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

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Straying Stock Nuisance Clearing Shire Roads. Motor-cycle Fatality

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

The question of straying stock was discussed at the Mulwaree Shire Council meeting on Tuesday. Cr. Henderson referred to the recent…

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"The Turn in the Road."

Young Witness · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 2

Because [?] wife gave her life in giving life to a son he cursed God and became a bitter man. Becoming known as "The Searcher," he…

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Bullocks Washed Down Rivers. Damage to Broken Hill Railway

Young Witness · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 4

In the far north there were exceptionally heavy falls. A telegram from Horseshoe Bend reported [?]mendotis [?]oods had occurred in the…

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Industrial Alliance. Big Merger Proposed. Miners, Railwaymen, and A.W.U. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 1

A conference of trude unionists commenced at the Trades Hall yesterday to discuss the question of amalgamation and other matters. It…

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Unprecedented Flo[?]ds 240 Miles of Railway Destroyed. Many Narrow Escapes. ADE[?]DE. Wednesday Night

Young Witness · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 2

Later particulars of the South Australian [?]oods show that they were unprecedented in severity and extent. They occurred practically…

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Motor Car Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 3

An accident, which was fortunately unattended by serious results, occurred in Albury-street, Murrumburrah, on Saturday…

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Parcel of Clothes. Vanishes From Railway Station. Labourer Committed for Trial

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

At the Goulburn Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M., Ronald Rowlands was charged on remand with stealing on Nov. 13…

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High Cost of Road Metal. Purchase of Crushing Plant Suggested

Young Witness · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 2

Two tenders were received by the Young Municipal Council for the supply of road metal. One was unaccompanied by the necessary deposit,…

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Cycle Road Race J. Day Wins G.a.c. Event

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 2

The five-mlie road race arranged by the Goulburn Amateur Cycling Club took place on :Lo Braidwood road course on Friday afternoon, the…

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Aeroplane Missing

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

Melborne, Monday. — Lieut. Reudle reported to the police that a Maurie-Farman aeroplane, the property of his firm, had been stolen. The machine was…

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Thieving Up-to-date. An Aeroplane Stolen. MELBOURNE

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 1

Lieutenant Readle has reported to the police hat an aeroplane, the property of his firm, has been stolen. The machine was parked at…

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Big Train Wreck. 14 KILLED, 32 Injured Vancouver

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 1

The United Press representative at Vera Cruz states that 14 were killed and 32 injured in a train wreck caused by strikers disconnecting the air…

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Goulburn Railway District. Signal Inspector Appointed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 4

Mr. Christie from Sydney, has been appointed Signal Inspector for the Goulburn railway district with headquarters in Goulburn. The district…

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Casualties at Railway

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

Two minor cnsualties occurred at the railway yards during the past few days. On Friday Mr. Walter Lanham a fitter at the loco sheds had one of the fingers…

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The Case for the Country. Making Country Life Attractive.--the Necessity of Good Roads.--a Rural Telephone System. --Cheap Power & Labour-saving Devices. No. 6

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 1

One striving cause of the drift to the city is the lonely and laborious character of rural life. It is bard on the man, harder on the woman, hardest of all, perhaps,…

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Bridge at Bribbaree. Proposal Deferred. Road Matters Attended To

Young Witness · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 2

At Saturday's meeting of Weddin Shire Council, Mr. A. A. Patterson, shire engineer, submitted a report with roference to a bridge, as asked…

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Aeroplane Theft. Police Amused

Young Witness · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 2

Detectives at the Criminal investigation office yesterday afternoon recelved a report of a "robbery" at which in turn they were surprised…

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The Case for the Country Making Country Life Attractive.—the Necessity of Good Roads.—a Rural Telephone System.— Cheap Power and Labour Saving Devices. No. 6

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

One striking cause of the drift to the city is the lonely and labourious character of rural life. It is hard on the man, harder on the woman, hardest of all…

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Harden Railway Works. Deputation to Railway Commissioners. Satisfactory Reply Received

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 2

The deputation appointed to wait on the Minister for Railways re the removal of the Harden Railway Works, visited the office of the Minister by appointment…

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The Case for the Country. Making Country Life Attractive. the Necessity of Good Roads a Rural. Telephone System. Cheap Power and Labor-saving Devices. No. 6

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 6

One striking cause of the drift to the city is the lonely and laborious character of rural life. It is hard on the man, harder on the woman…

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