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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Motor Trial. Bad Roads. Interstate Contest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 2

Wangaratta (Vic.),. Wednesday.—The scene of the third stage of. the Continental Interstate Motor Cycle Reliability Contest from Sydney to Melbourne was laid. to-day between…

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Aeroplane in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jan. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

If. Bonner arrived here in an aeroplane on Wednesday, having flown from Paris. This was the first aeroplane that had been seen here and the entire population witnessed…

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Motor Cycling. Reliability Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

Melbourne, Friday.-The joint committee of the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales and the Victorian Motor Cycle Club met this afternoon, when the work of examining the…

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Railway Passenger Traffic at Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

Through the courtesy of Mr. Weldon, coaching clerk at the Goulburn Railway Station, we are able to publish some interesting statistics of the passenger traffic from Goulburn during…

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New Union. Railway Gangers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

Some time ago the Minister for Works expressed the opinion that the inspectors, time-keepers, riding gangers, and paymasters employed on railway construction works ought not to…

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Motor Cycle Test

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—Sun-tanned and smothered with the dirt of two States, thirty eight competitors in the Continental Interstate Motor Cycle. Reliability contest, which…

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Road Subsidence. Council's Roller in Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

Excitement prevailed in Auburn-street early this (Thursday) morning when it became known that the road over the culvert in Auburn-street near Clinton-street had subsided and that the…

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Motor Car Destroyed

The Yass Courier · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. A. McDonnell, a visitor from Scotland, had an unfortunate experience coming up Conroy’s Gap on Wednesday afternoon, when,…

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Railway Workers and General Labourers' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

Following is the result of the ballot by the Goulburn branch for the election of officers:— President: Messrs. John O'Connell, 117 ; J. Robinson, 57. Vice-presidents (2): William Horan,…

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Six Motor Cars Burnt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 3

Kempsey, Wednesday.—A fire occurred about four this morning in Smith-street, in Robinson Bros.' Motor Garage, which is next door to the Royal Hotel. The outbreak occurred in…

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Valuable Motor Car Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 3

Yass, Wednesday.—Alexander Macdonald, managing director of the Mammoth Copper Mine, Ltd., Cardross, North Queensland, had the misfortune this afternoon to have his six…

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Motor Touring Contest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.—The interstate motor touring contest from Melbourne to Sydney. which has been promoted jointly by the Automobile Club of Australia (Sydney) and the…

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Goulburn Fire Equipment. Motor Engine Wanted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

At the Council meeting on Thursday evening the question of obtaining a motor fire engine for Goulburn was brought up, The Mayor said that Lismore was obtaining…

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Motor Fatality. Cooma Pastoralist Charged with Manslaughter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

Melbourne, Thursday.—As the result of the fatality which occurred on the Sydney Road on December 20, when Gordon Campbell March, 19, wool-classer, of Ascotvale, was knocked off…

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Murder in Railway Car. London, Jan. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

A seven-years-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The child has been identified, but the names of the parents, who reside at Marstead,…

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Drivers of Public Vehicles. Motor License Fees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

When the granting of licenses for public vehicles was mentioned at the Council meeting on Thursday Alderman Gilling said he thought more discretion should be exercised in the…

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Serious Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Brisbane, Friday.—A motor accident took place at Mount Coot-tha, otherwise known as One Tree Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, this afternoon. noon. A party of about 25 Christian students,…

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Weejasper to Nottingham Road

The Yass Courier · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 2

As a result of further representation, Mr. Greg. McGirr, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following reply from the Public Works Department, in…

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Luckey's Pass Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

In Mrs. Barden's letter regarding the above a typographical error occurred. Mrs. Barden wrote that of the 49½ yards she had left 22 yards (not 2½ yards) open…

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Murder in Railway Car. London, January 9

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

A seven year old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shore- ditch. The child has been…

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