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

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

914 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 46

Rattler-jumpers Delay a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

When railway officials entered the brake-van of a Coota-mundra-bound train at Goulburn yesterday, they discovered that…

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Railways and Water Heavy Demand For Supplies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

A heavy Demand is being made upon the water supplies of the Railway Department, owing to dry weather conditions and this…

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Railway Deficit of £800,000 Future Of Fares And Freights Under Discussion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Although the deficit on the State railways for the year ending June 30 will be about…

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Road Safety Children

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 1

School vacations will soon be drawing to a dote and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling…

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To Organise German Motoring

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

Marshal Goering has nominated Col von Schell with full powers to organise motoring in Germany. His duties include the speeding-up of…

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Average American Motorists

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 3

The American Petroleum Institute, in a statistical survey of the average motorist has discovered that the average American car owner is a married man with two children and earning between £4 and £6 a week. His second-hand car has a market value of £47/10/-, and the…

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Motor Vehicle Production

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 3

Motor vehicle production in the United States and Canada during 1938 was approximately 2,635,000 cars and commercial vehicles…

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Launch for Burrinjuck Difficult Task for the Railways

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

Railway transport officials were faced with a difficult task at the week-end when a large motor launch weighing about 12 tons, was carried…

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General Motors-Holden's Underbody Hydraulic Hoist

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

The Under-Body Hydraulic Hoist being sold by NASCO through their distributor and dealer organisation in Australia is an item that should…

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The Motor World Notes From the N.r.m.a. Motor Camps for State

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 3

A chain of camping areas at selected resorts throughout the State are to be established by the Government. At the invitation of the…

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Railway Matters Transfers

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

Mr. W. Kelly, who has been employed at Boorowa for the past three and a half years, as fettler, has been transferred to Menangle…

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Jammed Under Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 4

Jammed under Blackfriars Bridge, London the training ship H.M.S. President, had to have part of her upper structure removed before she could move…

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Crookwell and Roads Engineer's Report On Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 7

CROOKWELL: The use of the power sprayer and of fantail spreading from tipping lorries for resealing Goulburn…

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Bigga-reid's Flat Road Owners' Rights In Transfers Of Land

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Writing to the monthly meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council, which was held last Thursday, Mr. C. S. Chudleigh asked…

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Road Safety Campaign Driver How Do You Fly? Here's a Conception of Speed For The Air-minded

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 6

How high do you fly when driving? No, this is not a question from a comic strip; nor is it a radiogram from the planet…

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Municipal Council Yass Junction Road Inspection of Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 7

The Mayor, Aid. E. J. ’Connor (inset) presided at Monday night’s…

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Train Off Line No One Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

GOSFORD, Thursday: Many passengers were hurled from their seats when the locomotive and four carriages of the…

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Free to Motorists. Samples of Following Amazing Machine Grows Hair

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

1.--RE-NU Liquid Nu-Metal, just deposit thru plug opnings. Re-conditions any engine while running, saves re-bore, ends Piston slap, rattles, Oil,…

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Easter Railway Cruise' Thursday, 6th April to Tuesday, 11th APRIL

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 1

A Railway Cruise covering Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday, departing Sydney on Thursday evening, April…

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Bigga-Reid's Flat Road Owners' Rights in Transfers of Land

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

CROOKWELL: Writing to the monthly meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council, which was held on Thursday of last week, Mr. C. S…

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