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

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

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Motor-truck Was Unlicensed Victorian Dealer Fined £5

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

John Dent, a motor dealer, of East Kew, Victoria; was fined in Goulburn Police Court yesterday on a charge or having operated an unlicensed public motor vehicle. Sergeant Waining, told Mr…

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Rugby League Railway Have a Close Victory Over North

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 6

Owing to the absence of the representative players on Sunday, play at Rugby League Park was somewhat ragged, although at times excellent football was witnessed. The game of the day, between North and Railway A grades,…

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The Two Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 4

According to the British Chancellor. of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps, the present crisis of…

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Miniature Farm Motor-Truck

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 4

Though not in any way a actor for farm works the Wessex Motor Truck is a handy vehicle for small loads and is quite capable of running over through ground. This picture shows the truck being driven across a ploughed field during a…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt: Lorry Hits Fence

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

Two accidents involving a motor cyclist who suffered severe injuries near Breadalbane and a heavy transport. lorry . which crashed through a fence at Run-O-Waters were reported to Goulburn police…

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Proposed Survey of Aerodrome for Boorowa?

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

Boorowa Shire Council, at its last meeting was advised by the Minister for Civil Aviation that he was unable to arrange at present for the comple-tion of a survey of the proposed Boor-…

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Railway Excursions

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

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

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Shire Roads Conference With M. R. Engineer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

The Divisional Engineer, Goulburn, will visit Yass on Wednesday next, to confer with Goodradigbee Shire Council regarding…

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Fertilizer Free Of Road Tax

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

Farmers seeking rapid delivery of superphosphate can now obtain an exemption from road tax on this product…

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Motor-Cyclists Fined They Had No Licences To Carry Pillion Riders

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

More fines were imposed on Goulburn motor cyclists at the Police Court to-day. Leslie G. Drover and Bruce…

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Pedestrians Had Right of Way Motorist Fined £3

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

An 18-year-old motor cyclist was fined in Goulburn Court to-day on a charge of having failed to give way to [?]edestrians…

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FINED £10 He Had No Road Licence

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.M., yesterday fined a transport driver, £10 on a charge of having carried…

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German Railwaymen May Strike Russians Want Preference On Certain Goods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

BERLIN, Tuesday: An official Soviet order, signed by the Soviet Military Governor of Germany, Marshal Vassily Chuikov, last night confirmed that the Berlin blockade will be lifted at a minute after…

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Sydney's Tram Service Lively Time Likely In Caucus

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Heated arguments among members of Caucus is expected to follow the release of the report of three British…

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Shire Roads To Be Given Attention

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 3

The following matters in connection with Shire roads were dealt with at the last Shire Council meeting:…

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Proposed Overhead Bridge P.P. Board Support

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 6

Goodradigbee Shire Council wrote to Tuesday’s meeting of the P.P. Board seeking support for the erection of an overhead bridge…

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Motor Show in Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Exhibits valued at more than £100,000 will be on display when the first post-war international motor…

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Motor Rickshaw

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 4

‘One of our fixed ideas about the Far East has just become unfixed—and it happened right here in London at Earl‘s Court, where…

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Shire Roads Conference with Main Roads Engineer

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2

The Divisional Engineer, Goulburn, will visit Yass on Wednesday next, to confer with Goodradigbee Shire Council regarding…

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Russians Rough Handle Germans on Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

BERLIN, Friday: Passengers on the first inter-zonal train to reach Berlin yesterday afternoon following the lifting of the Berlin blockade, alleged rough handling by Russian frontier guards at Marienborn. They said that armed Russian…

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