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

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

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Motor Cyclist Crashes

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 1

Raymond Johnson (27) of Strathaird Street, Goulburn. suffered severe injury when he failed to take the corner at the…

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Railway Excursion Tickets in May

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements have been made for the issue of…

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Railway Cut on Goods

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: A Railway Department spokesman said last night goods sheds would not receive goods except perishables and…

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Accident on Railway Bridge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

Three persons were injured in a collision between a car and a motor lorry yesterday afternoon at the…

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Cycle Club Road Season Opens

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 6

The Goulburn Cycle Club opened its road season for 1919 on Saturday afternoon when the senior 15th mile and junior five mile races…

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Railway Traffic

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

Week-end traffic was exceptionally heavy, traffic officials at Goulburn railway station reported to-day. Visitors to Goulburn…

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Railway Excursion

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 4

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announces that arrangements have been made for the issue of excursion tickets in…

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Car Crashes Into Bridge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 4

A 1940 model Ford truck, owned and driven by Edward Joseph Woods, of Laggan, crashed into the Crookwell. River bridge at the lower…

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Railway Figures

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Completing the comparison between the traffic last Easter week-end with that of Easter 1948, Goulburn…

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Motor-cyclist Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 7

Ronald Joseph Blewitt, 22, of King Street. Queanbeyan, was killed instantly on Sunday night when a motor cycle, which he…

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Railwayman Hurt

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

Mr. R. Lambert, a fuelman employed at the railway at Goulburn and residing at Walker Street, suffered a severe…

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De Facto Wives and Railways Mr. O'Sullivan's View

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, has informed Mr. A Tonge, M.L.A. (Labour), by letter that railway…

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Motor Cyclist Injures Knee

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 3

Mr. G. Cross, foreman of the Hills District Building Company, was taken to hospital by Goulburn Ambulance last…

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Main Roads Review

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

A general review of the mail roads system in the southern tablelands region will be made in Goulburn on May 9…

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Burma. Road Cut by Communists

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

SHANGHAI, Friday (A.A.P.- Reuter): As Chinese Communist troops last night drove to within 35 miles of…

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Boy Hurt in Boorowa Road Taxi Smash Gets £360 Settlement In Young Court Action

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

In the Young District Court Judge Berne sanctioned acceptance by plaintiff of £360, plus £12/12/ costs, in a case in which John…

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Railwaymen and Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

A meeting of Goulburn railwaymen will be held at the Railway Institute to-night to consider the formation of a…

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Overhead Bridge Wanted Near Shell Depot

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

The Municipal Council will cooperate with Goodradigbee Shire in an endeavour to have an overhead bridge built over the…

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Prickly Wattle and Briars To Be Removed From Shire Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

Cr. Glover at Wednesday’s Shire meeting drew attention to prickly wattle on t.lie Yass River road, opposite “Warrawee.” He…

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“Shocking and Dangerous State” Ramps to be Removed on Wee Jasper Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 4

Two ramps considered to be dangerous on the Wee Jasper road will be removed. One is near the 14 mile peg, and the other at 27½…

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