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

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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RAILWAYS Latest Staff Changes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

Latest staff changes in the southern railway division are as follows:— Traffic Branch:—Mr. M. Bastick, clerk, Bowral to Mudgee; C. Boehme,…

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Motor Ships Oust Steamers London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

The "Motorship" announces a record number of 350 motorships of a tonnage of 230,000 are building for the new year of which 40…

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HIGHWAYS Roads Board Control

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. announces that interesting figures have been made available by the Main Roads Boards relative to the mileage of roads in which…

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Road Repairing Conscription System

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

To repair rondo in Turkey and keep them in good order the Government has instituted conscription of labour. All men between the ages of 18 and…

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Travelling De Luxe a Tip-Top Trailer That Bad Road From Bookham

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Motor car travelling is becoming more popular every day but modern motorists demand more and more comforts. Cars have…

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In Ireland Motoring Changes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Providing for the compulsory insurance of all cars and other motor vehicles, whether used for public service or privately, an important Bill…

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Motoring First Car Fifty Years Ago Early Trials

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

"How much am I offered for this 1877 Selden model?" How humorous this would sound if it were announced by an auctioneer…

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Motorists on Tour Journey From Melbourne Camped in Victoria Park

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

Member of the melbourne Oakland-Pontiac Club who are engaged in an interstate tour arrived at Sydney on Saturday afternoon. About 110…

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Railway Line on Mount Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

Messrs. Ross and Hogarth, who have the contract for supplying metal for the Bowning road job, have put down a quarter of a mile of railway on…

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More Trouble with Narraburra Shire Council Trees Cut on Road and Left on Reserve

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Another wordy warfare, as projected by typewriters, is being waged between the Young P.P, Board and Narraburra Shire, over the cutting of…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

A German inventor is experimenting with a "rocket" car, in which, instead of the exploding rocket he employs a liquified gas. Three cylinders…

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The Man on the Land. RAIL v. MOTOR

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 10

The following address was delivered by Mr. H. P. Harris, Assistant Southern Area Commissioner, at a meeting held at Young recently:—…

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The Post! Railways and Service to the State a Solution To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Sir,—The address by Mr. H. P. Harris, Assistant Area Commissioner for Railway at the Goulburn Town Hall, stopped short at the point when…

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Red Card For Motor Drivers Safety First Des Moines, Iowa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Motorists in Cerro County were recently kept busy guessing when Sheriff G. F. Cress introduced a new campaign for careful driving…

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Boy Killed Struck by Train Tragedy Near Binalong

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

The people of Binalong were shocked when it was heard that a ghastly accident had occurred on the railway line on Friday night,…

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Main Roads Board New Year Resolutions Those Hoardings and Pumps

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

It would appear that the Main Roads Board of N.S.W. has made some New Year resolutions. At all events, in letters to Friday’s…

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Goulburn and the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

Goulburn owes a great deal of its prosperity to the fact of it being a big railway centre. During the last two or three years it has…

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Railway Inspection Southern District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner, Mr. Clary, will be passing through Goulburn on Friday on his tour of inspection of the Southern District beyond…

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Transfers to Cardiff Railway Staff Those Removals

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

The matter of railway transfers is evidently receiving some attention at the hands of the Railway Commissioners…

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RAILWAYS Staff Changes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Traffic Branch.—On Holidays: Mr. C. W. Williams, S. M., Picton; Mr. O. L. Kimble, S.M., Young; Mr. E. Bryee, clerk, Temora; Mr. H. C…

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