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

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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Conservation of Motor Tyres

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

The rubber supply position has deteriorated to such an extent that the Director of Emergency Road Transport has issued a…

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900 Bombers Out Railway Lines Hit

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON Monday: Over 900 flying "Forts" and Liberators, escorted by 500 Mustangs and Thunderbots, yesterday attacked…

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Full Train Service May Operate in February

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

It is understood that plans are in course of preparation by the Railway Department for the complete restoration…

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Her Bag Was Thrown Out the Window of Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

Mother was, in a way fortunate. She had secured corner seat in the express from Goulburn to Sydney yesterday morning. Her youthful son, full of life…

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Kialla Road Residents Ask for Water Plea May Not Be in Vain: Rests With State Government

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 1

Before the January meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council was a petition signed by 12 ratepayers resident adjacent to the town on the Kialla-road. Petitioners asked that the water…

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Train Derailed 15 Persons Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY.: A big steel bolt put deliberately on one of the rails is believed to have caused a train smash in…

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Hitler's Motor Road Leads Wrong Way Race for Berlin Between Koniev and Zhukov

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday: "The Red Army is now advancing along Hitler's famous Reichs autobahn, the huge motor road specially constructed to carry the German Army to the East," said Moscow Radio last night…

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Death Took No Holiday (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 4

Death took no holidays on the roads in New South Wales. Fortunately the preliminary reports indicate that fewer were killed in…

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Shortest Road to Berlin Nazi High Command About to Play Its Last Card

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: "Red Army troops under Marshal Zhukov are on the shortest, road to Berlin, and the entire front is on the move from the Baltic to the Danube." This is how the very conservative Red Army newspaper Red Star…

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Fatal Dive from Gundagai Railway Bridge

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3
Also in Yass Tribune-Courier

Bert Castles, 24, was drowned at Gundagai early on Sunday afternoon, when he dived 20 feet from the railway bridge into the Murrumbidgee…

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Bag Thrown Out Train Widow

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Mother was, in a way, fortunate. She had secured a corner seat in the express from Goulburn to Sydney…

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School Opening Suggestions (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Once more the school bells throughout the country will be ringing. Children will be called off the street for about six hours a day…

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96 Killed in Railway Smash

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

MEXICO CITY Thursday Ninety-six persons were killed, and 63 injured, in a collision between a freight and passenger…

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Railways Found Guilty

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: In a judgment given at the Special Federal Court to-day. Mr. Atkinson, S.M., convicted the Railway Commissioner on a…

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Slippery Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

Since very many motor vehicle tyres these days are smooth, the N.R.M.A. urges motorists to take additional care on wet roads,…

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Suppery Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 4

Since very many motor vehicle tyres these days are smooth, the N.R.M.A. urges motorists to take additional care on wet roads, when…

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Fell in Front of a Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY : Isabel kirby. 54. of Parramatta died in the parramatta hospital from injuries received when she fell in front of a train at Harris…

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Mayoral Minute Back in Harness — Road Deviation — Watering Trees — Gas in Laidlaw Street

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 2

In a minute to the Municipal Council on Monday night, the Mayor (Aid. W. L. Simon) stated: “After four months of…

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Main Roads for 1945 Braidwood Rd. and Racecourse

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

Submitted by the city engineer. Mr. W. Muntz and approved by council, the main roads programme for 1945 was adopted by…

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