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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 8 of 46

Railway Traffic Held Up Rain Causes Washaways In South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

Washaways on th arilway lines between Marinna (near Junee) and Illabo during yesterday's heavy stormas caused a…

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Motorist on Two Charges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

By consent, the two charges preferred by the police against Cormick O'Brien, 23, were further adjourned when the…

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Fell From Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mrs. Catherine Anne Walsh, 33, was found unconscious and badly injured by the side of the railway line between…

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Road Safety Campaign Vital Need for Care Causes of Accidents Recklessness and Carelessness

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

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

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Motor V Cycle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

Edward Ellis, who is attached to the C.S.I.R. at Canberra, who was riding a motor cycle towards Canberra, and a lad named Beveridge, of…

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Fell Out of Train

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. Victor White of Bowning fell out of the brake van of a train at Yass Junction early thir morning. He was admitted to the District Hospit…

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Road Safety Campaign Vital Need for Care

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them are…

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Motor Cycle Strikes Pram

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 1

Although a baby was thrown to the road from a pram when struck by a motor cycle on the Forest Road at Orange, it was…

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Motor Notes . N.r.m.a. Has 64,146 Members

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 1

The nett increase of 773 members during the month of December has brought the strength, of the N.R.M.A, to 64.146. Of this number 38,124 are…

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Railwaymen Oppose Fare Increase

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

The State council of the Australian Railways Union is opposed to the recent increases in railway fares. We believe that this move cannot…

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Seven 'Planes Burnt Fire at Essendon Aerodrome

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

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

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Lower North Coast Roads

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

On the main road from Newcastle to Port Stephens the deviation between Salt Ash and Anna Bay has been opened to traffic, reports the…

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Guide Posts on Highways Proposal By Main Roads Department

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

Subject to funds being available, the Department of Main Roads, it was revealed at yesterday's meeting of the…

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Professional Cyclists Road Season To Open On Saturday Afternoon Senior Five Miles

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

Next Saturday will mark the opening of the Goulburn League Cycling Club's road season. Financially, the club is stronger…

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Good Prospects for Amateurs Larger Fields Expected For This Season's Road Events Handicaps Declared

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

Judging by the enthusiasm in evidence last Saturday, the Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club's current road season promises to produce even…

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The Motor World Notes From the N.r.m.a. Statements After Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

A warning to motorists not to make statements to the police immediately following on accident in which they have been involved, is…

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Guide Posts on Highways Proposal By Main Roads Department

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 4

Subject to funds being available, the Department of Main Roads, it was revealed at the last meeting of the Mulwaree…

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34 Days Late Train Arrives At Alice Springs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday: Thirty-four days late, the first train for six weeks arrived at Alice Springs at 6.40 p.m. on Friday…

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C. Beresford First Home Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club's Road Races Docksey Fastest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 8

Riding from the 1.30 mark, C. Beresford filled first place in the Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club's five miles senior…

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Electric Pump for Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 4

Now ready for operation at the pumping house on the railway weir near Thorne's Bridge is a modern electric pumping plant,…

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