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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 6 of 46

Oallen Bridge Tallaganda Agrees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

At its meeting yesterday the Tallaganda Shire Council, Braid Wood, agreed to accept the Government grant of 1000 and…

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Burrawang Road To Be Done By Contract

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

The question of the road from Burrawang township to the railway station was again before the [?] council on Monday, when a letter was…

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Railway Inspections Commissioner Postpones Southern Tour

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 9

The Commissioner for Railways has found it necessary to postpone the tour of a section of the southern line which had been arranged for…

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No Survey Road To Be Repaired Question of Work on Roads Not Proclaimed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

Following a deputation to the last shire meeting urging that repairs be made to the road leading off the main southern road to…

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18 KILLED Soviet Train Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

MOSCOW, Sunday: Eighteen were killed and nine injured when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train at the Karaustrogonovo…

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State Highway Yass-canberra Road Shire Relieved Of Upkeep

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

After a long agitation by various public bodies and citizens it is now proposed to proclaim the Yass-Canberra. Road a State…

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Drover's Death On Railway Platform

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

On his way from Narrandera to Sydney in charge of a consignment of stock for T. A. Field, well-known Sydney carcase…

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Railway Removal South Loco. Big Work Starts Jobs For 100 Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

Preliminary work began this morning on the extension of the railway depot at South Loco…

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Did Not Appear Defaulting Motorist

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

Howard Arthur Pikett, who has yet to stand his trial on a charge of stealing a valuable security concerning a lottery cheque, did…

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TALLONG Road Work Necessary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 6

The Tallong Progress Association wrote the shire seeking re-construction work on the following roads in that area: From the post office to…

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"UNFORTUNATE" Railway Scaler

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

"The deefndant was unfortunate, in that he travelled on the same train that I did," said Senior Railway Detective Baxter at the…

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Yass-canberra Road State Highway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 6

After a long agitation by various public bodies and citizens, it Is now proposed to proclaim the Yass-Canberra Road a State Highway and to…

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

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 6

It has been stated that Vienna is going back to horses. The reason is to be found in the high taxes on cars which are compelling private owners…

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Motor Transport Service

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 2

Mr. Bob Oxley, who is equipped with a new Dodge truck, has inaugurated a weekly transport service between Crookwell and Goulburn. The…

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Train Scalers from Demondrille

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 4

Whilst out in search of the cracksmen who had visited and blown open a safe at Burrowa, the police, on calling in at the…

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Engineer’s Report Black Bog Bridge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 3

The following report, submitted by Mr. L. E. Cowles, engineer to Goodradigbee Shire, was adopted at last Friday’s meeting:…

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Hume Bridge Sheep Fall Into River

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 5

Urging that representations be made to the Main Roads Department to erect netting on both sides of the carriageway on the Hume bridge to…

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Trail of Damage in Coogee Bay Road

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

SYDNEY, Thursday: An extraordinary phenomenon was experienced at Coogee to-day when a terrific cyclonic wind in a narrow…

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Yass-canberra Road Employment Of Local Men

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

Mr. T. J. Collins, M.H.R., advised us per ’phone to-day that he had received an acknowledgment from the Minister in answer to his letter,…

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Electrification Railway Plans Goulburn Mentioned

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

The Government and railway authorities are now believed to be conferring on the desirability of the electrification…

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