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

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

762 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 39

Railway Porter Killed. Fatality Near Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Lithgow, Tuesday. —It Is reported that a shocking accident occurred near Torbane, on the Maidgee line, this afternoon. A junior porter…

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Easter Motor Carnival. Programme Proposed for Goulburn. New Club Going Ahead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

A letter has been received by the secretary of the Goulburn Motor Cycle Club, Mr. S. W. Moran, from the M.C. C of N.S.W. stating that it has been…

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Visiting Tramway Teams

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Billiard and cricket teams from the Waverley Tramway Institute will visit Goulburn on Monday next. The cricket team will play the…

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Railway Cleaner's Theft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Leonard Hughes, a railway cleaner, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment at Bathurst Quarter Sessions for stealing a quantity of…

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The Welsh Railway Disaster. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Another death has resulted from the Abermule railway disaster, Wales. An ex-soldior, aged 21, who was thrice wounded and also gassed in the war, was…

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Motor Taxes. Councils Want Money

Young Witness · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Kavanagh, M.L.C., stated to-day that a number of municipal and shire councils had requested the motor tax license fees…

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Welsh Railway Disaster

Young Witness · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.—At the inquest into the Abermule railway disaster, Ernest Rogers, 17 years old, a porter at the Abormule railway station,…

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Burrangong Shire Business. Roads and Bridges

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

There are not in the deliberations of the Burrangong Shire Council those lively and interesting verbal interchanges that are characteristic…

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Motor Car Burnt

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

A Studebaker car owned by Mr. Ern Emery caught fire between Young and Grenfell. The two occupants of the car were unable to subdue the…

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Motor Car Agent Wanted

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

Australian Motors, Ltd., who ad vertise regularly in our columnws the Auatralian Six metor car, write that they are prepared to accept an…

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Another Tram Accident. Several Injured. Sydney, Monday night

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

Another tram accident occurred to-day. A train was descending Miller street North Sydney, when it ran into a lorry and slid across, striking…

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Post Dated Railway Tickets

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

Early on Monday morning a Goulburn citizen (whose better half left for Sydney by this morning's early train) presented himself at the Railway booking…

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Tram Accident—15 Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

A tram Proceeding from Northbridge to Milson's Point collided with a motor last evening. The tram was derailed, last evening. The tram was derailed,…

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Motor Cycle Carnival. Goulburn Club Discusses Prospects. Starts at Tuchin's Corner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

Members of the Goulburn Motor Cycle Club discussed the prospects for the Easter carnival at a meeting on Monday night…

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Deplorable Out and Dusty Roads. Bendick Murrell

Young Witness · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Progress Association was held on Monday night when it was resolved to ask Councillors Kearins and Tout to…

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Railway and Tramway Co-operative Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

Remarkable figures as to the progress of the Railway and Tramway Co-operative Society, Ltd., were quoted at the first annual re-union, held…

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Closed Railway Gates

Young Witness · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

The question of closed railway gates at several level crossings in the town of Young was again mentioned at the Chamber of Commerce…

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Current News. Kingsvale Railway Gates

Young Witness · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

Recently the manager of Kingsvale Soldiers' Settlement complained to the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch, Department of Lands, of the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Fire at Motor Garage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 4

A fire broke out at Meller's motor garage, Leichhardt. last night, with the result that the building was gutted and several motor cars destroyed. The stock…

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Motor Cycle Carnival. Use of Racecourse Refused

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

Application from the Goulburn Motor Cycle Club was made to the committee. of the Racing Club on Wednesday night for the use of the…

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