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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

914 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 46

Tugalong Road Accident to Mailman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 2

On Saturday, February ,23, Mr. Chave, the contractor for the Canyonleigh-Tuggalong road mall, suffered injuries when he was thrown…

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Roads Boards and Shires Informative Survey of Position Increasing Power Is Noted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 4

"This is a very lengthy and highly technical document and only an expert in accountancy can get a good idea of the position of the board at any fixed period as far as finance is concerned."…

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Railway Commissioner Met By Deputation

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. O. C. Hancock), Ald. H. M. Boucker and J. P. Watson and the Town Clerk (Mr. C. W. Kenny), met the Deputy Railway…

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Alleged Stealing Motor Parts

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 9

At the Burrowa Police Court to-day, before Mr. Hammond, J.P., Leonard Wilson, a young man, was charged with stealing at Boorowa on…

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The Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 4

The address on the railways, their work and progress, given by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. F. C. Garside, was most instructive…

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Railway Station Public Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 7

Belmore Park is not very large, and perhaps it is all the better for being small, reminding one of a rare gem. How many of our citizens who walk…

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Trunk Road Suggested Bowning to Narrandera

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 2

At the instigation of Cr. Grogan it was decided at Friday’s meeting of the Shire to invite the co-operation of shires and municipalities concerned,…

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“ASTOUNDING” List Of Roads Not Under Shire’s Jurisdiction

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 3

“With regard to these roads not under the jurisdiction of the shire this is a remarkable state of affairs. It appears to me we have more roads…

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Boobalaga Road £1600 Expenditure Not Favoured Cr. O'Brien's Lone Fight

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 3

When it was announced at Thursday's Council meeting that the Department had granted £1600 for expenditure on the…

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Chamber of Commerce Agitation for Main Road Between Crookwell and Goulburn

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Crookwell Chamber of Commerce was held on Wednesday night last. Prior to the annual meeting the…

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Pedestrian Traffic on Hume Bridge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 2

At the instigation of the P. and C. Association, the Mayor approached the Premier, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, when he was in Yass last week, on the…

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Railway Tyres That Joppa Accident Union Allegation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, Mr. Fletcher, to-day challenged the Government to hold…

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Antiquated Station Goulburn as Railway Centre Deputation to the Minister

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 2

Attended by only a small number of people, several of whom were members of the Goulburn and District Tourist Bureau, a public meeting at the Goulburn Town Hall last night unanimously decided that a deputation…

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Motor Notes. What Would She Say?

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 1

"What would your wife say if you bought a car?" "Look out for that post! Be careful now. Don't hit that car Look…

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Paris Project Building With Motor Tracks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 6

Mr. Adrian Ashton, in the course of an address to members of the Institution of Engineers at Science House, Sydney, told his hearers of a…

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TALLONG Improving a Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 6

With a view to determining a more practicable route to the Shoalhaven gorge reserve, a party representing the Tallong Progress Association and…

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Train Smash on North Shore Line Electric Hits Goods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Early this morning an electric train struck the guard's van of a goods train near Gordon with terrific force…

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Disaster of 50 Years Ago Train Smash Near Cootamundra

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 1

The Junee railway jubilee on February 20 recalled to many railway men the terrible tragedy which befel the mail train from Wagga to…

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Railway Disaster In England

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: [?] railway smash in Kingslangley on the London-Midlands-Scottish line, severed the main artery between London and…

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Shocking Accident Boy Falls Under Train Left Leg Amputated

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 2

A shocking accident which cast gloom over the town, occurred about 12.35 a.m. on Friday, when John Cusack, the…

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