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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Caught in Live Wire Motorists' Lucky Escape SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 4

Two men had an amazing escape from being electrocuted early yesterday morning, when the motor car in which they were travelling came in…

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MOTORING Hints and Happenings for the Driver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 4

An Interesting development in the form of a new motor battery compound is reported from U.S.A. The battery is designed…

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Rates Reduced Fodder on Railways SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 3

The Graziers' Association of New South Wales asked the Minister for Transport to reduce the charge made for the carriage of water for stock…

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Municipal Council Electric Lighting Of Town Railway Station Two Cases of Scarlet Fever From Binalong

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 3

The Mayor, AId. S. J. Cusack, presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council held in the Council Chambers last Monday night…

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Mail Train Derailed Hits Landslide No One Injured Big Boulder Struck Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 5

The mail train which left Mudgee at 7.46 last night for Sydney was derailed near Excelsior, about 30 miles…

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The Pope Special Train Built

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 4

In a special train, composed of four or five white and gold carriages, bearing the Papal arms, the Pope may leave the Vatican during the Holy…

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Road Cycling Exciting Finishes Back Markers in Form

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 5

Harry Thomas and G. Hicks figured prominently in the Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club's 10 miles senior handicap decided on…

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Found Shot on Railway Station Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 3

A well dressed man whose body has not yet been identified, was found shot in the head at the Central Electric Railway…

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Quick Railway Service

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 2

What is a compliment , to the efficiency of the railway service was the recent consignment of a crate of ducks from Brisbane to Mrs. B. John…

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

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 3

All motorists eagerly welcome the further drop in petrol prices, says the President of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. C. Watson), and also welcome the…

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Fell From Train Boy's Escapade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

Missing from his home at Quennbeyan for several days, a boy, aged 13, was located by Goulburn police at the Goulburn…

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Air and Road Comparisons Of Bumpiness

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

Passengers who travel by the airway between London and Paris may be subjected during the road journeys to and from the aerodromes to…

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Stock Train Off Line Near Penrith 400 Sheep Killed Nearly Big Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

Both railway lines leading to the west were blocked near Penrith late last night when a goods train became derailed near…

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MOTORING Hints and Happenings for the Driver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 4

The out of dateness of most of the motor cars and commercial motor vehicles on Australian roads will be appreciated when…

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Trams As Letter- Carriers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

A useful public service rendered by trams in Sweden is that of letter carrying. In Stockholm this service has been raised to a high degree of…

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Yass Canberra Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 2

Cr. G. M. E. Vallance stated on Friday that one had to live on the Yass Canberra road to realise the traffic which passed over it. He said that…

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Road Cycling Performances Repeated Riders Make Fast Time

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 5

By a coincidence, first and fastest time placings in the Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club's senior and junior races on…

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Tram and Sulky

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 2

Three girls travelling in a sulky on Saturday afternoon had a narrow escape from injury when their conveyance collied with the tram engine near…

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New Main Road? Proposal from Tallong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 6

Co-operation of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce Was sought by the Wingecarribee Shire Council in a letter read at last night's…

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Rugby League Railway Withdraws Fresh Draw Announced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 6

Owing to the withdrawal, of Railway last night, the Goulburn Rugby Football League's Reserve Grade competition will be…

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