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

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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Railway Club Suspensions Lifted by Rugby League

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

Indefinite suspension imposed on a number of Railway Club players and officials last year was lifted at the annual meeting…

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The New No-steam Railway Engine

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK: An American engineer, 38-year-old Dr. John Yellott, is working on a locomotive that may revolutionine transport. His headquarters in a basement in Baltimore, Maryland, resembles in its jumble of contraptions something…

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Negligent Driving Girl Motorist Convicted “Should Have Seen Cyclists”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

“Difficult and all as the two cyclists may have been to see, if she had been keeping a proper look out, she should have seen…

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Council Does Not Favour Proposed Aerodrome Site

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

BOOROWA SHIRE COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON MONDAY LAST, EXPRESSED ITS DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AERODROME BEING ESTABLISHED AT BOOROWA WHICH WOULD TAKE IN PORTION OF THE SHOWGROUND…

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Bricks on the Line Train in Danger

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

The Canberra Express was threatened with derailment on Monday night, when a truck…

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Construction of Private Works Attention Given When Roads In Order

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 3

When arreas of maintenance on its own roads have received attention, and brought up to a reasonable standard Boorowa…

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Railway Excursions

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

On Thursday. March 27 an excurion train will run from Boorowa and will leave at 7.30 p.m. for any two station in the State. Return tickets…

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Motor Vehicle Parking Parallel Method is Advocated

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

Parallel parking of motor vehicles, in lieu of the existing "nose-in" system operating in Goulburn, was advocated by the Traffic Branch of the Road Transport Department in a comprehensive report…

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Railway Scalers Three Servicemen Are Fined

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

Three servicemen were convicted at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday on charges of having travelled by train between Yass…

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Federal Government and That Petrol Tax Motorists Urge a Better Deal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 2

Keen disappointment at the Federal Cabinet's future to respond to motorists' representations for a better deal in respect of petrol tax and road aid to the States was expressed by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…

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Petrol Famine on Third Day Many Motorists in Difficulties Pool Explanation Is Challenged

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 4

Road transport in southern towns between Sydney and Goulburn has been slowed down as a result of the petrol shortage, and to a large extent will be brought to a standstill in Goulburn if promised…

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Motor Vehicle Parking

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 4

In a report to the Goulburn City Council. The Traffic Branch of the Road Transport Department advocates parallel parking of motor…

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Frost Causes Chaos in Great Britain 300 Roads Impassable: Trains and Trucks Lost in Snow

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: Ice forming after the night's frost has increased the chaos in the weatherbound belt across Britain. More than 300 roads are impassable and the railway services are completely disorganised. Some vehicles and railway rolling stock are lost without…

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Railway Excursions

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 8

On Thursday. March 27 an excurion train will run from Boorowa and will leave at 7.30 p.m. for any two stations in the State. Return tickets…

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Modern Motor Grader

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 5

The most modern motor grader ever introduced into this country passed through Goulburn yesterday on an overland journey…

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Bowning Man Killed at Shell Depot Level Crossing Shocking Fatality on Saturday Collision Between Truck and Train

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at 10-50 on Saturday morning when Walter Augustine Donohue, 52, wood carter, of “Erin…

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Britain's Campaign for Road Safety London to Have Permanent Training Centre with Many Novel Features

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 4

Mechanical devices are teaching hundreds each day how to keep death off Britain's roads. They are part of an instructive show for school…

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Motorists' Ignorance of Law

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 1

The police blitz on motorists who infringe the traffic regulations is finding many gaps in drivers' knowledge of the law. The N.R.M.A. and…

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Road Toll

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

Two men were killed and at least 19 persons were injured in road" accidents in N.S.W. at the week end…

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Imported Killer U.S. Railway Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

PEORIA (Illinois), Tuesday: Police believe that the murderer of George P. McNear, President of the Toledo-Peoria and…

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