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

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Enterprise Penalised. “ John Bridge” Pays To the Editor

The Yass Courier · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

Wool growers who have kept themselves in touch, through the columns of your journal, with our consistent advocacy of the adoption…

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Railway Unit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

The members of the second N.S.W. Railway Unit, numbering three officers and 266 men, were farewelled in Sydney by their comrades in the service on Saturday night. The Chief…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

On Monday, at about mid-day, Mr. Robert Henry McCarron, of Bronte, who was riding a motor cycle. collided with an aged man, named Joseph O'Connor, in front of Messrs. John…

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Old Copper Mine. Off Bungonia Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

An old and abandoned copper-mine off the Bungonia-road, about 12 miles on the Braidwood side of Tarago, was pegged recently by Messrs. Pat. Madden and Thos. Barlow. The show was…

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Accident To Railway Man. Foot Injured By Hand-Car

The Yass Courier · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

“ My husband recently met with a most distressing accident when he was work[?] way,” writes Mrs. G Bowman, Throsby street, Wickham,…

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Price of Progress. Expulsion of John Bridge

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

John Bridge and Company, Ltd., write to us as follows:— "Woolgrowers who have kept them selves in touch with the course of our…

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Big Produce Prices. "John Bridge" Clearances

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 4

We learn from John Bridge and Co.. that, with the passing of the Christmas and New Year holiday, period, the comparative quietude of the…

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Produce Market Buoyant Sales By “ John Bridge”

The Yass Courier · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 2

We learn from John Bridge & Co., that, with the passing of the Christmas and New Year holiday period the comparative quietude of the…

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Fatality at Canowindra. Death of Railway Employee

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

A serious accident happened at the local railway, yards on Tuesday last, when an employee named "Bert". Colbert (22) who had been engaged in…

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Railway Collision in Germany

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 4

Router's Amsterdam correspondent states that a military train collided with a passenger train at Horsogenrath, between Dusseldorf and Aachen, and, 100 were killed or…

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Aeroplane Wings

The Yass Courier · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

Various kinds of material, including linen, silk, cotton, celluloid films, and aluminium foil, have been tried for covering the wings of aeroplanes,…

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Accident To Railway Man. Foot Injured By Hand-Car

The Yass Courier · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

“ My husband recently met with a most distrusting accident when ho was worked way,” writes Mrs. G Bowman, Throsby-street, Wickham,…

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Sale of Gift Motor Car

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 2

This afternoon at the Goulburn Corporation yards the Chevrolet motor car donated by Mr. W. G. A. Mather to the War Chest Funds was auctioned by Messrs. Wood and Co. The total…

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Big Produce Prices. "John Bridge" Clearances

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 3

We learn from John Bridge and Co. that, with the passing of the Christmas and New Year holiday period, the comparative quietude…

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Dirt Hole Creek Bridge. Councillor Smith and the Petition. Mr. Bevan Explains

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

At the meeting of the Murrungal Shire on Monday, the Shire Clerk read the following letter from Mr. A. L. Bevan, of Ever ton, Rye Park:—…

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"John Bridge" Trade Reports. New Channel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 4

As a consequence of the expulsion, recently, of John Bridge & Co. from the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, the firm's market reports, and other usual trade information…

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New South Wales Railways War Fund. Goulburn Loco. Staff's Contribution

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

The Railway War Fund continues to; receive strong support from the employees in the Goulburn Locomotive Department, there being at the present time 177 members of the…

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Aeroplane That Will Destroy Battleship. New York

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2

Admiral Fiske, American naval expert, invented a torpedo aeroplane which it is claimed will destroy a battleship. The invention makes a…

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"John Bridge" Trade Reports. New Channel

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 3

As a consequence of the expulsion recently of John Bridge and Co. from the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, the firm's market reports…

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The Railways. Anxious Times Ahead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 3

In the course of his remarks to a deputation from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Federated Blacksmiths' Union, which waited upon him on Monday in reference to the…

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