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

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

934 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 47

Special Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 5

Over 300 people took advantage of the special train which ran to Wollongong yesterday at excursion rates There were 87 children and 240 adults,…

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The Empire "The Road Back"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

Remarque's "The Road Back" will be shown at the Empire Theatre to-night commencing a three-day run. Remarque, was the author of the…

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Train Hits Car Tourists Flung in River

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Monday: When the Adelaide-Victor Harbour express was passing over the High Street crosing at Strathalbyn at…

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Yass, Too! Main Road Board And Signs Department's Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 3

According, to the Local Government Association, the Department of Main Roads has legal power to demand the removal of road signs and…

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Motorist to Pay for Running Over Dog

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

A case of considerable interest motorists and the public generally was decided at the Wagga Police Court when Mr. J. A. Harris,…

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Tallong Road Route Determined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

The copy of a letter submitted by Mr. J. M. Tully, M.L.A., to the Minister in connection with the Bunda-noon-Tallong Road, following the…

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"The Road Back" At the Empire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

Members of the Goulburn subbrance or the Returned Soldiers' League were, by special invitation of the management, guests at the…

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Railway Returns for Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

GUNNING: The Gunning railway Station returns, supplied by Mr. M. J. Gallon, stationmaster, show, that 8088 bales of wool' were consigned…

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"The Road Back" At the Empire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 7

Adapted from the novel by Erich Remarque with the screen version by R. C. Sheriff, of "Journeys End" fame, the main…

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On the Road Remove Chocks from Roadway

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 6

That thoughtlessness can endanger human lives is revealed by an officer of the N.R.M.A., who recently completed a tour of the southern…

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Car Strikes Road Posts

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

Travelling into Yass yesterday afternoon a car knocked down several of the white signposts erected by the Department of Main Roads…

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Passing Comment Road Safety

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

BEING a built-up area, motorists are restricted to a pace not exceeding 30 miles per hour when passing through Yass. In these days of…

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Motor Notes the German "Volkswagen"

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

The German Volkswagen, with which Herr Hitler hope's to provide family motoring for the masses, seems to be nearer materialisation…

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Mechanically Minded Motorists

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

Generally speaking the present-day motorist is mechanically minded, according to Mr J, Fielder, chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. This does…

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Motor Car Noise

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

The British Ministry of Transport has established certain standards for various vehicles beyond which noisiness should not rise, and most…

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Gunning Railway Returns for Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

The Gunning railway station, returns, supplied by Mr. M. J. Gallon, stationmaster, show that 8088 bales of wool were consigned from…

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Fell From Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: A man believed to be Stanley Wild, about 52, was found unconscious to-day beside the railway line at Glenbrook. He later…

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Motorist to Pay for Running Over Dog

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 5

A case of considerable interest to motorists and the public generally was decided at the Wagga Police Court when Mr. J. A…

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CRICKET Bridge-Jackson Shield Competition

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2

The position of the clubs participating in the Bridge-Jackson Shield is as follows: Bookham 31, Murrumbateman 20, Jerrawa 20, Colls 16,…

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Car Hits a Bridge Man Loses Leg Death of R. B. Cousins

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 5

At midnight on Saturday a utility truck driven by Walter A. Gervens, 24, contractor at Burrowa, accompanied by Raymond…

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