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

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

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Burma Road Heavy Fighting Is Likely Churchill's View

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

OTTAWA, Wednesday: Mr. Churchill, speaking to-day, said he was confident that Singapore would be held…

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Railway Parcel Rates

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

Stamped parcels at prepaid rates may be sent on the N.S.W. railways at exceptionally low. rates. A 1lb. parcel may be sent 25 miles for 5d, and over distances ranging from 50…

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Motorists Warned Restricted Use Of Petrol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

Instructions received by the police from the Chief Commissioner are to the effect that the latest stipulations by the Prime Minister in regard to…

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Bombson Rabaul 11 Planes Attack Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: Two bombing attacks were made on Rabaul yesterday—one at noon and the other at 8 p.m. Eleven…

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FIRST A.I.F. Casualty Killed in Air Raid at Kluang Aerodrome Further Withdrawl Is Admitted From Perak

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Sunday: The first A.I.F. casualty in Malaya due to Japanese action is believed to be a private stationed at Kluang, who was killed by a Japanese bomb during an air raid. Kluang is about 80 miles north of Singapore and…

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Excursion Fares for Railway Travel

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Post

The Acting Secretary for Railways advises that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for…

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Aerodrome Taken In Kuantan Chinese Arrive in Burma

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Tuesday: It is reported that the Japanese occupation of the aerodrome at Kuantan, 200 miles from Singapore. on the east…

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Excursion Fares for Railway Travel

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 1

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for January, but on…

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All Roads Lead to Singapore Speedways and Railways of the Peninsula

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

IN Malaya, all roads--and railways, too--lead to Singapore. The island fortress of Singapore is connected with the Peninsula of Malaya by a narrow granite causeway threequarters of a mile long and 65 feet wide across the Straits of Johore…

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Cars Go Off Road Government Anxiety

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: It is understood that the State Government is considering cuts in the motor registration in order to keep cars on the…

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Japan Looks Ahead Tokio - Berlin Railway

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

A new railway to connect Tokio and Berlin by way of the Great Pamirs, "roof of the world," is to be discussed…

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Excursion Fares for Railway Travel

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for…

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No Muddling Over Tram Services

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Denying that there had been any muddling over the provision of trams to racecourses, the Minister for Transport. Mr…

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Ban on Race Trams Lifted By Government

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Federal Government's ban on special trams and trains to race meetings was lifted yesterday…

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Cars Go Off Road

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

Sydney, Thursday: It is understood that the State Government is considering cuts in the motor registration in order to keep cars on the…

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The Motor World News and Motes From the N.r.m.a. Car Registrations

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

The impending restrictions regarding private motoring have put many owners into a dilemma as to whether or not they will continue…

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Excursion Fares for Railway Travel

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains wall be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for…

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Motorists Want Tax Cut Protest on Fees

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Representatives of motoring bodies said recently that motor vehicle taxes would have to he reduced if owners were to comply…

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Mr. O'sullivan on Race Trams

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: His decision to restore special race trams did not mean that he disagreed with the Prime Minister's view that the…

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