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

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Fall From Bridge Remarkable Escape SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 3

Falling 175 feet from the Harbour Bridge yesterday morning, Charles Gallagher escaped death, and is expected to recover. Gallagher, who is…

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Railway Parcels Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

Stamped parcels at prepaid rates may be sent on the N.S.W. railways at exceptionally low, rates. A 1 lb. parcel may be sent 25 miles for 5d…

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Railway Parcels Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 1

Stamped parcels at prepaid rates may be sent on the N.S.W. railways at exceptionally low rates. A 1 lb. parcel may be sent 25 miles for 5d,…

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Over the Bridge Suicide Seen By Girls SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

As two g[?] w[?]nd derock the Harbour Bridges las. eight, [?] spoke of jumping over, they saw a man climb, to the top rain, poise…

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Railway Opportunity Cheap Train to Woltongong

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

On Sunday 21st inst. a cheap train is being run from Goulburn to Wollongong leaving Goulburn at 7.5 a.m., arriving Wollongong 10.35…

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Off the Bridge Another Victim SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

Donald Stewart Sullivan, 46, an accountant or Stanmore Road, Petersham jumped from the Harbour Bridge last night. He died three…

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Hit by Train Fatal Accident SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

William Henry Goon, 44, of Leichhardt, was killed this morning when he was struck by an electric train while inspecting overhead train wires…

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Improvement of Roads

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

Speaking at the annual presidential dinner of the Gunning Shire Council, ex-Councillor T. Starr (who was a member of the…

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Road Patrons Active

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

This was the heaviest Christmas for several years for the N.R.M.A. road patrols. Though Boxing Day saw the roads more crowded than…

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More Road Courtesy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

"Throughout the heavy Christmas traffic there was a noticeable increase in road courtesy among motorists," said Mr. J. C. Watson,…

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New Bridge in Burma Singapore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

The first bridge over the Irrawaddy River, in Burma, was opened to-day by the Governor (sir Hugh Stephenson), in the presence of a large…

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Amazing Revival U.S.A. Motor Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

Lespite the financial unrest in U.S.A. during 1933, the production figures in the automobile. Industry of that country are…

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Motoring Those Tyres Correct Pressure Important Point

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

The importance of correct tyre pressures in relation to the steering of a motor vehicle is not fully realised by many motorists…

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Railway Engines Wanted London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

A message from Moscow states that the Commissar for Transport in an article in "Isvestia," declares that Russia wants more railway…

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Motor Accident Brig.-general McNICOLL Car Crash at Mittagong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

Brigadier-General W. McNicoll, M.P., was injured when two cars came into collision at Mittagong yesterday. Accompanied by Mr. Hooke, of…

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Struck Trouble Motorists Omission

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

A party Victorian motorists who indiscreetly loaded so much travelling gear on the back of their car that the number plate…

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Sad Railway Fatality. Death of Mr. Samuel George Taylor. An Inquest Held. Verdict of Accidental Death

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

AN Inquest was held at the Court House, Marrumburrah, on Friday morning, 22nd December (before the Coroner, Mr. J. C…

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Yass Tram

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

The following alterations have been made in the time-table of the Yass Junction-Yass Town tram. Commencing from Monday next, the 10,35 a.m…

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Frozen in Village in the Alps Cars Freeze to Road Nice

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

Three hundred persons, including Britons and Americans, and thirty children, were isolated in the village of Beuil at an attitude…

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Better Service. Improvement at Railway Parcels Office

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

To admit of better service to customers, the parcels office at the railway station baa been remodelled…

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