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

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Sydney Motor Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

The Standardised Motors, Limited, Sydney, extend a cordial invitation to country visitors to Sydney during week beginning 22nd January to visit…

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Terrible Railway Fatality. Teamster Run Down

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 2

John Haake evidently did not hear the whistle of a goods train at Franstown town crossing, Dandenong, Victoria, last night,, for he drove a horse…

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Run Down by Train

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

At Dandenong (Vic.) on Thursday, a good train dashed into an empty waggon drawn by, three horses and killed the driver of the waggon, Jules…

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Searching For Work. Boys "Jump" Train at Albury. Wagga Police Sergeant's Commendable Action

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 3

The four boys who were before the Children's Court at Wagga this week for "jumping the train at Albury" are, it appears, all about the age of…

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Motorist's Strange Mishap

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

Whilst travelling to Barmedman by car on Wednesday night last, Mr. Sidney M. Smith met with a painful and somewhat peculiar accident. A piece…

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Killed by Aeroplane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

A little girl aged three was accidentally struck by an aeroplane at LiverPool on Sunday and killed. Just as Captain Porcival was about to land the…

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Killed by Aeroplane. Little Girl's Fate. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

While attempting to land an aeropiane with passengers taken up at Liverpool yesterday, Captain Percival saw an elderly man start to walk…

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Sydney Motor Show

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., have just been appointed sole distributors for Rolls-Royce Ltd., and are exhibiting a magnificent chassis of this make…

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Railway Management. Complaint by Fruit Growers

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

Bitter complaints of the policy adopted by the Victorian Railway depariment in regard to the supply of trucks to fruit growers were made…

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Smart Capture. Australia House Motor Cars London

Young Witness · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 1

The officials at Australia House, learning of a rumoured intention to attempt to steal one of the staff motor cars communicated with Scotland…

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Motoring for Women

The Yass Courier · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

Year by year the modern motor [?]r has become more suitable for the woman owner driver, without having been specifically designed for…

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Welsh Train Disaster. London

Young Witness · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

It is officially stated that the casualty list in the Wolsh train disaster contains sixteen killed, and sixteen injured. Two of the latter are in a…

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Harden Yards. Transfer of Railway Men. Protest to Be Lodged

Young Witness · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

A public meeting was held in the Mechanics' Institute. Harden, on Tuesday night to consider the question of taking steps to protest…

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Motor Cyclist Killed. Tragedy at Carnival

Young Witness · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

GILGANDRA.—A motor cycle carnival was held on Wednesday in the presence of a large crowd that came from all parts of the west. A gloom…

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Motorist Killed at Sports Gathering

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

Gilgandra, Thursday.—Prior to the commnencement of the motor races yesterday it tragic accident, which resulted In the death of Frank McClure,…

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The Park Crime. Motor Mechanic Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

Charles Wynne Speechley, 31, decribed as a motor mechanic, appeared at the Central Police Court on Thursday, charged with the murder of Constable Wolgast…

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Unions Amalgamate. Railwaymen and A.w.u

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Australian Railways Union, which is a[?]ated with various inter-State railway organisations, proposes to amalgamate…

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Motor Cycle Club. Changes Its Name. Active Future Expected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

A general meeting of the Goulburn Motor Club, presided over by the president (Aid. East), decided on Monday night to alter the name of the…

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Run Down by Train. a Youth Killed. Mudgee

Young Witness · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Two youths riding on a railway tricycle were run down by a train near Torbane, on the Mudgee line. One was killed…

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Busy Railways. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

Yesterday [?] bags of wheat were shipped from the trucks and sheds at Darling Harbour. Upwards of 1,007,663 bags of wheat have been…

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