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

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

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Commission of Three? For Railways

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 5

SYDNEP: It was learnt today that the State Cabinet next week will consider the appointment of three Commissioners to…

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Railway Fire Damage At Per Way

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 5

Damage was caused when sharing in a bin at the rear of the Railway Per Way Workshops caught alight…

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School Bus Subsidy £14 10s. 7d. For Kangiara Road Service

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

A subsidy of £14/10/7 a week was offered by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) towards, the cost of running the school bus…

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Flood Damage to Shire Roads Estimate at £5,800 List of Proposed Work and Costs

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 3

Recent floods and storms over Boorowa Shire area caused damage estimated at £5,000 This information was contained in…

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Council Will Purchase Plant Costing £4,500 New Gravelling System of Roads Will Save 2/6 c. Yard

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

BOOROWA SHIRE COUNCIL, AT ITS MEETING LAST MONDAY DECIDED TO PURCHASE PLANT VALUED AT £4,500 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS. Included in the list of plant to be purchased recommended by the…

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Railway Cricket

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

On Sunday next, the Railway cricket club will meet a team on the Goulburn Sportsground representing the Fox Social…

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Man Fined £7 for Road Breach

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

Charged with driving a motor lorry through Goulburn without a Road Transport Department ment permit, a man was fined…

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Erection of Low Level Bridge Local Governing Bodies Confer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

The erection of a low level bridge across the Yass River on the stock route between South and North Yass was…

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Skeleton Train Service in Queensland No Signs Of Trouble By Strikers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: At a conference in Sydney today delegates from the Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland branches of the Australian Railway Union unanimously declared their support for the…

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His Unlucky Day Motorist Fined For Speeding

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

When stopped by a police constable, a motorist, alleged to have exceeded the speed limit, said: "This must be my…

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Aerodrome Facilities: Further Investigations

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

Adequate aerodrome facilities for Crookwell district was again the subject of discussion at last week's…

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Motor Parts Statement By Minister

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

Following a decision to reduce army holdings of motor transport vehicles from 25,000 to 10,000 vehicles,…

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Broke School Patrol Motorists To Be Reported

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Goulburn branch of the Road Safety Council criticism was levelled at…

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Motor World News and Notes From The N.R.M.A. Road Methods Criticised

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

A charge of "complete disregard of public requirements" was levelled against the Main Roads Department by the N.R.M.A.'s acting general…

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Market Street—nilgari Electricity Extensions Held Up Dept. Of Railways Decline To Load Poles

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

The installation of Electricity extensions from Market Street to Nilgari is held up owing to the Department of Railways declining…

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Rail Motor May Run From Boorowa to Galong Requests May Be Considered

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 4

CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE RUNNING OF A RAIL MOTOR FROM BOOROWA TO GALONG TO PROVIDE AN IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE WITH THE MAIN LINE. This assurance was given by the Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Automatic Train Control

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

At a recent demonstration of additional automatic control device on Britain’s Great Western Railway a train,…

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Fined For Jumping From Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

A young man, who pleaded guilty to leaving, a railway carriage while it was in, motion, was fined 5/ in Goulburn Court…

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First Passenger Train Runs in Queenstand

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE: When 200 members of the Storemen and Packers' Union met at the Trades [?]…

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Low Level Bridge: C’cil Defers Action

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

Action in connection with the erection of a low level bridge across the Yass River has been deferred by the Yass Municipal…

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