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

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,134 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 57

Huge Success German Motor Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 6

The German automobile Industry opened its Jubilee Motor Show at Berlin last week, the display, it is reported, being the…

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Road Babies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 2

PRAGUE: Special junior driving licenses will in future be issued to child motorists in Czecho-Slovakia. This is part of a scheme sponsored…

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BUNGENDORE Progress Association Bridge Wanted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 2

BUNGENDORE: At a public meeting convened by the Progress Association a deputation was appointed to wait on the…

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The Motorworld News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 4

Realising the difficulties that may arise to partially incapacitated soldiers who are car drivers, the committee of the R.A.C.A. has decided…

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Castrol Cup Motor Club Event

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 1

On Sunday the Goulburn Motor Club held a speed judging contest to Oallen Ford and return, the event constituting the third…

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Sunday's Special Train

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

The special train that will run from Cowra to Young on Sunday next has been chartered by the Cowra Swimming Club so that members will be…

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New Bridge Conflict of Views. Clarke or Thornhill Streets?

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 3

The receipt by the Young Municipal Council last night of a petition requesting the erection of a traffic bridge in Clarke Street,…

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"Real Speedway" Concrete Road Shire Council to Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

"The road through Marulan is a real speedway for cars, and sooner or later some child will be crippled or killed there," declared Cr…

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Royal Automobile Club of Australia News Summary Harbour Bridge Toll Gates

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

Considerable delay is being caused to traffic at the Harbor Bridge Toll during peak hours, not because of any inefficiency of the collectors, but…

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Pilfering From Motor Cars

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

In view of the widespread pilfering from cars and the frequency with which vehicles are stolen, the R.A.C.A. reminds motorists of the…

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Stop Light On Trams

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

The only vehicle on the road today that is not required by law, to indicate the intention of the driver to stop is the tram. The recent…

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Reckless Country Motorists

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 5

Police are planning to extend their road safety campaign to the country, and a plan will shortly be put into operation…

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Motor Industry Prosperous In America

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

Mr. E. G. Poxson, president of the Reo Export Sales Corporation, who arrived by the Monterey last week, in an interview with the Press stated…

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Road Courtesy English Motorists Gentlemen at Wheel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

Almost without exception, every Australian who visits England and does any motoring, returns, home impressed with the courtesy and…

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Train in Creek In Central Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

ALICE SPRINGS, Sunday: Strict secrecy is being maintained by officials about the train smash which occurred at Camel Creek, about 60…

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Toll of the Road Traffic Control

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Germany is determined to decrease the "toll of the road." Every possible means to this end is being investigated. A system of…

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In The Mud Road Rages Keen. Armstrong Wins the 9-Mile. K. Bartle's Fate

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Fourteen competitors started on Sunday in a 9-mile road race ("a mud-lark race") on the Back Creek and Kingsvale roads for a…

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Mr. Scobie and the Motorist

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Most of those who drive motor cars will agree entirely with the remarks of Mr. Scobic, S.M., made yesterday at the Traffic…

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Motoring That New Car Where Money Goes 80 Per Cent in Wages

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

It is authoritatively stated that 80 per cent of the money spent in the purchase of a new automobile is paid out in wages…

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Sixteen Killed Railway Tender Loose

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Monday: Sixteen Canadian Pacific railway workers were killed to-day when the tender of a locomotive became derailed…

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