile from Day Dawn station. The body proved to be that of…

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American Railways' Failure

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

President Roosevelt, in a letter appointing the Mississippi Valley Commission, remarks that the railroads are no longer able to move crops and goods rapidly…

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Railway Items

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 4

It in stated on reliable authority that a portion of land near the overbead bridge at the Goulburn railway station has been chosen as a site for a building for the purposes of the Miniature Rifle Club…

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Our Tramway System

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. Oakes, M.L.A., in responding on Wednesday to the toast of "The Federal and State Parliaments" at the banquet given to celebrate the turning of the first sod of the Bellevue Hill…

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American Railways' Failure. London, March 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 4

President Roosevelt, in a letter appointing the Misissippi Valley Commission, remarks that the railroads are no longer able to move rope and goods rapidly enough to secure the…

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In a Tramway Car

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 2

An amusing instance of [?] repartee was heard a few days ago on one of the city trains. The car was crowded, and sitting must each other were a rather fat man and a…

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Deadly Tram Rides. How Public Vehicles Cause Disease

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

If it were possible to tabulate statistics of the cases in which the cause of disease, and eventual death, may safely be attributed to riding in…

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The Race to Death. Motoring at Grenay

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

From Paris, the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" wrote on 10th January:-- Details are now to hand concerning an…

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