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

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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The young Witness Published Tuesday and Friday Afternoons Friday, June 27Th, 1919. Railways and Shows More Concessions Wanted. a Move by Young P.and A. SOCIETY

Young Witness · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 1

The question of assisting in "boosting" the country in a practical manner was brought forward by.Mr. P. M. Grafton, at a meeting of the Young…

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Kingsdale-Norwood Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 4

Following is a copy of the Shire engineer's report:— My report of 10th July, 1017, deals in particular with the preliminary expenditures which…

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The Young Witness Published Tuesday and Friday Afternodns. Tuesday, July 1st, 1919 Soldiers at Work Constructing Roads to Local Settlements. the Work on the New Crossing Etc

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 1

The work on the new crossing near Quinn's to the Clifton Soldiers' Settle[?] will be completed this week, and the gang will then proceed with…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

COOMA, Monday—Mr. Sylvester Day was killed in a motor accident at Bald Hill, about nine miles from Cooma on Saturday night When he…

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Motor Car Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

Cooma, Monday.—A motor accident occurred 10 miles from Cooma, on the Bald Hill-Numeralla road, on Saturday evening. A party consisting of William King and his wife, Sylvester Day,…

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Goulburn Motor Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Goulburn Motor Cycle Club committee was held at the rooms, Market-street, on Wednesday night, to receive the delegates (Messrs. Waugh, Russell, Coombs,…

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The Coast Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 July 1919 · page 2

Messrs. Percy Portus and Lee Hunt have returned to Goulburn from their business and pleasure trip to the coast. They travelled by car, and reached the coast via Norriga,…

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The Aeroplane in War

Young Witness · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 3

When the war cloud burst in 1914 Great Britain was badly prepared in regard to air service. The Empire's flying machines numbered only 272,…

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Murdered Stock. £1000 Loss on Railway

Young Witness · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 5

Mr. J. Mcintosh recently lost about 100 head of stock out of a lot in transit from Roslyn, near Goulburn, to the Condobolin district. The…

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Railway Passenger Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 2

An accident occurred last night to a male passenger to Sydney by the Albury mail. As he was endeavouring to board the train at Illabo he fell between the carriages and the platform…

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Dead in a Train

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday—When the guard was inspecting a trian at Pakenham this morning, prior to leaving for Melbourne he discovered the body…

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Victorian Parliament Session Opened To-day. Railway Deficit. Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 2

The State Railway Department concluded the year's operations with a deficit of 2153,904 which is regarded as satisfactory in view of the fact that…

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Pay for Sick Railway Employees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Ball, Minister for Railway, stated on Wednesday, in response to complaints that employees in the railway service who were absent as the result of the influenza epidemic had not…

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Aeroplane V. Motor. Mode of Travel in Future

Young Witness · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 5

It will probably he a long while yet before the average man is willing to invest his saving in a little two seater aeroplane rather than in a motor…

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Railway Time-table. the Southern Deviation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 4

A new railway time-table will be brought into force as from Sunday next. On the southern line the deviation from Picton to Mittagong, via West Barge, will be…

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What the Motor Driver Left

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 2

A baby was abandoned at Vancluse last night by the driver of a motor ear, who drew up in front of a house for a few second and then drove off. When the inmates searched they…

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Double Headed Pennies Kips, Dice and Cards. Doings on a Western Train. Dubbo

Young Witness · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 2

A case which caused a good deal or interest was heard in the Policy Court before Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M. It appeal's that three men, viz., Arthur…

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The Rabbit Question. P.p. Board To-shire Council. Clean Your Roads of Rabbits. Council's Rejoinder

Young Witness · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 3

At Wangoola, Shire Council meeting letter. were read from the Careoar and Young P.P. Boards, notifying the Council that under the amended Act…

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New Railways

Young Witness · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 1

With money which is to be advanced by the Federal Government the Government of New South Wales is contemplating the construction of…

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Boy Killed by Motor Car

Young Witness · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.— Through being knocked don by a taxi-cab in Oxford street, Waverley, [?] night, [?]ack Di[?] [?] who resided with his…

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