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

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

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Driver: How High Do You Fly? Here's a Conception of Speed for the Air-minded issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

How high do yon 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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Railway Worker Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Charles Stewart, of 105 Mundy. Street, all engine turner employed at the South Goulburn Locomotive Depot, suffered severe…

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Railway Matters Holidays

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

Mr. E. J. Miskle, Traffic Inspector, started his annual leave yesterday, and is being relieved by Mr. Elsmore, Senior Inspector of Goulburn…

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Railway Cruise

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

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

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Road Safety Education And Enforcement (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 4

The month the flying motor patrol of the State highways by the new traffic police corps will be in operation. The motor trucks which they…

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Motorist on Two Charges Case Adjourned For Fortnight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 5

A further adjournment—until Monday, February 27—was granted when the case in which two charges have been preferred…

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Motor Cyclist Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Although full details were not available, it was learned yesterday morning that Lionel Branson a former resident of this…

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Good News for Train Travellers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 4

Improved facilities now under consideration by the Railway Department will, when put into operation, obviate the…

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On the Road Proud Of It

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 6

The driver of a trucking unit in almost any commercial fleet is always proud of his safe driving record. And proud of the fleet record as a whole…

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Australian Railway Union Annual Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 1

The annual reunion of the Australian Railway Union was held at the Railway Institute on Saturday night, and the…

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Under Influence Motorist Fined Warning From Bench

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

"You will certainly bring imprisonment if you come before the court again for this offence. I am telling you for your own…

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Road Construction in Russia

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 8

Construction of roads for fast motor traffic is now being pushed forward in Russia. One of the first to be constructed is that from…

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Railway Teams

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 8

The following will represent Railway Institute against Windellama at Windellama on Sunday:— A. Barrett, K. Cooper, K. Pritchard,…

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Trucking Yards Yass-canberra Railway P.P. Board To Inquire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 8

The P.P. Board decided on Tuesday to inquire through the Federal member if it was intended to build the…

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Railwayman Fatally Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 5

An old Gunning resident, living at Lidcombe, Cecil Joseph Champion, who was 59 years of age, was fatally injured when he was crushed…

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Auburn Street Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 5

The mechanical excavating shovel engaged on the work in Auburn Street, has now almost completed its task in Auburn Street and this…

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Motor Driver Is Warned by Bench

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 5

CROOKWELL: A warning that conviction on a similar offence in the future would mean gaol was given to John Marshall,…

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Ambulance Warning Advice To Motorists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 2

The practice of motorists picking up people who have been injured in road accidents and conveying them to hospital was severely…

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Goulburn Railway Institute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 4

The Goulburn branch of the Railway Institute has completed another year of useful service and at the annual meeting, held…

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Aldermen Puzzled By Road Pegs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 3

The question of improving the roadway at the northern entrance to Goulburn was again mentioned at Thursday night's meeting of the…

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