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

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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How Lives are Saved. Practical Demonstration. of Railway Ambulance Work Presentation of Awards

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

IT must have been gratifying to the members of the Harden Railway Ambulance Corps to find such a splendid response to their…

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Motor to Show

The Yass Courier · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. T. J. Sheekey intends running his motor car in connection with the Show on Wednesday and Thursday, and will pick up and set down…

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Railway Long-service Leave

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

The officers of the railway service are, according to a statement made by the Treasurer in Parliament on Monday, allowed extended leave, after 20 years' service, when the circumstances…

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Railway Duplications. Board to Supervise

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

The Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) announced in the Legislative Assembly on Monday night that a board, consisting of the Minister for Railways, the Minister for Works and the Chief…

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Sand Point (Idaho), Monday. Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

A freight train and sixty cars struck a rock slide on the Great Northern line. The engine rollewd over an embankment, and three cars were wrecked. The engine driver, fireman, and…

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Killed on the Railway. Sydney

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

A man named James Harvey was ran down by a train, between Mount Victoria and Blackheath, and killed…

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PARIS, Wednesday. the Motor Apaches

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

Several witnesses of the Chantilly crime identify three of the missing bandits as Bonnot, Carouy, and Carnier, who are wanted for a series of murders and for highway robbery…

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Burrowa Railway League

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 3

A Public meeting of the Burrowa Railway League was held in the Mechanics' Institute, on Saturday afternoon, 23rd…

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Prince Arthur and the Motorist

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 2

Prince Arthur of Connaught, who has completed his 29th year, is a mechanician at heart. He cannot look upon machinery without wanting to know just how it is worked, and his friends…

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Motor Assassins. Paris, March 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 2

So for no trace has been discovered of the motor assassins who committed a triple murder and robbed the Chantilly bank yesterday. A formidable force of detectives, armed with…

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Railway Workers' Award. 10,000 Workers Affected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 2

An award has been issued by Mr. R. B. Sheridan, barrister-at-law, the chairman of the Railway and Tramway Construction, Road, and Water Conservation Board…

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A New Railway Engine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 5

The Clyde Works will turn out in a few days a new type of engine to Australia. It will be known as the T.F. type, and is built on an English model. The Premier stated on Friday that…

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Consignor’s Risk. Losses on the Railway. an Official Reply

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 3

IS a long series of questions put to the Treasurer in the Legislative Assembly Mr. Henley called attention to charges of loss occasioned to country people…

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Railway Men. Minimum Wage. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 4

A movement has been started for amalgamating the three principal railway men's unions, aggregating 180,000-members. There are indications that a demand will be made for a…

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Railway Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 2

There was a good attendance at a meeting of railway men, held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Monday evening for the purpose of discussing the advisability of forming a branch of the Railway…

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The Stockinbingal to Forbes Railway. Turning the First Sod

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 2

A MINISTERIAL PARTY, under the conductorship of Mr. G. A. Burgess, M. L. A., left Sydney by the 10.5 Albury mail on last Friday night…

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Railway Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

The passenger traffic is assuming the usual dimensions at Eastertide, and so far it looks as if a new record will be put up. It is worthy of note that no platform tickets will be issued at…

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Cycling and Motoring. From the Dunlop Rubber Co. Military Despatch Race. Adelaide lo Sydney. Great Relay Ride

The Yass Courier · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 3

Two hardy, plucky cyclists will swing out from Adelaide lo climb the slanting steeps to Aldgate on Good Friday morning, and to their care…

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The Railway Congestion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

The heavy passenger congestion at the Central Railway Station had disappeared on Friday, although large numbers of passengers wore travelling. Departmental explanations of the block…

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Disorganised. Railway Traffic Block

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

Disorganised is the mildest term which can be applied to the running of the trains on Thursday night. For a train to be an hour or two ate was quite the recognised rule. Railway…

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