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

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Carlton Railway Robbery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 4

Cases against William Ferguson, charged with having stolen £126 from Carlton railway station, were proceeded with at Kogarah Police Court to-day. Detective Leary said that accused…

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Pony Wrecks Motor Car

Young Witness · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 5

WAGGA, Thursday.—In the District Court yesterday, George Gatehouse, motorist plying for hire, claimed from John Roy Williamson, £45, for…

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Goulburn Railway Needs. Deputation to Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 4

On Thursday evening at 7.15 Ald. Betts and Mr. T. T. Alkin waited upon the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Fraser, Cann; and Fox, during their brief stay in Goulburn, and…

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Henty to Billabong Railway

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

HENTY, Tuesday.—A quantity of rails and fish plates have arrived at Henty for the commencement of the branch line to Billabong…

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Motorist Attacked by Snake

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 1

GOULBURN, Tuesday—Mr. A. Mc Shane, a resident of the Forest, met with an exciting experience last week. He was riding homewards on his…

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Motor Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

Word reached Goulburn on Monday night that Mr. D. Ross, of Crookwell, had met with an accident through a motor car he was driving running over an embankment. Mr. Ross only…

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Motor Notes

The Yass Courier · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 6

It bas been computed that 77 per cent, of the World’s Motor Cars are to be found within the borders of the United States of America. Every…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 4

A stratling head-on collision between two trains occurred at Spring Bluff railway station, Queensland, on Monday morning. The trains concerned were the Sydney mail and goods…

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Motor Accident at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1918 · page 4

Our Crookwell correspondent writes.—Mr. D. Ross, optician, while trying his new car on Monday evening last, met with a very painful accident. He was taking his wife and…

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Cut to Pieces. Prisoner Jumps From Train. Sensation at Nubba

Young Witness · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 1

There was a sensation at Nubba about 7.30 last evening after the arrival of the Temora mail. A prisoner named William Henry MacPherson,…

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Railway Commissioners

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

Two of the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Frazer and Cann, paid their annual visit of inspection to Burrowa on Thursday last. The Mayor took…

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The Motor Age. Interesting Exhibits in Sydney At the Royal Show

Young Witness · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

We learn that complete arrangements have been made by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, for a particularly good motor exhibit at the…

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Motor Car Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 3

On Monday afternoon a motor car accident took place which at the time caused quite a sensation, Mr D. Ross, who had just purchased a new car…

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Proposed Kingsdale to Norwood Road. Deputations to Ministers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 March 1918 · page 4

A deputation representing the Goulburn Municipal Council, Mulwaree Ship Council, Goulburn Chamber of Commerce, and the Kingsdale Progress Association, on Friday morning…

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The Motor Age. Interesting Exhibits in Sydney, at the Royal Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 March 1918 · page 1

We learn that complete arrangements have been made by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, for a particularly good motor exhibit at the Metropolitan Royal Show, which extends…

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Fettler Killed. Train Hits Tricycle

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

NARIUABRI, Monday.—A railway fattler named Anthony Brunner was killed on the line near Turrawan on Saturday night. The deceased was…

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Another Prisoner. Jumps From Moving Train. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

Walter-Sullivan, a prisoner who was being convoyed to Bathurst Gaol last night, jumped from the train, through A window while the train was leaving…

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Motor Cab Capsizes

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

A new Studebaker motor car, driven and owned by Mr. D. Moss, punctured a tyre near Crookwell. The accelerator was applied instead of the…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

Yesterday Mr. Jack Nesbit, motor mechanic went out to Greenbank to bring in a motor cycle, Ho took Mr. Ern Pike with him, in order to ride…

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Railway Ambulance Rifle Club Prize Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 4

The cup presented by the officers of the Railway Department, Goulburn, to the Ambulance Rifle Club, also five gold medals presented by citizens of Goulburn, for competition at…

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