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

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

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Mr. T. J. Hartigan Completes 50 Years' Railway Service

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 3

Entering the railway service as a junior clerk in January, 1893, Mr. T. J. Hartigan has Completed 50 years of service with the New South Wales…

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About Time "Frills" On Motor Cars

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 2

The technical editor of one of Great Britain's leading motor journals contends that the "fashionable frills" associated with the modern motor car…

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Ratepayer Says Overseer Needed; Knows More About Roads Than Aldermen (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 2

Sir,—Yass Municipal Council is putting themselves in the limelight with a so-called “Saving Fit.” Perhaps penny wise, pound foolish. Got…

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Wheat Away! Demonstration at Wallendbeen Train Loaded From Silo in a Day 660 Tons in 8 Hours Rozelle to Wallendbeen and Back in 48 Hours

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 1

A special wheat train, empty, left Rozelle on Wednesday last, arrived at Wallendbeen on Thursday, was loaded that day, and left for Rozelle…

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Shire Council Meeting Road Petitions

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 1

There was a full attendance of Councillors at the Mulwaree Shire Council meeting on Thursday, and the president Cr. Cooper, occupied the chair…

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Fast Scoring Railway Trounce Colts

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 2

Bright cricket was seen at North Park on Saturday afternoon, when railway knocked up 214 runs in 105 minutes in their…

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Stepped From 60 M.p.h. Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

When the Melbourne Express arrived at Wagga recently it was reported that a holdier had fallen from the train near Harsfield…

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Soldier Steps From Express Train Speeding at 60 M.p.h

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 4

When the Melbourne express arrived, at Wagga. on Saturday. morning, it was reported that a soldier had fallen from the train…

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Stepped From 60 M.p.h. Train

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 4

When the Melbourne Express arrived at Wagga recently it was reported that a soldier had fallen from the train near Harefieid…

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Motor Registry

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 4

The N R.M.A. was informed recently that the Department of Road Transport intended to close the motor registry at North Sydney for…

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Two Men Killed in Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday: When a locomotive was cloralled near Townsville last night the driver McIville Hartley and Flroman John Carbolth were…

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More Big Wages Main Roads Department Ex-employee’s Criticism

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 1

Following upon recent allegations concerning the wages paid some employees of the Allied Works Council, an ex-employee…

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Courageous Fight To Save Motor Truck

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

A large truck loaded with three and a half tons of lucerne, while on its way from Ingalara to Michelago, caught fire recently, and the driver,…

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Railway Fatality Well-known Engine Driver Killed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 2

Mr James Albert Kennedy, of 38 Wills-street, Cootamundra, one of the best-known railway engine drivers on the southern…

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Long Service Railway Men Are Honoured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

While in Goulburn on Monday last, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. J. T. Hartigan, presented four local employees with the long service…

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Here and There Fifty-four Want to Train One Dog

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 3

KEMPSEY.-In reply to an advertisement in a Sydney paper for a trainer for his dog, a Kempsey owner received 50 letters and four…

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News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Quarterly Motor Registration

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists who contemplate registering their cars quarterly instead of yearly to investigate the position from…

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Wear of Motor Tyres

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. engineers declare that motorists would be doing a Good Samaritan act for their fellow road-users if they stopped them…

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The Motor World Motorists' Change of Residence

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists that the petrol rationing authorities will give consideration to applications for special petrol allowances…

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Two Killed When Truck Dashes Past Tram

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A tram guard, Arthur Mandson, 31, and a young woman, Jessic Newby 29, were killed when a track dashed past a tram…

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