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

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Railway Excursions in March

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 1
Also in Yass Tribune-Courier

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has decided that the next general series of excursion trains will be run during the first…

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Railway Cruises For School Children

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 5

On being Interviewed recently the Commissioner for Railway, Mr. T. J. Hartlgan, was asked whether his Department had…

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Garage and Motor Service

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

Messrs. Kelly and Co. advise that Mr. Arthur Armour, late of Yass Motors and Messrs. E.O. Moole & Co., has taken over the garage and…

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Train Delayed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 3

Troublesome men caused a train to be delayed twenty minutes in Junee on Saturday last, "They rode on the buffers and on the brake-van,"…

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Are Country Motorists Reckless? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 4

ALTHOUGH there were only 2,118 is accidents in country towns and rural areas last year against 8,188 in the County or Cumberland,…

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They Walked to Death Council of New South Wales) A (Issued by the Road Safety

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 6

ROAD accidents in January showed an unexpected turn for the worse amongst pedestrians. More than one hundred walked across…

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Railway Institute Successful Year Reported

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 6

Included in the large number of railwaymen present at the annual meeting last week of the Goulburn Railway Institute…

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Train Service Harden-Blayney Line

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 5

Mixed Train usually departing from Harden at 5.20 a.m., and departing from Murrumburrah at 5.26 a.m. now leaves Harden at 5.55 a.m. and…

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Unemployed Work Taralga Road Deviation

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 1

Guzeital of the proposed deviation work on the Taralga Road as a work for the unemployed indu[?]utes that this…

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Wombat Man Robbed While Sleeping in Railway Carriage Brown Sock Was Give Away

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 3

One brown sock and a sock less foot proved the undoing of Ronald Wilkins, who was arrested at Young on a…

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Are Country Motorists Reckless?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 5

Although there were only 2118 accidents in country towns and rural areas last year, against 8188 in the Country of Cumberland, persons kill…

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Aerodrome at Goulburn Nearly £1000 To Be Spent

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 1

It was disclosed at yesterday's meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council that arrangements were well in hand to commence…

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Bungonia Lookdown Plan Proposed To Open Up Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

Acting on a report from its engineer, Mr.H.B. Darke, yesterday's meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council decided…

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Railwaymen's Holidays

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: It was stated at a deputation to-day from a railway workshop committee which waited on Messrs, Matthews, Phiall and…

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Boxer's Creek Bridge Department Supplies Officer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 6

Writing to Thursday's meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council, the Department of Main Roads formally advised that it had agreed to make…

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Towrang Road Bridge Grant

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 6

A request by the Mulwaree Shire Council that a surplus amount of the grant provided by the State Government for bridge…

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The Empire "Wagon Train"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 5

Spectacular adventure, grim conflict and Intriguing romance excitingly season the fast action drama of "Wagon Train," which…

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Gelignite Found Hidden Under Bridge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 2

A quantity of high explosives, considered sufficient to have completely demolished the bridge under which it was…

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Shots Fired Railway Arrest

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 5

On the night of February 15, Railway Detectives Neery, Dunn, and Hughes saw a man in the Cootamundra railway yards carrying a suitcase…

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