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

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

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Bridge Over Corang River Goulburn And Nowra Linked

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

Built recently by Mr. H. Me Rae for the Tallaganda Shire Council, a bridge across the Corang River, on the road…

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Burrinjuck Road To Carry Tons Of Machinery

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2

Pointing out at Saturday’s Shire meeting that 17 million pounds was to be spent on Burrinjuck Dam on a job which would probably last seven…

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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)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 3

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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Fatal Motor Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday: Two well-known footballers, George Soreng, 26, and George Edward Oliviera, 29, were killed; and Frederick Rees. 61, was…

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Improved Road To South Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 4

In a letter read at last night's meeting of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce, the Department of Main Roads advised…

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Robberies on the Railways Four Men To Appear At Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 4

By the arrest of four men within the last few weeks, railway detectives believe that they have broken up a gang which…

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Road Safety Campaign. the Three E's Engineering. Enforcement and Education Human Failure Root of Traffic Evils (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 2

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

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Motor-cycle and Van in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

Damage resulted to a motor van owned by Mr. Claude James and a motor-cycle delivery owned by Bennett and Wood when they…

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Repairs to Meadow Creek Bridge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 8

Repairs are being carried out to the Meadow Creek bridge on the Hume Highway, in Yass Street, Gunning. The neglected state of…

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Electric Express Train Speed of 1 55 m.p.h

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 7

Italy, which now has 2790 miles of electrified railways, claims that the new electric express train, Breda, can attain a maximum speed…

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Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 3

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Motor Notes Tale of a Snake

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1

A German motorist driving peacefully aolng in his open car felt a blow on his head. He jumped out, grabbed a spanner, and then discovered the…

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Motor Cycle Damaged by Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 2

Mr. Tom Davis was cranking a motor cycle in his shop in Mechan Street last night when the wiring caught on fire. The seat and handle…

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Verdict For Grazier Motor Mechanic to Pay £51

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 6

The twice adjourned Small Debts c[?] in which Thomas Walker, grazier, proceeded against George B. R. Bush, former motor mechanic of…

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Road Safety Vital Need for Care

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 6

Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary cause in most…

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Burrinjuck Road to Carry Tons of Machinery

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 5

Pointing out at Saturday's Shire meeting (Yass) that [?] million pounds was to be spent on Burrinjuck Dam on a job which would…

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Road Cycling Season Opens Three Handicap Events For Goulburn Amateurs Senior to A. GARTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 8

Members of the Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club opened the 1939 road season with three handicap events on the Crookwell…

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Seven Planes Burnt Fire At Essendon Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A fire which broke out in the hangars of the Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., at the Essendon…

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Train Nuisance Trouble At Menangle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 8

Our Menagle correspondent writes: "The 10 o'clock train again failed to stop at Menangle Park on 18th, when signalled, leaving behind three Sydney…

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Gaol for Railway Thefts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 4

On each of two charges of stealing, Harold Edward Parkinson, 22, was sentenced at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday…

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