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

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Lady Motorist Committed for Trial PERTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

A finding of unlawful killing was returned yesterday by the Acting Coroner (Mr. F. F. Horgan) after Inquiring into the death of George Francis…

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Motor Notes Watch the Spark Control

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 3

The practice of running with the spark lever in the retard position, which should only be done when starting or climbing under load, will…

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Sydney Road Smash Coach and Lorry Collide

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

One of the Intercity Co's Fageol coaches and a motor lorry, travelling in opposite directions, collided on a hairpin bend a few miles…

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Daring Escape Youth's Jump From Train Constable Dazed With Handcuffs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

Using the handcuffs which bound his wrists to daze the escorting constable, a nineteen year old prisoner jumped from the…

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Items of Interest Toll of the Motor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

In Melbourne during the week end two persons were killed and 10 were injured in motor accidents. GRAZIERS' CONFERENCE…

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Railway Industry Staff Magazine Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

The daily goods business of the N.S.W. railways represents the equivalent of ten 650-ton trains from Sydney to Broken Hill, 700 miles distant…

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Motor Lorry Accident. Frank Denny Killed

The Yass Courier · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 3

On Saturday last at 7.30 p.m. Mr R. J. Hannah, accompanied by Messrs Frank Denny, a local resident. and William Denny (a…

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Still Missing Escapee from Mail Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

Henry Jones, alias Ronald Adrian Kimber, the prisoner who leaped from the Cooma mail on Saturday morning, is still…

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Scrap the Trams Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. R. W. Gunter, consulting engineer for the London Omnibus Co., who arrived at Sydney to-day, said that before many years Sydney and all the…

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Motor Notes an Unusual Magneto Trouble

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

Being very bothered by intermittent misfiring in a four cylinder engine recently one owner, after much inquisltion amongst the sparking…

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Homestead Burnt Binda Road Farmer's Heavy Loss. House and Contents Destroyed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 8

At about 6 p.m. on Wednesday last the home of Mr. Ingleby Webster was destroyed by fire, together with a considerable amount of the…

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Motor Notes of Interest to Car Owners and Drivers What Good Roads Mean Safer Driving; Easy on Cars

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 5

Exactly what proportion of our rising tide of motor accidents is due to bad roads is impossible to gauge accurately. It is, however, very…

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Unsafe Railway Bridges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 5

Dr. F. Antill Pockley remarked at a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Council this week that the railway authorities appeared to be a law unto themselves,…

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Neglected the Koorawatha-crowther Road

The Young Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

"The Shire spent £2,000 on putting that road down, and then neglected it" said Cr. Tout at yesterday's meeting of the Shire…

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Washed Away the Jerrybang Rabbits. Road, Too!

The Young Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

Rabbits at Jerrybang fared badly during last week's rain. The place was infested with them, so much so that the P.P. Board…

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Motor Car Smash Two Men and a Boy Badly Injured Two Others Escape

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

As a result of their motor car turning over twice on Saturday evening at about 12.45 three members of the Tuckwell family,…

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Railway Fettler Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

Frank Denny, a railway fettler, was thrown from a motor lorry at North Yass and killed. The driver of the lorry pulled off the road to…

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"Bullied and Branded" Motorist's Effective Protest SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

It is believed that the proposal to compel motorists to display on the windscreens of their cars the registration certificate for the car will be…

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Motor Notes Cures for Petrol Leaks

The Young Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

As petrol is by no means a cheap commodity, it is just as well to stop leaks that may take place. It often occurs that the plugs situated just…

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Breach of Motor Act

The Young Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

For failing to return his certificate and registration number plate John McGill de Britt was summoned at the Court this morning. Defendant…

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