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

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

642 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 33

Rode on Train Buffers Runaway Boys Found At Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Two boys, one aged 14 and the other 16, wore found riding on the buffers at the rear of the Albury Mail when it reached…

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Shocking Car Accident Occupants Killed Instantly When Struck by Train at Cunningar Level Crossing

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Local residents were horrified to learn on Christmas morning that a sedan car driven by Mrs. Alexa Knight Gregson, of "Low Lynn,"…

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Railway Trespass Four Youths Fined

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Four youths who were found trespassing on railway property last night made their appearance at the Goulburn Police Court this morning…

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Railway Crossing Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Cunningar people received a great shock when they heard of the fatal accident which occurred at the Railway Crossing on Christmas morning,…

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Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon” “Carbon” Goes Bush

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 6

Well, to the intense surprise of every body including illustrious self, l am back in comparative civilisation more or less intact. Sunday peope…

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Motor Collision Unusual Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Two motor vehicles were involved in an unusual collision on the Hume Highway, about six miles from Goulburn, at 6.50 last Thursday night…

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Libyan Campaign Proceeds Aerodrome West Of Tobruk Taken

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (B.O.W. and A.A.P.): Gazala aerodrome, 30 miles west of the important Italian naval base at Tobruk, has been captured, states a communique from the British General Headquarters at Cairo…

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Low Level in Road Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas /New Year…

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Registration Of Motor Cars

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The State Government may be able to cut motor registration coasts when it reviews taxation early this year, the Premier…

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Traffic Regulations Motorists Should Become Up-to-date

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

That a greater effort will have to made by motorists to become upto-date upon the traffic regulations IF they are to avoid prosecution is…

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Work on Barrengary Mountain Road Reconstruction

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

Big gangs of men are at present employed in the reconstruction of the road on Barrengarry Mountain. Motor lorries are engaged in the…

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Shire Roads No Serious Damage by Recent Rains

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 3

According to the Shire Engineer (Mr. Carson) shire roads did not suffer serious damage by the recent heavy rains. Minor…

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Tallaganda Shire Aerodrome Proposal Information to Be Sought

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

Tallaganda Shire Council held its monthly meeting on Tuesday. The president apologised for the absence of Crs. J…

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Road Safety Accidents Show Decline

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

There were fewer fatal road accidents in N.S.W. during December than there were for the Christmas—New Year holidays of…

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Road Service Becomes National Service

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

The Automobile Association, a private service for motorists m Britain ha.- placed its organisation at the dsposal of the military authorities. Its patrols, equipped for any emergency, now ride in steel helmets…

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Low Level in Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safely Council of New South Wales)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas--New Year…

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Railways' Bill for Coal Huge Quantity Is Consumed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent of this amount…

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Coal for Victorian Railways

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: It has been announced by the Victorian Railway authorities are unable to obtain coal by sea transport and the cost by rail…

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Motor Taxation Mr. Mair Hopes For a Reduction

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: When the Premier, Mr. Mair, was asked whether the State Government was likely to reduce motor car registration fees…

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Goal Railways Huge Consumption

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 percent. of this amount is spent locally…

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