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

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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Shire Council Adopting Complete Mechanisation Plan Expenditure of £7,500 Authorised; Second Hand Heavy Duty Motor Grader Purchased and to be Re-conditioned Workshop and Store in Rossi Street and and Full Time Mechanic

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

Having decided on complete mechanisation of its plant, Goodradigbee Shire Council on Friday authorised expenditure totalling approximately £7,500, in pursuance of that policy…

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Road Transport of Stock

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

The value of road transport of stock has been demonstrated in Goulburn by a local carrier during the past few days…

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Missing Motor Cycle Two Men Remanded at Leeton

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 1

Two men who were arrested at the Goulburn railway station on March 17 appeared at the Police Court…

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Injured in Road Smash

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

Badly injured in a road smash about fifteen miles from Parkes, Laurie Mackenzie, Orange but cher, and his daughter, Lorna…

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Doctor Expresses His Views on Heavy Road Traffic

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

The opinion Dr. Denneen, of Picton, regarding the effects upon.., the health of residents of country towns, of heavily-laden motor vehicles screeching their way up inclines, has been outlined in a letter directed by him to the Picton Post. He declares that the time has come when an approach should be made to the Government in an…

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Popular Girl Railway Staff Farewell

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 3

All sections of the staff at the Goulburn Railway-station gathered on Saturday, March 15, to join in a…

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American Railways Take Up Challenge Technical Evolution in Progress Making Passenger Travel More Comfortable

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON: Early in February, the first postwarbuilt transcontinental streamliner train left Chicago on…

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Good Work Done Weed Cutting on Humewood St. John’s Wort on Burrinjuck Road Stinkwort on Hume Highway

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 6

When the report of the noxious weed inspector, Mr. B. O. Buckmaster was read at the last meeting of Goodradigbee…

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ACCIDENTAL Level Crossing Fatality Recommendations to Railway Department

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Hickey, found that Walter Augustine Donohue, former woodcarter of Bowning, died on…

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Memorial Road Council Calls for Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 1

Attention to the state of disrepair into which the road leading to the War Memorial had allen was directed by the…

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Fatal Road Smash Goulburn Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 1

News reached Goulburn this morning of the death in a motor accident near Albury last night of Alexander Alwayn…

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Train Hits Mob of Sheep Express Kills over 50

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

More than 50 sheep were killed when they were struck by the Riverina Express at a crossing four miles north…

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Army Release of Motor Vehicles

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

The Minister for the Army, Mr. Chambers, in reply to a question, informed Mr. FuIIer that he had asked both the Eastern and Southern…

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Milk Meeting Price to the Railway

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Moss Vale Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, exception was taken by…

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Four Motorists Are Fined Traffic Act Breaches

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

Four local residents were charged at the Police Court yesterday with committing breaches of the motor traffic…

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Road Fellowship

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

The spirit of road fellowship, born when motorists had to "get out and get under," still lives, according to the N.R.M.A…

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Train Attacked in India

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 5

BOMBAY, Thursday: Troops and armoured cars are being rushed to Gorsai. 17 miles from Kohat, where six people were…

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Road Fellowship Still Lives

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 5

The spirit of road fellowship, born when motorists had to “get out and get under,” still lives, according to the N.R.M.A…

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Road Traffic Many Complaints of Noise

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 4

The hon- secretary of the Gunning Shire and District Progress Association, Mr. C. Carter, has received many complaints regarding the…

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Bridge Rattle Riles Residents for Radius of Half a Mile

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

Aid Duproy asked the Mayor on Monday night if he could get in touch with the Main Roads Board and ask it to lessen the noise caused by loose decking on the Hume bridge. Traffic, particularly heavy transports, he said, caused a terrific noise day and night…

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