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

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

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12 Injured When Trams Collide

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: When two trams carrying workers to the city collided at an intersection of two streets at Coogee…

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Train Overcrowding

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: The N.S.W. Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan said to-day that steps would be taken to prevent…

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Rode on Buffers of Train Without Ticket—Fined £1 or 48 Hours

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

At the Police Court on Tuesday, Stanley John Corrigan, 26, labourer, was charged with travelling on the railway between Narrandera…

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Motor Cycles Collide

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 4

While two motor cyclists were riding their machines side by side from Wagga ot Bethungra, where they are employed on the arilway…

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Gundagai Prefers To Wait And See Regarding Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 2

The hopes of many Gundagal and district people for the establishment of a local aerodrome have been smashed by the decision of the Shire Council its meeting to defer consideration of the proposal until after the war,…

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Aged Man Killed by Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 1

Phillip Fabian, 92, of John Street. Waterloo was killed by an electric train at Redfern yesterday. He was on his way to…

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Train Held Up by "Lost" Baby

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

ALBURY: As the signal was given for the departure of the second division train from Albury to Melbourne yesterday,…

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£600 for Kialla Road If Govt. Finds Half

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 3

Concerning the Kialla road, the engineer in his report to Council on Thursday last said its condition was such, from the Hospital to the…

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Train Held Up by “Lost” Baby

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 2

As the signal was given for the departure of the second division train from Albury to Melbourne on Tuesday, an agitated woman…

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Train Scalers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 1

During a fifteen days' check it was found, said Railway Inspector P. Kyan, in the Newcastle Summons Court recently,…

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Man Killed by Goods Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 1

Wilfred Royce. 55, of Acton Street, Hulstone Park, was knocked down and killed by a goods train last evening. His…

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Fatality at Cooma Railway Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 4

Cyril Crowder met his death by accident in the Cooma rail way goods yard on Wednesday. Mr. Crowder had resided in…

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More Light Wanted Gunning Railway Station

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Gunning Shire, the president (Cr. W. Barbour) drew attention to the out-of-date and poor lighting at the…

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Railway Transfers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

Recent railway transfers to Goulburn include: R. Fraser. shunter; J. G. Grimes, porter; C. R. Young, guard; J. Wills, sur.,…

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Air Pounding of Lines French Railways Attacked

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Day raiders flew out to Europe at sunrise in what a coast town observer described as the greatest morning's air activity of the war…

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Sleepers on Railway Track

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

Fettlers working on the Coolah branch line on Monday night found two portions of railway sleepers placed across the track. The next…

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30 Years of Service Railway Guard Retires

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

At the April meeting of the Goulburn Sub-branch of the A.R.U. a pleasant interlude took place before business commenced, when the…

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Starving Stock Reduced Railway Rates For Fodder

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

Mr. W. F. Sheahan advises that the Premier, following on the receipts of a report from the Department of Agriculture, to the…

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Replacing Motor Vehicles

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 3

Following difficulties experienced by some motorists, the N.R.M.A. advises business and commercial users of petrol that,…

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Extra Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

An extra train will be run to-morrow, it will come from Albury and leave Goulburn for Sydney at 1.50 p.m…

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