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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Road Race

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

The Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club held a five miles road race on the Windellama road on Saturday afternoon for those members, who enjoy the Saturday half-holiday and are of…

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CORRESPONDENCE Binalong-Burrowa Road. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

Sir,—One would imagine that one of the main lines of road in the Goodradigbee Shire would receive something like ordinary attention;…

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Railway Policy. Royal Commission of Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 4

Within a few ways a Royal Commission will be appointed to inquire and report exhaustively into the best means of linking up the tablelands and the interior with natural outlets on…

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Telephoning From a Train

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 5

The Louisville correspondent of the "American" describes a successful test of a new invention enabling a railway passenger to telephone from a moving train…

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A Yorkshire Visitor. at the Motor Show

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 4

"What I says, Merrill," said Mr Poskitt, after returning from the Motor Show at Olympia and seating himself in front of the smoking-room fire in the…

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Closing of Road

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 2

The road hereunder described has been closed, and the land comprised therein granted to John Moulding: The boundary road 150 links wide…

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A Draped Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 4

Ten non-commissioned officers of the Grenadier Guards, in which King Edward was formerly Lieutenant and Captain, will carry the casket from the train, which will…

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News from the Capital. SYDNEY, Thursday. Train and Tram Arrangements for

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 2

Train services will be reduced to a minimum to-morrow. Every tram will remain stationary for five minutes at noon as a mark of respect to the…

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Ruin for Motorists. Terrors of New Legislation in Austria

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 3

Consternation has been caused among motorists by the new law regulating motor traffic, the full import of the measure having been expounded by Dr. Emil…

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A Strange Nesting Place. Thrush's Nest, with Eggs. Discovered in the Spokes of a Coal Truck on the Midland Railway at Stairtfoot

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 3

On the Midland Railway, at Stairfoot, a thrush's nest containing eggs has been found in the spokes of a coal truck. Instructions have been given that it is not to be moved till the birds are hatched…

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Collided with a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 1

Junee, Saturday.—Alfred Garside, an employee of the local railway works, was riding a tricycle on the south-western line near Junee last night, when he was met by a…

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A Fast Train Run. London, May 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

Two trains on the Michigan Central Railway carried the delegates to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the 224 miles from Detroit to the Niagara Falls, in Canada, in 224…

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New Railway Line

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

The new railway line from Cowra to Canowindra will be opened on July 4…

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Motor Cars and Bikes

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

The owners of motor cars and motor bikes are now being hunted up. They have to get them registered, and will have to pay their fees and get their licenses. Owners of motor…

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Adviser for Australia. on Transcontinental Railways. London, May 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

The Toronto correspondent of the Times telegraphs that Sir William Van Horne, chairman of directors of the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company, goes to Australia to advise…

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An Aeroplane Feat. Train Outstripped. London, May 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

Mr Glen T. Curtiss has won the New York World's 10,000 dollar prize for flying on an aeroplane between Albany and Governor's Island, New York, a distance of 150 miles, which…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

The Duke of Westminster’s “Ursula,” which last year carried off the speed honors at the Monaco Carnival (which annually attracts the fastest…

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Railway Interest Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

"That this meeting is of opinion that the interest on the cost of railway and tramway construction should be made a charge upon the unimproved land values, the revenue…

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Noxious Weeds on Roads Who Should Destroy Them ?

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 2

A CASE of general interest to landholders, P P Boards, and shire councils throughout the State was [?] before Mr. G. A[?]kin, P.M., at the A[?]dale Police Court on…

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A Famous Train. the West Coast Diner

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

Time was, and not so very long ago cither, when to ask the question which was the "crack" train of the London and North-Western Railway…

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