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

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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The Rule of the Road. That Scoop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

One day some time ago the police scooped in about thirty citizens, all and sundry who were offending by riding or driving on the wrong side. This morning (Tuesday) Mr. Fred…

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Goulburn-taralga Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

In compliance with a resolution passed at the public meeting in the Town Hall, Goulburn, on March 12, a petition containing about 250 signature from residents of Goulburn and…

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Obstructing a Road

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 2

At the Dungog Police Court the local Shire Council proceeded against Frank Freeman, for obstructing a public road. Defendant pleaded guilty The evidence…

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Local and General News. Railway Deviation

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 2

The railway deflation work at the top of Burrowa street, to take the traffic around over the overhead bridge instead of through the railway gates on Burrowa road, is now…

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Latest Strike. Darling Harbor Porters. Hold Up Railway Traffic. Sydney

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

Another and very serious strike was thrust on the long-suffering pup[?]ic this afternoon, when over 400 porters at the Inwards and…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

THOSE who were present last year will remember the very interesting display given at their annual gathering by the Harden Railway…

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Railway Rifle Club

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

THE Harden railway employees have decided to form a Railway Rifle Club. The necessary requisition signed by 30 intending…

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Railway Strike

The Yass Courier · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

A strike which will seriously affect the whole of the State, if not very quickly settled, was entered upon without any previous warning…

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Railway Accident at Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 4

On Sunday night a shunting engine ran into a brake van and truck, which were standing on the line near the per. way sheds in the Goulburn railway yard. The engine, van, and…

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Railway Collision at Redfern

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

Passengers by a train which left Sydney for Homebush shortly before 10 o'clock on Tuesday night narrowly escaped participating in a railway accident…

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Railway Strike. 400 Men Out. Chaos at Darling Harbour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

An entire delocation of the Darling Harbour trade took place on Wednesday afternoon, at about two o'clock. The railway porters and other workers there,…

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Mail Coach and Motor Car Collide

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 4

Burrown, Tuesday.—An accident occurred on the bridge in town yesterday afternoon, resulting, in the death of a horse. Jamces Riley, while conveying the Frogmore mail to the post office,…

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Telegrams. Strike. Railway Porters Out. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 4

The railway porters at Darling Island struck work to-day. All loading operations have ceased, and goods for the country are held up. SYDNEY, Wednesday…

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Produce Market. John Bridge & Co. report

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

March 28.-Sheepskins Almost before one lot was knocked down some of the buyers were bidding on the next, and auctioneers had very little…

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Railway Strike. a Deadlock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 3

The strike extended on Thursday to the Sydney goods sheds. When the officials returned from lunch they found over 50 waggons held up, as the weighbridge clerks, lashers, and…

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Railway Strike. Shunters Cease Work. Serious Outlook

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

The strike of Darling Harbour railway men continues. All efforts at settlement on Friday failed. A continuance of the strike will paralyse industry in many directions…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

Through the forks of his motor cycle breaking, Mr. T. R. Prowle, local representative of the British Piano Company, met with a mishap near Yarra on Thursday. He fell heavily to…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 5

Blayney, Friday.—Cr. Frederick Mendham, who, in company with Mr. James O'Brien, was knocked down by a passing train on the main street, collapsed after treatment at the hospital,…

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Railway Hold-Up. No Brighter Prospects

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

There was an entire absence of news concerning the Darling Harbor railway holdup in Government circles on Saturday morning…

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The Railway Strike Local Effects

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

ALMOST every business house in Murrumburrah and Harden is feeling the effects of the Railway Strike which, occurring at the first of the…

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