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

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

532 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 27

Municipal Briefs Application for Grant For Junction Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 4

At a meeting of the Municipal Council last Monday night, the Mayor (Aid. R. Haddon) was in the chair. Others present were…

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Bouquet for Engineer “Coolalie Road Better Than Ever”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

In a letter to last week’s Goodradigbee Shire Council meeting, Mr. L. G. Deuchar, Mont Street, Yass, enclosed payment for rates,…

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Motor Cycle Hits Tree

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 2

A young man was injured at the week-end when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a tree which was blocking…

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Accident at Marulan Motor Cycle Hits Lorry

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

A man was injured when the motor cycle he was riding colided with a lorry near Marulan, on Saturday…

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Prisoner Helped Police Assault On Train Near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

Patrick Morgan pleaded guilty in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to charges that he had used indecent language and had assaulted a police constable on Friday afternoon…

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Auburn Street Collision Motor Cyclist Is Fined By S.M.

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

A motor cyclist was fined £5 with 16/ costs and £1/15/4 expenses in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for negligent driving. He was Keith Stanley Grant,…

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Diesel Train for Southern Line

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. F. C. Garside, announced today that another 2-cardiesel train will be placed in…

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New Diesel Train Goulburn to Cootamundra

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 2

The Commissioner 10r Railways Mr. F. C. Garside, has announced that another 2-car diesel train will be placed in service next…

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Prisoner Helped Constable Assault on Train Near Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1

When Const. Leslie Charge, of Bin[?], was escorting a prisoner by train to Goulburn last Friday, he was assaulted by a man named…

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Railwayman Suffers Crushed Hand

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 4

A railway snunter was injured while coupling trucks at the Goulburn railway yards yesterday afternoon…

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Mr. Tully Addresses Per Way Workers Labour And Conditions Of Railway Men

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

Mr. L. J. Tully, M.L.A., addressed a meeting at the Per. Way Workshops on Thursday. He said that his close associations with railwaymen in the…

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Letters To The Editor Railway Superannuation

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 4

Sir; Labour has consistently granted improvements in wages and conditions to the Railways men and the position with…

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Shires Conference Position Of Country Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 5

The annual revenue from the country roads fund had Increased by 30 per cent during the past 12 months but the cost of the works had increased by 83 per cent, said the Commissioner of Main Roads, Mr. Toyer, in an address to the…

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Roads of Access; SHlRE Council’s Policy to Be Decided

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

At the last meeting of Coodradigbee Shire Council, councillors decided that a mating of the Committee would discuss Council’s policy on roads of access within the shire…

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Only Road to Peace Lies in Armaments U.S. Defence Chief States Views

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday: The arming of Europe was the only road left open to peace and security, Defence Secretary Louis Johnson told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs…

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Letters to the Editor Railway Men's Pensions

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 4

Sir.—So Mr. Tully did vote against the motion to give railwaymen who were on the retired list a rise of 25 per cent. in…

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Motor Traders to Meet at Orange

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 8

The Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales has decided to hold its 1950 annual conference at Orange…

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Was Motor Cycle Stolen?

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Police suspect a motor-cycle was stolen at Alexandria last night while the owner and another man were…

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New Diesel Train Commences Goulburn and Cootamundra

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 7

Last Monday a new diesel two-car train began to run on week-days on the Goulburn-Cootamundra line…

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Six Months to Do Road Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 1

Commenting on a request from three ratepayers for road work to be done, Mr. H. B. Darke (Mulwaree Shire Engineer)…

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