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

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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R.A.C.A. Road Service Station

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 3

The Royal Automobile Club's comprehensive plan to provide free road service to its members on all main roads of the State has been advanced…

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Motors Collide

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 2

In Goulburn Street on Saturday two motor lorries collided opposite Denning's, very little damage to either lorry resulting. Mr. J…

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Motor-cyclist Hurt Auburn St. Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 3

Laurie Peters, a junior porter on the railways, suffered concussion and shock when his motor-cycle .collided with a Chinaman's waggon at ,the…

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Twelve Hours in Train Lavatory

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 1

After travelling for twelve hours in the small lavatory attached to a northern bound goods train from Gloucester, a young man and a girl…

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Leg Cut Off Boy Under Tram

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 5

Raving slipped beneath the wheels of a shunting steam-tram in Dutton-street, John Cusack, eight-year-old sop of the Mayor of Yass, had his…

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Stealing Motor Accessories Young Man Pleads Guilty

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 7

At the Burrowa Police Court Thursday, before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest P.M., Leonard Wilton, aged 20, was charged with with…

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Sunday Train for Sydney Is It Too Early?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 3

At a committee meeting of the Tourist Bureau the question of the departure of the Sunday train to Sydney came under…

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Tram and Car Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: When a motor car and tram collided with terrific force at Willough[?] late last night the drivers of both vehicles were…

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Early Shows! Roads of the Old Days Bushrangers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 4

The first wheat sown, in Argyle was at Bungonia. This was as far as I can make. out, about the year 1821 or 1822…

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Struck by Train

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 2

On the North Coast railway line, a little after 8 on Sunday morning, three [?]oung men had remarkable escapes from serious injury through a motor…

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Toll of the Road Over Eight a Week

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 3

The toll of the road was particularly heavy in New South Wales during March, When there were 34 deaths, the number being greatly in excess of the…

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Uniform Road Surfaces

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Will road surfaces become uniform and non-skid in the future? asks a London motoring journal. An important development is that the…

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Torrential Rain District Storm Country Roads Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 3

Roads. were damaged. fences wushed a way and tra[?]ffc he d up for several hours as the result of a particularly severe thunder…

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From Everywhere Check in Motor Car Speeds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 2

Following adverse comment by the Coroner on the speed of motorists returning to Sydney from the Kembla…

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Railway Employees Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 2

Mr. W. F. M. ROSS (Cootamundra) 4.54: I desire to refer to several cases of railway employees under the Workmen's Compensation…

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Valedictory to Railway Employees

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

There was a good attendance of Railway Employees and Business People in the Railway Institute, Harden, on Thursday night, 28th…

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Motor Notes. Good Brakes Necessary

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Motorists are reminded of the absolute necessity for the brakes on their motor vehicles to he maintained in perfect order to ensure the…

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SKIDDING Advice To Motorists

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 6

Before very long the slippery roads of winter will be providing ideal skidding grounds for the unwary. And as in the past, a big percentage of…

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Bridge Grants Mulwaree Fares Badly Councillors Complain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 6

"We are not getting a fair go over this matter," emphatically protested Cr. L. A. Sykes, in referring at Wednesday's meeting of…

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Round the World Strange Happenings Forth Bridge X 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 6

San Francisco: The world's largest bridge, to span Francisco Bay and connect San Francisco and Oakland, is taking shape…

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