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

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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[Reuter's.] London, Wednesday. Motors for Pressmen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 2

A motor tour to the principal English cities is projected in connection with, the Press Conference. Germany and China…

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A French Aeroplane That Has Flexible Wings

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 5

M. Max des Mouceaux de Gyvray, a noted French inventor, has been conducting remarkable experiments at Cannes with an aeroplane which…

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Tunnel Tragedy. London Diamond Merchant. Found Dead on the Midland Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 3

A mul[?]teo body found in Corby tunnel, on the Midland Railway, between Kettering and Gretton, late on Tuesday night (January 5) has…

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Terrible Accident. Driverless Train. London, March 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

A terrible railway accident has occurred at Montreal. The Boston express of the Canadian-Pacific Railway dashed at the rate of 40 miles an hour through the Windsor-street station, ploughed over…

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Railway Tickets

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

The following by-law has been made by the Chief Commissioner for Railways:— Tickets are the property of the Chief Commissioner, and are not transferable…

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[Reuter's.] London, Thursday. the Motor in War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

In order to test by actual practice the utility of motor cars in warfare the Automobile Association conveyed a battalion of Guards of full strength, with baggage, from London to…

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A Railway Journey. Old Memories Revived

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

The railway carriage was nearly full of men reading the same newspapers, under three or four different names, when a little grizzled man, of middle…

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Tunnel Tragedy. London Diamond Merchant. Found Dead on the Midland Railway

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 5

A mulitated body found in Corby tunnel, on the Midland Railway, between Kettering and Gretton, late on Tuesday night (January 5) has…

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Railway Fotball Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the above club was held at the Railway Hotel on Monday evening, when the club was re-formed. It was decided to play in both the Friday and Saturday competitions…

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Railway Men and Defence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

The question that is stirring Britain just now was referred to with a local application in the course of some after-dinner speeches at the Railway Institute on Saturday night…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. (From the Dunlop Rubber Co.)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

In connection with tho Chaffeurs’ Competition that was to have commenced on the 1st of April, the Dunlop Rubber Co., promoters of the contest,…

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Rieviera Train Robberies. Clever Gang at Work. Travellers Lose Jewels

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 3

In conversation to-day with the Commissary of Police at the Gare du Lyon here, concerning the theft of £1280 in cash and jewels of which…

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Burrowa Railway League. Public Meeting

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 6

A general meeting of the members of the Burrowa Railway League was held in the Mechanics' Institute, Burrowa, on Monday evening, 22nd…

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A Railway Journey. Old Memories Revived

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 7

Mr Edward Thomas writes in the "Daily Mail": -- The railway carriage was nearly full of men reading the same newspapers,…

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Train Arrangements for Goulburn. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 6

Sir,—I desire to point out through the medium of your paper that the present railway time tables do not serve Goulburn as a local centre so well as they might do if…

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Railway Shunter's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 4

An inquest was held on Friday by Mr. H. S. Hawkins, acting coroner, concerning the death of William John Wilson, a railway, shunter, aged 45, lately resident at Rowley-street,…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. (From the Dunlop Rubber Co.)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 6

Last week the Dunlop Company’s representative completed an inspection trip of the route of the Military Despatch Relay Cycle Ride from…

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Sarah an Incident in the Train

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 5

As [?] 3.15 express to the north came [?] Rugby Station, the girl in the corner seat drew up her window-blind listlessly…

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Train Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 April 1909 · page 4

The Crookwell train came into Goulburn on Tuesday afternoon, when it was delayed nearly an hour through a truck running off the line. The accident occurred just as…

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Holding up a Train

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 4

On Sunday three lads, whose ages ranged from 8 to 13 years, entered the signal-box near the Necropolis, Rookwood, and, pulling over the…

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