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

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Central Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

The Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) has issued the necessary instructions for tile completion of the Central Railway Station in accordance with the original designs. " The whole of…

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Railway Improvements

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

AT the Council meeting on Monday night, Ald. Bembrick made some enquiries if the Railway Commissioners intended to resume…

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The Railway Presentation

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

QUITE 120 Railway Employees, representing all branches of the Service met in the Mechanics' Institute, Harden, on Tuesday night to show…

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Railway Park

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

At Thursday night’s meeting of the Council it was decided to apply to the railway authorities for permission to use water for the purpose…

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MR J. D. REID, S.M. The Railway Men's Tribute SOCIAL & PRESENTATION. "How They Appreciate a Good Man

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

WHAT was undoubtedly one of the most interesting gatherings of Railway Employees ever held in Harden took place in the Mechanics'…

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Motor Bandits. Berlin, May 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

A man closely resembling Garnier, the notorious Parisian motor bandit, was arrested in Berlin yesterday after a desperate struggle. The prisoner is being detained pending inquiries…

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Accident to Motor Car

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 4

When Mr. W. Lewis was driving one of Mr. W. H. Wheatley's cars round the intersection of Clifford and Bourke streets on Monday morning the front axle snapped cross cleanly, next…

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Mr. Hall and the Motor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 4

On Friday afternoon Mr. D. R. Hall, M.L.C. and Solicitor General, was to address a meeting of ladies in the Goulburn Town Hall. There was an attendance of nearly twenty Ladies, but…

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Goulburn Motor Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 2

At the weekly meeting of the Motor Club on Wednesday evening inquires were received as to whether owners of motor cars should become members. It was decided that any motorist…

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Cable News. Motor Bandits. Another Siege. Paris, May 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 5

Garnier and Vallot, two members of the notorious Bonnot gnng of motor bandits, together with two women, were tracked to a house in Nogent-sur-Marne at 8 o'clock last night, and…

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Mr. McCowen at Forbea. Forbes Stockinbingal Railway

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. M’Gowen) turned the first sod of the Forbes-Stockinbingal railway [?] the termiaus at the Forbes station on Monday afternoon; in the prese[?] of…

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Cable News. Railway Servants. to Demand Minimum Wage. London, May 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of railway men at Birmingham yesterday it was resolved that the time had come for the establishment of a minimum living wage. Mr. E. Charles, a member of the Great Western…

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Railway Smash. a French Disaster. Paris, May 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

Details of the railway collision on Maccadet Bridge state that the Pont Oise train was crowded with people in evening dress on their way to the Casino at Enghien les Bains. The passengers…

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Cowboy in a Train. Discharges a Revolver. Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 2

JAMES HOOD, an ironmoulder, caused a sensation at the St..Kilda railway station last right by discharging a revolver. Two people were injured…

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Killed and Mangled. French Railway Horror. Signalman’s Costly Mistake. Paris

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 2

On of the worst smashes in the history of-French railways has just occurred. The mistake of a signalman…

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Cable News. Motor Fatality. Berlin, May 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 1

Prince George, the eldest son of the Duke of Cumberland, was killed in a motor accident yesterday. He was motoring from tecklenburg to Copenhagen, and was himself steming, and when…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Man Killed at North Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 4
Also in Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate

On Tuesday night a man, named Michael Craig, employed on the duplication works, met his death in a shocking manner. It appears he was proceeding along the line when the limited…

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Railway Duplication

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 4

It is stated that during last week some 200 men arrived at Bowning with a view to making a start on the duplication…

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Workman's Cottages. Mr. R. J. Home's Scheme The Railway Paddock, Harden

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

DURING the recent visit of the Chief Railway Commissioner to Harden Mr. Robert J. Home who takes a keen interert in matters…

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