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

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

644 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 33

Shire Council. Engineer to Confer With Bowning Progress Association Report to Be Made on Gums Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 5

Cr. H. H. McIntosh, President of Goodradigbee Shire Council presided at the monthly meeting held in the Shire Chambers,…

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New Road-making Plant Available Early in May Acting Shire Engineer's Report To Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 8

It is anticipated that the new road-making plant now on order will be available early in May. This fact was stated by the Acting…

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Motor World News and Notes From The N.R.M.A. Cost of Car Repairs

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 2

The N. R. M. A. warns the motor made that slack repair methods adopted by many garagemen are building up resentment in the public, which…

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New Motor Race Records

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

BATHURST, Monday: Records were shattered by racing drivers in the N.S.W. One Hundred motor road race over the Mt…

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Railway Defeated North in Thrilling League Match

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

A thrilling and hard fought match was played at Rugby League Part on Sunday, when Railway first grade team defeated North first in the final of the Goulburn League's knock-out competition…

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Worn-out Road Bridge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

Troubles of the Department of Main Roads in replacing worn-out road bridges, or of building ones at sites where…

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The Train Won

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Ignoring a warning, an man, who attempted to walk across the railway line at Warwick Farm Station last night,…

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Railway Prize To Apprentice

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

Neville Keighran, Goulburn railway apprentice, recently received the congratulations of the Commissioner for Railways for…

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40 KILLED Train Blown Up In Palestine

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 5

JERUSALEM, Thursday: It is officially announced that 40 persons were killed and 60 injured when an…

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U.S. Train Guards Doubled British Troops Ordered To Resist

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday: Unless the Soviet backs down in the face of the opposition of the the British, American and French occupation authorities. 25,000 British, American and French troops and…

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Tram Wrecked By Garbage Truck

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: A tram was wrecked in a collision with a fully loaded garbage truck at Waverley to-day, but the driver and…

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Worn-out Road Bridges

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 7

Troubles of the Department of Main Roads in replacing worn-out road bridges, or of building ones at sites where none exist, are stressed…

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Road Trffic Safety Precaution Dogs On Roadways

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

At last meeting of Boorowa Shire Council, Cr. R. G. Gorham drew Council's attention to the probability of accidents arising…

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Deadlock Continues in Germany Both Sides Now Making Road-Blocks

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 5

BERLIN, Thersday: British and Sovicl avthorities are maintaining a form stand on the dispute over the passage of trains between Berlin and The British Zone and no results came from the long talks between the British Chief of Stff, Major-General Brownjohn and his Russion couster part, Lieut-General Lukyantschenko, at…

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Motor World News and Notes From The N.R.M.A. Used Car Purchase: Countryman's Problem

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 7

Problems facing country people in trying to purchase used cars in the city are stressed by the N.R.M.A. Mr. J. Fielder, the Association's…

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£30 FINE No Road Permit

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

Charged with transporting goods without a Road Transport Department permit, a motor lorry driver was fined £30 in…

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Motor Bike Brakes Were Inefficient: Fine 10/

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

For riding a motor cycle with inefficient brakes, Leonard Cowling was fined 10/ with 8/ costs in Goulburn Court yesterday. Constable R. Blissett told Mr…

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Revolutionary Motor-cycle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 5

A four-cylinder, internal combustion, beam-engine, the first of` its type in the world, has completed fully successful trials in a revolutionary British motor-cycle, and is now going into production, and for which large expert orders have ben booked from all…

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T.Duck Leads In Motor Cycle Events

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 8

A sports programme conducted by the Goulburn Motor Cycle Club was highlighted by a brilliant exhibition of riding by T. Duck…

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Hume Park Motor Ramp on Level Site

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 6

In a letter to the last meeting of the Municipal Council, Mr. Charles Robertson, Hume Park, wrote: During the recent visit…

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