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

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Cycling and Motoring. Interesting Tyre Competition

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

With a view of encouraging careful driving and proper care and inflation of motor tyres on Australasian roads, the : Dunlop Rubber…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

On Saturday evening Richard Cruise, 20, vanman, attempted to cross the railway near the Marrickville station in order, apparently, to get to his horse and van, which were on the other…

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Train Alterations

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

An alteration has been made in the running of the southern fast goods train leaving Sydney early in the morning, which, will be of much advantage to the southern districts…

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A Motor Tragedy End of a Pleasure Party

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

A largo Panhard touring car, containing four men and five women, dashed over a railway embankment at the corner of Jerome avenue and 161st street…

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Railway Meeting. Forbes to Young

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 3

WE [?] in [?] held this (Wednesday) [?] [?] The [?]…

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Micalong “Road.”—A Protest. (To the Editor, “Yass Courier.”)

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 4

Sir,—Some little time ago I had reason to drive a sulky to Yass, and coming to a piece of road near Mr. Joe Marzoll’s, between two…

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Science & Invention the Kaiser's Invention. New Brake for Motor Cars

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 5

The German Emperor is said to have invested a hub brake, which, it is claimed, offers the greatest possible security against the risk of refusing…

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Railway and Tramway Service Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

The annual report of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association contains references to the value of unionism and to the extent to which unionism is…

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Public Meeting at Thuddungra. Proposed Railway Extension to Scott's Siding

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 2

A public meeting was held at Thuddungra on Wednesday afternoon last, for the purpose of considering the advisability of putting evidence before the Public Works Committee…

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Road Work by Dane System

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 2

The Gostwick Shire Council have bean considering the question of the men working in gangs. Councillor Crapp stated that he was of opinion that the…

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Railway Arbitration

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 1

Sir Edward Fry, formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal, has acted as Board of Trade arbitrator" between the London and North-western Railway Company and 30,000 servants of various…

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Free Trams and Trains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4

The P.L.L. Conference on Friday night carried a resolution that medical examination and treatment of adults should be undertaken by the Government, and that the whole cost of…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4

A. H[?]n, the well-known New Zealand road rider, who has on several occasions visited Australia to take pa[?] in the Dunlop Road Race from Warr…

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In Suburban London Bridge Players and Women

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 4

"A railway experience extending over a quarter of a century and acquired in different parts of the country convinces me that the average…

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Tarago to Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

Braidwood, Wednesday.—Mr. Kennedy of the Public Works Department, arrived yesterday day in connection with the proposed Tarago to Braidwood railway. He will inspect the…

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British Railways. Returns for Last Year

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

Though during 1907 there was an increase of more than 4 12 millions in gross receipts of British railway companies, nearly 90 per cent, of this increase…

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Amateur Road Race

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

A ten-mile bicycle race was contested over the Sydney road course on Friday afternoon. A start was made from the one-mile peg, and the turn was at the six-mile peg. The road was…

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Girl Killed. Motorist Sent to Prison

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 6

At Sussex Assizes on November 10, Harold Burnett Gylee, secretory of the Minerva Motor-car Company, was found guilty of manslaughter, the motor-car…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

The Chief Commissioner for Railways, with the Assistant Commissioners and principal officers, left Sydney on Sunday night for the annual inspection of the southern line and…

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The Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Mr. Kennedy, an officer connected with the Public Works Department, who is making an inspection of the timber resources of the district in connection with the proposed extention of the railway from…

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