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

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Railway Workers on Strike in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

Fifty-two members of the Federated Ironworkers' Association employed at Goulburn's loco depot went on strike last night at midnight. They will resume at midnight to-night…

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Car and Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 2

A car driver had a miraculous escape when his car collided with the diesel train at the level crossing at the end of Sheridan…

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Car Overturns on Laggan Road Occupants Pinned Underneath Wreckage

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 1

Two young men had a remarkable escape from death when the car in which they were travelling left the road and crashed into a deep table drain adjacent to the Laggan Road on Saturday…

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Burnt Railway Line Fixed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 1

Normal rail services will operate between Queanbeyan and Cooma from Friday. Assistant District Railways…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

In yesterdays report of Railway Bowling Club, the names of players in J. Lander's rink to play in the Blyton Cup…

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74-Year-old Motorist Causes Traffic Jams

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 4

Traffic James are not unusual experience for 74-year-old "Count" O' Meagher. He causes them! In fact he caused one in…

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Collision Near Bridge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 1

On Saturday night about 8 o’clock a collision occurred between a car driven by Mr. Eric Towle. of Yass Junction, and a…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 6

A start was made with Railway Bowling Club's championships last week-end and it would appear that there will…

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Work Started on Frogmore Road; Tar Surfacing

Boorowa News · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 1

[?] week on the far surfacing of the road through the village of Frogmore…

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Railways and Reds

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE: The A.L.P. Group in the Australian Railways Union would campaign on a policy of "restoration…

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Sequel to Motor Collision Shell Gil Company's Representative Fined At Boorowa

Boorowa News · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 1

At last sitting of Boorowa Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., James Albert Potter, a…

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Bushfires Started By Railway Engines, Cigarette Butts? Investigation by Mr. Sheahan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Transport, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., stated last week he is having investigations made into…

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Championship Matches on Railway Green

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 3

Three Railway Bowling Club singles championship matches were played on Saturday, and, although there were no runaway wins, the score cards show that the final results were never in doubt…

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Asphalt Road Completed

Boorowa News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

The half-mile strip of asphalt road through part of the village has been completed. This strip of road together…

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Boorowa Road Good

Boorowa News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

Since the Council has graded and worked on the road to Boorowa there bas been a great increase in comfort to…

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Bombing Railway Junction

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 5

As a result of the bombing of this railroad marshalling yards in North Korea by B-86 "Invader" light bombers of the United States Fifth Air Force, hundreds of tons of vital war supplies were destroyed and thus prevented from reaching Front-line Chinese…

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Railwayman Has Fall of 30 Feet

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

A Goulburn railwayman was injured near Nimnmitabel yesterday, when he fell 30 feet after his tricycle ran…

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District Motorists Appeal Against Traffic Breach

Boorowa News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

In the Quarter Sessions at Yass before His Honor. Judge R. Le G. Brereton. Walter Corcoran, an employee on…

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Two Motor-cyclists Killed Instantly

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 3

Two young motor cyclists were killed instantly when they met in a head-on collision on the Berrima Road, last Friday night. Leslie Gabriel Simons, son of…

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Storm And Roads: £1000 Damage In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 1

Damage to Goulburn roads caused by a cloudburst Friday would cost more than £1,000 to repair, City…

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