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

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

308 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 16

Bullet Strikes Train Window

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

West Maitland police are making investigations concerning the report that a bullet struck a Newcastle-Maitland train last…

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Culverts on Wee Jasper- Tumut Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 1

The Goodradigbee Shire Council on Friday considered a report to the Divisional Engineer by Mr. S. W. Smee (consulting engineer)…

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Govt. Grants £300 For Kialla Road and Crookwell Parks

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 4

On April 19 Crookwell Shire Council forwarded a request, through the local member, Hon. J. M. Tully, M.L.A., to the Minister for Local…

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Railway Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wednesday: The secretary of the Australian Railways Union, Mr. Ferguson, said to-day that a hold-up of railway…

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Grant To Help Shire Council Work On Kialla Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 5

Recently council agreed to spend £600 on Kialla Road, Which carries heavy and continuous traffic, if the Government would find half…

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Fatal Accident Mr. A. B. Thompson Killed Car and Train Collide

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Mr. A. B. (Ben) Thompson, well known in Yass, we killed yesterday morning in a fatal collision between a car and a…

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Close Call For Railwaymen

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two railway fettlers had remarkable escapes when a rail motor cycle was smashed by the second…

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Trams May Stop Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The secretary of the 'Tramways' Union Mr. J. Brock, to-day said that the tramway men desired to issue a…

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Shocking Tragedy at Railway Crossing Two Men Killed Near Milvale Third Critically Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

When a stock train crashed into a motor car at the Tubbul road railway crossing, near Milvale, yesterday morning two well…

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Tram Accident Mrs. Isabelle Leek Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Mrs. Isabelle Leek, of Coogee, a sister of Mrs. John Moore, of Yass, was injured in an accident yesterday in Sydney, and is now in…

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Bowral Defeats Railway F.c

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 3

Bowral Rugby League team visited Goulburn on Sunday and defeated the Railway Club after a hard fought match in which there was no great…

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Motorist's Narrow Escape

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 4

Mr. Paul Barry While returning to Young from Harden on his service trip on Monday, had a narrow escape from a serious accident,…

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Platform Tickets Statement by Railway Commissioner

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 4

"Although the Railway Department has abolished the issuing of platform tickets because of the prevalence of [?]cit travel, it was never…

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Railway Accident On Unanderra Line

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 3

When a push-up engine telescoped a light, brake-van on the Moss Vale-Unanderra line recently a guard and a passenger…

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Train Derailed Near Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 7

When the locomotive of No. 44 goods train was derailed on the main western line at Rydal on Tuesday night. 10 other trains…

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Mayor Al Minute: Trees in Victoria Park—Roads and Footpaths—Bicycles on Footpaths

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 1

In a minute to the Municipal Council on Tuesday night, the Mayor made several suggestions, as follows:—…

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Safety First Traffic Toll Up Bad Country Figures (Issued by Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 4

In provincial towns and country areas of New South Wales road accident casualties have commenced to increase. In the first three…

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Bowning Railway Station

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Members of the Shire Council party who visited the Bowning railway station on Tuesday, were impressed with the unique and…

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Dubbo Motorists Guide Lost Plane

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 5

Lost over Dubbo recently, an aeroplane made a safe and perfect landing, guided by the lights of motor veheicles and…

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[?]R-train Smash coroner’s Verdict [?]Cidentally Killed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

[?]e deaths of Frederick John [?]ll. commission agent, of Bar[?] Alfred Benjamin Thomp[?] representative at Springdale,…

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