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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Beaufort Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—The inquest regarding the railway disaster at Beaufort oh February 5 when Driver Coward, Fireman Russell, and Fireman Gillard lost their…

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The Descent of the Rhone a Road That Marches

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 6

French waterways--those chemins qui marchent, as Michelet calls them--are of infinite charm and diversity. The rapids of the Tarn, with their…

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Awful Railway Smash. Forty-five Killed, Twenty-one Wounded. London, March 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 4

While a train at Marshalltown, Iowa (U.S A.), was taking e curve at high speed it became derailed. When the train left the rails the sleeping carriage and the smoking car, and the day coach,…

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Railway Transfers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Two of the employees at the local railway station have had notice to get steam up and wheel themselves elsewhere. Mr. E. Andrews, engaged here as shunter for some time, has…

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Told by Up-to-date Writers. Kaiser's Motor Car. Woman Run Over in a Crowded Street

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 6

As the Kaiser was returning last night (says a Berlin message of October 23) to the palace from the railway station, where he had taken farewell of his son,…

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An Anti-motorist's Bill

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

A roar of laughter swept over the Alba [?] (N.Y.) Assembly when a bill handed up by Mr. Herrick (Democrat), of New York, was read. It seeks to amend the…

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A Great Canadian Bridge

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 4

It will probably take four years to complete the New Quebec Bridge, work on the superstructure of which will not be commenced until the latter part of…

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Wealthy Tramp. Starvation with L1,200. Left to Relieving Officer

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 6

Nobody ever thought that Mrs Charlotte Spiers, an old woman of 74, who for years had wandered about Hampshire, was any better off than the…

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Coming Half-sized Motor-car Engine

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 5

The gas turbine corresponding to the gas engine has been the subject of constant experiment, and though still crude in its development may shortly…

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To the Pyramids by Electric Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 5

Our illustration shows Cairo's fashionable promenade. "The bourne of every tourist in Egypt is the Sphinx and the three Phyramids of Gizeh, now…

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Road Race

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 2

The Goulburn crowd is naturally inquisitive, and when a crowd began to wend its very towards the Brewery Road on Friday afternoon a number of residents began asking questions. On having their…

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Motoring. Its Great Progress

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 7

This week the Royal Automobile club have issued a summary of the work done during the year (says the London “Daily Telegraphy” of january [?]). [?]…

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Motoring. Its Great Progress

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

This week the Royal Automobile Club have issued a summary of the work done during the year (says the London "Daily Telegraph" of January 8). It is…

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Railway Passenger Robbed. a Circus Horse Missing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

Bathurst, Monday.—The usual crowd of spiclers aid pickpockets was in town during the show and the races. Owing to the vigilance of the police several arrests were made. Last night Mr. Wm…

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Motor Cycles. Words of Advice

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 6

Mr J. Pollock Castors, writing. in. "Fry's Magazine." makes out a very good case for the motor-cycle, which, after a boom at its advent, has dropped…

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(From Our Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Thursday. Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1910 · page 2

John McRobertson, 47, a farmer, residing near Bankstown, was found lying across the rails near Punchbowl railway station late last night with both legs completely severed. He…

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Collapse of a Bridge

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 6

A serious accident occurred at Morvern. About 2'o clock on Friday 8th inst, a wheat waggon, drawn by 10 horses, and driven by John Fletcher…

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Thousand Mile Aeroplane. Trip in Ten Hours

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 5

The Wright suit-based on alleged infrigements of patients—of which the first results have just been announced in their favour, may result in the…

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The "Last West.' New Railway Across Canada

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 4

The building of the new railway from Atlantic to Pacific, the Grand Trunk Pacific, is (says a writer in the "Daily Mail") one of the greatest undertakings…

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Our Western Road

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 3

(May 19, 1818.) “On Wednesday, the 19th, the party moved forward along [?] bearing chiefly [?]…

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