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

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Hornets of Sea Motor Torpedo Boats

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 1

Within a few weeks of being on board one of our largest battleships I found myself at sea in a motor torpedo-boat, which is the smallest…

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Marooned Car Trapped By Flood Motorists' Ordeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

Five Goulburn people narrowly escaped drowning when they were forced to sit for three hours on the roof of their small…

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Railway Supt. Orange Man For Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. F. E, Ov[?]en Railway District Superintendent at Orange, has been advised of his transfer to Goulburn, where he will take…

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Road Safety Council's Membership

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 6

The secretary of the Goulburn branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., Mr. L. Manfred, expects a substantial increase in…

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Road Safety Resolution For New Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 6

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for…

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Leg Amputated Motor Smash Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

Miss jean Arnold, one of the three people injured in a sensational car accident near Braidwood on Christmas Day, this…

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Motor Collision Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

Two motor vehicles were involved in an unusual collision on the Hume Highway, about six form Goulburn, at 6.50…

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Road Safety

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 1

A marked decline in road accidents over the Christmas holidays has been noted by the N.R.M.A. Progress reports throughout the State definitely…

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Train Hits Car Three Persons Killed Fatality Near Harden

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 1

Three people were killed instantly when an express train crashed into their car at Cunningar level-crossing near Harden…

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Raider Victims Welcomed Thousands At Central Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Thousands of people crowded the entrance to Central Station to cheer the 328 travel-stained raider victims who arrived from Brisbane in a special train yesterday…

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From Everywhere Fall From Motor Bike

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. W. Dengate, of 11 Shepherd Street, fell from motor bike yesterday. After receiving medical and hospital attention he was conveyed…

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Motor Car Capsizes and Bursts Into Flame Accident Near Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

Last Friday morning a car, driven by Percy Lapthorne Taggart, of ’Canterbury, Victoria, when negotiating a bend on the Hume Highway a…

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Drop In Revenue Railways Lose Big Customer

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 2

Due largely to the fact that the Goulburn City Council's "imports" of coal for the purpose of generating electricity…

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MR. F. ALLEN New Railway Supt

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 6

Mr. F. E. Allen, who was night stationmaster at Goulburn during part of 1919, returned yesterday to this city to…

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Tramp Versus Submarine

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (B.O.W.): A dogged fight between an ocean-going tramp, and a submarine was related when the tramp recently arrived in…

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Mr. S. Garrett Railway Farewell

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 6

Prior to leaving for Coff's Harbour, Mr. S. Garrett, manager of the Railway Refreshment Rooms at Goulburn, was…

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Moving Towards Tobruk Italian Aerodrome Abandoned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): The Italians in Libya have abandoned the main aerodrome for Tobruk at El Adem, where the British troops to-day captured 40 planes which had been left unserviceable as the result of the heavy R.A.F…

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Deathtrap to Go Carrick Road Junction

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

Better visibility for traffic will result from an improvement to be carried out at the junction of the Carrick Road and…

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Storms Stop Traffic Railway Hangs In Air

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Consequent upon the heavy rain railway traffic has been dislocated in the north-eastern part of the…

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Braidwood Road Drainage Poser For Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

People living in Braidwood Road are vlitually marooued in their homes whenever heavy rain falls, according to…

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