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

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Railway Employment. As in Great Britain

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 3

How many persons find employment on British railways? According to the census of 1901, the number is 320,514, but this total, Mr Charles H. Grinling…

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Tram Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 2

A collision occurred at the corner of Broadway and Glebe Point-road on Wednesday afternoon between two trams, as a result of which three women and a girl were…

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Tube Railway System for Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 2

At Wednesday's meeting of the City Improvement Commission Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, proposed the adoption of a system of light electric city and suburban railways, which…

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Bowning to Burrowa Railway. Also Reports on connection Lines to The Great Southern Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 2

The following in Mr. Surveyor Kennedy's report upon the various proposed railway connections with the Main Southern Line, and Burrowa and Cowra…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 4

The Crookwell Shire Councilg has been informed that the Railway Commissioners will visit Crookwell next Friday afternoon, and the…

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Railway To Burrowa

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night the Shire Council recommended by letter that the Mayor call a public meeting for the purpose of advocating the construction of a…

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The Electric Train. Notes About a New Experiment

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 3

The suburbs have been served for all time within the memory of the present generation by a railway service that only optimists have generally been able…

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English Motorist's Winnings. London, April 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 3

Mr. Huntley Walker, an English motorist, won £12,000 at Monte Carlo in two hours. It is stated that Mr. Walker won £6000 the previous day…

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Railway Revolution

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 2

SOME of the democrat[?] of the New South Wales Labor Congress entirely fail to see why there should be first-class compartments on the railways, and, says…

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Inspection of Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner left Sydney yesterday morning on an annual inspection of the nearer Western and Southern railway lines including the…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

Mr. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner accompanied by the other Commissioners and party, arrived at Goulburn at I.Io p.m to-day (Thursday). An-inspection was…

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The Electric Train. Notes About a New Experiment

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 7

The suburbs have been served for all time within the memory of the present generation by a railway service that only optimists have generally been able…

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Railway to Burrowa

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 2

AT the Yass Council meeting on Tuesday of last week, the Shire Council recommended by letter that the Mayor call a public meeting for the purpose…

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Burraga Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

Burraga, Friday.—Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, who is going round the proposed routes of the Burraga light railway with Mr. Miller, M.L.A., and Mr. Sydney Smith, arrived at…

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Natal Railway Strike. London, April 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

The Natal Government has issued an ultimatum to tithe railway employees who are on strike owing to an objection to piecework, and whose action has paralysed trade…

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Railway Commissioners at Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners paid a visit of inspection to the railway premise and appeared to be highly pleased with the cleanliness and orderly way everything was…

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Killed by a Tram

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

The death of John Dodd, aged 40, a seaman, lately living at 27 Fort-street, who was run over by a tram at the intersection of Pitt and Bridge streets last Wednesday, and died the…

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Sport on a Tramway Route. How Mr. Bunting Played a Practical Joke on His Friend, Mr. Larkin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 1

That was a very shabby trick which Bunting played upon Larkin. Larkin is a great student of matters which lie outside of the ordinary. One of his fads is…

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Natal Railway Strike. London, May 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 4

The Natal railway strikers submitted what are termed "preposterous minimum demands," dictating rates of pay, working hours, and the abolition of piecework…

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The Railway Commissioners. Visit to Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 2

CONFIRMING the announcement made in these columns, the Railway Commissioners and staff paid a visit to Crookwell on Thursday last in…

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