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

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

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Derailment of Train Obstructions Placed On The Line

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 3

Obstructions placed on the were responsible for the derailment of a passenger train between Lithgow and Blackheath last week, says…

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From Everywhere Peculiar Train Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Fragments of a water-bottle, smashed when it .was .dropped from a window of a train near Lithgow, were hurled back, through another…

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Ford on Road Back What Will He Do After The War?

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

CHICAGO: Spry. dry Henry Ford is again shaking up his fabulous empire. After 16 years of trying new-fangled ideas, the,…

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Alleged Illegal Use of Motor Bus

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Three young soldiers; all local "lads, appeared at the Goulburn Police Court this; morning to face a charge of illegally using a motor bus…

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Councils and Manpower Roads Suffer

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

The Department of Local Government, in a communication to the Mulwaree Shire Council stated that as a consequence of representations made…

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Charge Against Railwaymen

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

George Hinchcliffe and Michael O'Grady, both railway employees were charged at the Goulburn Police Court Yesterday afternoon with…

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Railway Fatality Soldier Victim Identified

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

The mutilated dead body of a soldier, which was discovered on the Southern railway line on Thursday morning, December…

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U.S. Railway Hold Up Behind The Scenes

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

President Roosevelt has put the railways of the United States under army control. The following from an American…

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Accidental Death Goulburn Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

"Accidental death" was the verdict of the Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. C. Walsh, at the conclusion of an inquiry held on Saturday…

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Vital Railways in Danger Development Of Red Army Strategy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday; The Russians have reached a village 45 miles due east from the vital railway junction at Jmernika, says The Times correspondent in Moscow, and 30 miles from the Odessa-Warsaw railway…

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From Everywhere Eastern Suburbs Railway

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

Woollahra Council decided last night to urge that an Eastern Suburbs Railway should be included in the post-war works programme as…

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Motoring Offence

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

Charged with driving a motor vehicle without being in possession of a current driver's license, William Brown was fined 5/ and 8/ costs at the Police Court…

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Railway Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

The mutilated. dead body of a soldier which was discovered on the Southern railway line on Thursday morning. December 23 has been…

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War-time Road Casualties

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

Since the war began 2046 people have been killed in road accidents in N.S.W. and 28,394 have been injured—a total casualty list of…

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Municipal Council Stock Using Hume Bridge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Municipal Council took place at the Council Chambers on Monday night last. The Mayor, Ald. W. L…

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Military Roads Two Highways Which Cross Australia

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

Australia has two military highways which are almost as equally important—the North-South and the East-West…

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Road Improvements at Murrumburrah Cemetery

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

Mr. W. F. Sheahan, MLA, has forwarded to us a copy of a letter which he received from the Hon James McGirr (Minister for Local…

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Girl Cyclist's Escape Run Over by Motor Lorry

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

Miss Kathleen Gilbert daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gilbert, of Young, had a narrow escape from serious injury when…

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Railway Revenue

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 6

Mr. Byrnes, Gunning station master, has supplied the following information on the revenue for December: Passenger traffic: 277…

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U.S. Driver Blamed For Road Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday A collision between a tram and a military truck at Moorooka, in which five were killed and 33 hurt, was entirely due…

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