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

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Boxer's Creek Road. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

Sir,—May I ask a small space in the columns of your valuable paper in which to call the attention of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Goulburn to the condition generally of the…

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The Railway Weir

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

There is every probability that the railway weir will be raised a couple of feet at an early date The Railway Commissioners’ surveyors have…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. From the Dunlop Rubber Company

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

The different conditions that obtain in road racing in Australasia and England present such a contrast that those interested in the pastime…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Breadalbane. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

An inquest respecting the death of Patrick Horan and Richard Flood who were run down and killed by a train near Breadalbane, was held at…

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Railway to Goulburn Not Wanted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

The following letter, written fifty years ago, will be with amusement to-day. It was from Mr. Theo West, of Goulburn:—"Every enterprise in the most purely commercial point of…

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Cape Railway Disaster. Terrible Sufferings. Cape Town, Jan. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

Full particulars, which have now been received, of the fatal train accident at Catheart reveal the terrible sufferings of the injured and dying…

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Railway Superannuation Board

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

The regulations for the guidance of the Railway Service Superannuation Board were gazetted on Wednesday. They number 29, and for the most part consist of rules as to quorums,…

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France's State Railway. Paris, Jan. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

The disorganisation of the Western State railway, owing to the suspension of the navigation of the Seine, due to floods, has proved a serious detriment to trade. The…

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The Shire Roads. Damaged by Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

The Shire Engineer reports much damage to roads all over the Mulwaree shire. There were heavy storms out towards Wombeyan Caves, Curraweela, etc., in and around Marulan. The…

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Motor Traction. Use on the Farm, an Interesting Paper

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 7

In a paper read at a conference of farmers In Adelaide, Mr W. Hunt writes:— It is over 30 years since the traction…

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Railway Accident at Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

A railway accident occurred at Cooma on Friday. Two big trucks being used in connection with some contract work fell down an embankment where some new construction work was…

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Fall From a Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

Moss Vale, Saturday.—A rather peculiar accident happened to George Brown, of Homebush, this morning. Being a passenger by a goods train in order to catch the express to Sydney,…

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Motor Traction. Use on the Farm. an Interesting Paper

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

In a paper read at a conference of farmers in Adelaide, Mr W. Hunt writes:-- It is over 30 years since the traction…

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Killed on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon, at about 6.50, when James Mack (45), a shearer, and a native of Glasgow, Scotland, was cut to pieces on the railway line about 50…

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Safety for Aeroplane. London, Jan. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Express telegraphs that MM. Rollet and Tisier, engineers, have invented a sphere of steel springs, named the Salvator for aeroplanes…

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Damaged Wheat on Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

The attitude of the Railway Department towards the damage done by the recent heavy rains to wheat in uncovered trucks has brought about a feeling of exasperation amongst farmers…

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Railway Superanuation Board

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 4

Bathurst, Tuesday.—The Enginedrivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association, Bathurst branch, at a recent meeting passed a resolution upholding the action of the Premier (Mr…

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Bowning to Burrowa Railway. Estimated Cost, £162,130. Considered by Public Works Committee

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 3

The Public Works Committee met on Wednesday, 11th inst., and gave further consideration to the expediency…

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Brigade Motors

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

Wanganui, New Zealand, boasts a wellequipped fire brigade, and claims the distinction of having been the first Australasian town to adopt self-propelled fire…

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Railway Excursion to Tallong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

Given fine weather, a good many people are sure to spend Anniversary Day (Thursday next) at Tallong, the Goldsmith-street Methodist Sabbath-school having arranged an excursion to…

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