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

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

746 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 38

Motor Cycle Record

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Albury, Monday.—J. Wilson and N. Hough, who left Melbourne yesterday with the object of endeavouring to lower the motor cycle and sidecar record…

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Motor Accident. Ex-goulburn Residents. Death of Little Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Mrs. J. McRae and her little piece. Thora Martz, who were injured on Christmas Day through a motor crashing them are known in Goulburn…

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Railway Rebates on Stock. Special Restocking Rate to Cease

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

Molong.—A request having been made to the Railway Comissioners for the extension of the rebate of 50 per cent on stock purchased at Flemington for…

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Motor Fatality. Young Man Arrested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Thora Martz, aged nine who was knocked down by a motor cycle at Pens hurst,-died in the hospital. The police. have arrested Kennetli Ritchie (18),…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

An attempt was made to wreck. a train between Hornsby and Milson's Point last night. A bag of blue metal was discovered on the line near St…

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German Railways Placed Under Control of a Commission. Berlin

Young Witness · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

The German Government has introduced a Bill to provide for the handing over of the State railways to an independent commission which…

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Car Overturns Motor Party's Escape BUTHURST

Young Witness · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

A party of motorists comprising Mr. and Mrs. H. Hopkins and their son, of Culcairn; A. H. Bryan, of Buthurat, and others had a thrilling…

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Dived Under a Tram Mans Shocking Death CAIRNS

Young Witness · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

Timothy Toohey, aged 50, ended his life by diving under a railway ongine. The body was terribly mutilated. Deceased is said to be a…

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Motor Accident

The Yass Courier · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The “ Penny Post ” says:—Mrs. J. McRae and her little niece, Thora Martz, who were injured on Christmas Day through a motor crashing…

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Motor Accident. Medical Student Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and a jinker in Macquarie-st., Sydney, on Tuesday night, resulted in the death of Samuel Asher, aged 21, a medical…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Tourists' Escape. Motor Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

A motor car containing a party of tourists skidded near Oberon, ran up an embankment, and completely overturned The occupants wore thrown clear…

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Motor Cycle Racing. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Dear Sir,—At a dinner hold in Goulburn on Friday last to entertain the riders in the six day. reliability trial for motor cycles under the auspices of…

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Crashed Into Tram Bolting Horses Killed Four People Injured Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 1

Two horses attached to a lorry, took fright at a plece of paper in Botany Road last night and bolted. They crashed into a tram, and the…

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Re-stocking Rebates Not Warranted by Traffic Railway Commissioners Explain

Young Witness · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners say that 50 per cent. rebate on stock conveyed from Flemington to the country for re-stocking purposes is not…

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Railway Returns. the Christmas Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

Official figures compiled by the authorities at the local railway booking office show that there were 11,363 travellers from Goulburn during Dec…

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Railway Charges. Commissioner's Explanation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Replaying on Wednesday to controversy in regard to the freight charged on stock travelling from Flemington to the country for re-stocking purposes,…

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No Railway Ticket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

On a charge of travelling without a railway ticket Arthur Riley was at the Goulburn Police Court this (Saturday) morning, before Mr. W. S…

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Paper's Flight Round Australia by Aeroplane Perth

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 1

Lieutenant Parer. who is flying round Austtralia, has reached Naretha. on the trans-Australian line. He will next go to Kalgoorlie, and then…

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Road Resumption at Carumb

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

The Shire engineer submitted a longthy report to Saturday's meeting of the Burrangong shire Council on the subject of a road resumption on…

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"A Bit Tired." Retirement of Minister for Railways Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 1

The Minister for Railways this ofternoon confirmed the statment that he wasnot contesting the next elections. "I want a spell," he said this…

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