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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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High Up the Winding Road the Homing of the Herds. (By a writer in the “Westminster Gazette.”)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

Towards the [?] of September, when the [?] are more [?] any [?] known the [?] which [?] upon the…

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Motor Car Service to Wombeyan Caves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

A motor car service has been established between Goulburn and the Wombeyan Caves passengers being also conveyed to Chatsbury, Myrtleville, Taralga, and Richlands…

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Record Engineering Feat. the Victoria Falls Bridge. Sir. C. Metcalfe's Impressions

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 6

Sir Charles Metcalfe, the famous engineer, has just returned to this country from the scene of his latest triumph--a canon on the boundary…

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Motor Boats

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 1

The remarkable impetus that has been given to motoring during the last year or tow has been accelerated by the difficulty of getting coal. Many…

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Motor Traffic. the New Act

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 1

The Motor Traffic Act, 1909, passed by the State Legislature during the curly portion of the session just closed, and which came into operation on…

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Run Over by a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

The folly of trying to board a moving train was exemplified at Auburn railway station on Tuesday evening as the 8.35 train was starting for Sydney. Sydney M' Kinlay…

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Honorary Justices and the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

The new Justices Amendment Act now enables two honorary magistrates to try cases in which defendants are charged with an offence against the railway by-laws. This provision…

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About Railway Tickets

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

Some interesting particulars about railway tickets, ancle[?] and modern, are given by. a contributor to the “ Railway Magazine.” The carlless tickets…

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About Railway Tickets

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 4

Some interesting particulars about railway tickets, ancient and modern, are given by a contributor to the "Railway Magazine." The earliest tickets…

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Fearful Accident. Man's Body Mutilated by a Railway Train

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

An inquest concerning the death of a man named Joseph Heares was opened in the Court House, Young, on Monday last by Mr. F. B. Treatt…

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Frightful Railway Accident. Mr. Joseph Heares Killed

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

ON Friday night last Mr. Joseph Hares, of Solforino. Monteagle, and a member of the highly respected Family of that name, met his death in a terrible manner…

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Burrs on Roads. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 1

Sir,—With your permission, permit me, through the columns of the Post, to draw attention to-all interested in Mulwaree Shire Council to the grievous nuisance occasioned…

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Motor-car Services to Tourist Resorts

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

THE Government Tourist Bureau, quite in consonance with its reputation for keeping absents of the times, has for some time had under consideration the…

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Railway Men's Claims

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

The Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association has drawn up a list of claims to be laid before the Government Railways and Tramways (Traffic Wages Staff) Board, No. 2…

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Sailing on a Railway

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 5

The single line branch of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to Thames Haven is closed for traffic, but as the inhabitants of the district have…

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English Railways. As Business Builders

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 5

In the face of all that English railways are at present doing in the way of providing cheap and fast travelling facilities for passengers, it would…

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Mot[?]orite

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

Throughout Young on Sunday night last about 11 p.m., people were considerable startled by a loud nose, which was almost simultaneously acconpanied, by a violen…

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A Judge and His Motor. the Chauffeur Fined. the Judge a Witness

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

AMONGST a batch of motorists who appeared at Prahran (vic) court on Thursday was Walter Jaffa, chauffeur. to Mr. Justice Hodges, who was…

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Railway Mishap at Cootamundra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 2

Cootamundra Wednesday,—Some excitement was caused at the local railway yards yesterday owing to the engine and tender attached to the paper train being derailed. The…

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At Turn of Road

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

The rain poured uncompromisingly down and down, and the State street crowd swarmed unceasingly on. The girl in the waterproof raglan and the…

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