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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Railway and Tramway Service Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 2

The Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association applied to the Industrial Court on Wednesday for registration in full. His Honor had previously granted conditional…

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The Minimum Wage. Railway Men's Demands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 1

At the annual conference of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Service Association resolutions were passed in respect to the appointment of a permanent chairman for all…

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Mexican War. Railway Bridge to Be Destroyed. Vera Cruz. May 5

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 2

The Mexican railway has been undermined in the direction of Mexico City. Special details of Mexican soldiers…

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Case Against Railway Commissioner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

In the Industrial Court on Thursday, before Mr. Addison, William Henry Smith, general secretary of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, proceeded against the…

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Railway Requests. Chief Commissioner Refuses

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Wagga, Friday.—Several deputations waited on the Chief Railway Commissioner on his inspection visit to the Wagga Station Most of the request were purely local, but in his…

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Motor Club. Reliability Run

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

The run-off for the Waugh Cup was held on Friday afternoon in the form of a reliability trial of 86 miles. The course was from Goulburn to Marulan to Bungonia and return, and the…

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The Latest. Railway Accident. Rolling Stock Damaged. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

A shunting accident in the central railway yards this morning resulted. in considerable damage to rolling stock. Three American care were diverted on to the wrong line and collided…

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Railway Accidents in America

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 4

During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…

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Invisible Aeroplane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

Berlin, May 11.—An engineer at Muenster, named Knobel, has invented an aeroplane which is almost invisible at a height of 3000 feet, owing to the wings being made of transparent…

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A Bad Road. Repaired by the Ratepayers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

Perth, Monday.—A working-bee of residents of Perth suburbs between City and Fremantle spent Sunday in filling up ruts and smoothing off roughnesses of the Perth-Fremantle road…

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Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

A general meeting of the above was held at the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday, the president (Mr. E. Rogers) in the chair. A letter from Mr. Cloud Thompson was received, stating that…

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The Latest. Railway Accident. Construction Gang Run Down. One Man Killed—five Injured. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

An express goods train from Goulburn ran into a trollyload of men belonging to a railway construction gang at Bong Bong bridge, between Bowral and Moss Vale. One man was killed…

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Seats in Railway Cars

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

The result of a recent prosecution (says the Daily Telegraph) reaffirms very explicitly a provision of law that is of practical importance to all persons who travel on the railways—the…

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Collision. Trolly and Goods Train. Workman Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 1

Bowral, Monday.—A shocking railway accident, by which one man was killed outright and five others were more or less seriously injured, occurred at 9.20 o'clock this morning in…

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Railway and Tramway Service Association. Enthusiastic Meeting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 2

A large and representative meeting of railway men was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Harden, on Sunday afternoon, May 10, at 3…

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Goulburn Motor Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 2

The usual meeting was held in the club rooms on Wednesday evening, but immediately after it had been opened the members unanimously decided to adjourn as token of…

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Railway to Jervis Bay

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 4

The Hon. Austin Chapman has been advised with regard to the surveying of the. Jervis Bay Canberra railway route that the Engineer-in-Chief for Commonwealth Railways reports that…

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Railway Time Table. Trains From Sydney:—

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 1

Mixed Train leaves Sydney daily 1.50 a.m., Picton 4.18, Moss Vale 0.20, Goulburu 8 50. Yass ll.6, Binalong 12.4, Galong 12.24, Harden 1.8, Cootamundra…

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The Cross Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 3

The fact is that we are standing at the crossroads of civilisation.—we have reached a point when society will either pass upwards along the paths of peace to a higher development, or…

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Railway Construction. Antiquated Methods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 6

Surprise is expressed locally at the out-of-date methods adopted on railway construction works in the vicinity. It may not be credited, but it is a fact, that the adzing of the sleepers…

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