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

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

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Goulburn Man and Son Killed New Car Overturns On Windellama Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

A well-known Goulburn Greek, Angelos Constantine Voutas, 45, and his five-year-old son were killed yesterday morning when a car skidded and overturned on Windellama Road, 13 miles from Goulburn. They were in a party of six…

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Railway Warning Shortage Of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY: The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Garside to-day warned that train services in the State…

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Four Motor Accidents Over Xmas Period

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

Crookwell Police investigated no less than four motor accidents over the Christmas period in and near Crookwell. On December 17, a utility truck,…

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Successful Berlin Motor Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 6

Despite the difficulties of transport to the Western sectors of Berlin, isolated in the midst of the Russian Zone of Germany,…

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U.S. Motorists Keen On British Style Sports Models

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 3

Within two weeks of the devaluation announcement U.S. dealers in European cars, British particularly, were sold out and building up an impressive backlog of orders while they cabled…

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Four Killed in Motor Bicycle Crashes

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Hidden by long grass, William. Gordon Polkinghorne, 23, lay fatally injured beside his dead father for more than 12 hours after their motor cycle crashed on the Maroondah Highway, between Croydon and Lilydale, on…

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New Railway In February

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 7

The opening of the first section of the broad-gauge railway line in the south-east of South Australia—the 56-mile section…

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Soldier Block and Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

At the request of the Land Board office, Goulburn, Mulwaree Shire Council has submitted an estimate of £216 for…

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Grant to Shire for Repair Work on Highway Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

Mulwaree Shire Council was advised at its meeting yesterday that additional funds would be made available to strengthen faulty lengths of pavement on the highway roads…

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Railway Superannuation Royal Commission Is Sought

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 5

Following allegations that a former N.S.W. Premier had wrongly transferred Railway superannuation funds, the Goulburn branch of the Trades and Labour Council has written to the…

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Coal Strike Affects Railway Figures

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1

Although revenue received at Goulburn railway station during 1949 from passenger fares and parcel freights was, slightly under the 1948 figure, it is evident that but for the coal strike…

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Coal Strike Had Serious Effect on Crookwell Railway's Annual Turnover

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

Statistics released this week by the local Stationmaster, Mr. Percy Charlton, reveal that the interruption to rail services brought about by the coal strike in July and August…

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Woman Attacked On Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 7

NEWCASTLE: Despite the intense search being made for the man who attempted to assault a girl on the Brisbane Express near…

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Record Rains In District Nearly 5 Inches In Parts: Roads, Creeks Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

Torrential rain—the heaviest for at least six years—fell last night in country areas around Goulburn, and caused flooding of creeks and rivers…

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At Gunning Railway Station

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

The shire president, Cr. Barbour, told the last Council meeting of a near accident at the railway station, when a man in order…

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Letters To The Editor Boxer's Creek Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

Boxer's Creek Road Sir; May I crave some ,pace in your valued columns to air a grievance long existing…

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The Editor Says: Walk Correctly When on a Road

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

The above is the advice to motorists, in Boorowa and elsewhere. Here the rules of the road are more honored in…

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Doctor’s Flat Road Maintenance Offer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 3

At the last Shire Council meeting, Cr. E. C. Archer referred to an offer Messrs. Kershaw and Crossley had made that if they…

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Housing Commission Interested in Binalong Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 1

Housing Commission of N.S.W. advised Goodradigbee Shire Council at Wednesday ’s meeting that an inspection of land owned by…

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Snowslide Pushes Train Off Line

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

SETON LAKE (British Columbia), Monday: A roaring snowslide pushed a locomotive and one car of a train off the tracks here yesterday and swept them into the lake below, killing…

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