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

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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A Goulburn Inventor. New Railway Brake

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

A new brake has been in rented by a Goulburn man in the railway service, which is claimed to be an improvement on the famous Westinghouse type…

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Railway Duplication Workers. Are They Eligible for Enrolment?

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

There has been much speculation on both political sides as to whether the men working on the railway duplication works within the Yass electorate,…

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Wheat Stacked and Dispatched. Goulburn Railway District

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

The following statement shows the number of bags stacked at various railway stations in the Goulburn railway district during the week ended January 18th :—…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 4

Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Korr, twenty-three, a music-teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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Wheat. Stacked and Dispatched. Goulburn Railway District

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 2

THE following statement shows the number of bags stacked at various railway stations in the Goulburn railway district during the…

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Railway Mishap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 4

The engine of the mail train from Cooma on Saturday night was derailed, and the breakdown equipment had to be sent out. The train arrived in Goulburn over three hours late…

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Motor Cycling

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

J. E. Yee, the Newcastle rider, who set out from Sydney on Saturday afternoon in quest of the Sydney to Melbourne motor cycle record. took the wrong road after crossing the first…

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Train Delay

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

A goods train on the Cooma line broke down on Friday night, causing the mail train to arrive in Goulburn about an hour and a half late…

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Railway Smash. Five Men Killed. Train Dashes Into Debris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Brisbane, Thursday.—A complete block to traffic has occurred as the result of a sensational accident about two miles beyond Murphy's Creek, on the main line to Toowoomba…

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Electrician's Revenge Stops a Tramway Service

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 5

An electrical engineer named Fred Parks, aged thirty-two, was at Cardiff Quarter Sessions on 8th January sentenced for committing an extraordinary outrage…

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Goulburn Motor Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

On Thursday night the members of the Goulburn Motor Club tendered a farewell to Mr. T. R. Prowles, of the British Pianoforte Co. Mr. Prowles has been a member of the club for…

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Tramp Convention. New Orleans, Jan. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

The National Convention of Hoboes(tramps) was held here yesterday. It was decided that the members should adopt the suffragists' methods in order to secure their release from…

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Harden to Marengo Road to the Editor

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

DEAR SIR,-- Having seen a notice in your paper calling for tenders to remove dust and rocks from Black's Hill I have been asked by the…

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The Electric Motor As a Substitute for the Brain

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 4

That the function of the human brain can in certain eases be fulfilled by mechanical devices has long been understood, and has led, among other things,…

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A Yorkshire Visitor. at the Motor Show

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · 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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Proposed Taralga Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

An important meeting was held at Chatsbury on Tuesday night to discuss the proposed railway to Taralga. There was a large and representative gathering. Mr. S. McCallum, president…

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The New War Engine That Terrible Motor

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

An armoured motor car, "galloping" across broken country, leaping ditches like a hunting horse, impenetrable to bullets and shrapnel, firing its hidden…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday. Railway Smash

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 2

A serious railway smash occurred between Wentworthville and Parramatta this morning. As a result of the axle on one truck giving way several trucks were derailed, blocking both the…

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Produce Markets. John Bridge and Co.'s report.-Feb. 7

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

Hides.-Another of those extraordinary high markets, for which the early part of this year will long be remembered, was witnessed, values…

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Motor Accident in Deccan-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

As Alderman Ashley was driving his sister-in-law, Miss Walling, to the railway station this (Saturday) morning an accident occurred in Deccan-street. The steering gear got out of…

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