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

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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New Work on Shire Roads Speed Limit Restricted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

Goodradigbee. Shire engineer, Mr. S. H. Liddicoat, was given authority to erect notices restricting the speed of motor…

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Float Overturns on Boorowa Road Driver Dazed; Missing for Two Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 3

A big stock float, loaded with horses and cattle, overturned on the Boorowa road, about 17 miles from Cowra. The driver,…

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Motor Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A third victim of the head-on collision at Kellyville last night, Leslie Hickey, 23, of the R.A.A.F., has died…

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Motor Accidents Bonds for Drunken Drivers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 5

“There is something seriously wrong when, in a year of record road accidents, Magistrates” courts released on a…

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Two Local Motor-cyclists Have Licences Suspended For Two Years

Boorowa News · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

Two young Boorowa youths, who appeared before the Children's Court at Boorowa Petty Sessions yesterday for having driven a motor-cycle in a dangerous manner to the public, were fined £5, with 10/. costs, and had their licence…

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Road Tax

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 1

From to-morrow the road haulier tax will be lifted temporarily from certain operators competing with railways on…

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Goulburn-sydney Road Race

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2

Mr. L. J. Tully, M.L.A., has been informed that the proposal to revive the Goulburn-Sydney bicycle race for Jubilee Year is…

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Problem for Shire Minor Road Work

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 3

Cr. George Johnson touched on a knotty problem at the last Shire Council meeting when he advocated some provision should…

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Police Check on Wee Jasper Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2

Yass Police received word Saturday that the pay office the Snowy River Authority Island Bend had been broken into,…

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Railway Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 2

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday 63-year-old Walter Waddups pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting…

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Black-topping Of Roads Further Delayed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 1

Streets in Crookwell and the main streets of Binda and Bigga will not be black-topped in the near future as was recently…

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Slipped and Broke His Leg Claim On Railway

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

Henry Gordon Howard, a Railways employee, besides with his wife in a house at 178 Sloane Street, the door…

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Goulburn Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 4

Referring to the Goulburn aerodrome, the Department of Civil Aviation, writing to the City Council under date…

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Shire Shorts Further Rate of 2d. IN £ to Provide ADDITIONAl Funds for Secondary Roads Council to Consider Question at Meeting This Month

Boorowa News · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 4

At March meeting of the Boorowa Shire Council consideration will be given to strike a special or local rate of 2d in the £ on the U.C.V. to provide additional funds to finance adequate maintenance of secondary…

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Missed Train: No Taxis

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 4

At 2.40 on Thursday afternoon an elderly man missed the tram at Yass Junction and was informed…

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Two Men Burned on Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 2

A Goulburn engine driver and fireman were severely burned by scalding steam and gases when a train…

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£60,000 Display by Motor Firms

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 1

Motor vehicles and farm machinery worlfa over £60,000 were on display at last week's Goulburn show Thirteen local agents had…

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From Everywhere Motor Cyclist Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

Motor Cyclist Killed. While riding a motor cycle home from work, Kevin Jordan, of Redferm Street, Cowra, was…

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Road Accident Hints

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 6

In an effort to limit the seriousness of injuries which result from accidents during holiday periods, ambulance and Road…

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Hints for Motorists

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

Some sound advice to new motorists on the subject of gear changing is given by the Chief Engineer of the N.R.M.A., Mr…

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