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

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Railway Glasses in Possesion

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 5

For having in his possession three glasses owned by the railways a 35-year-old man was fined £5 in Goulburn Court of…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 7

A 24-year-old motor cyclist was killed instantly in an accident at Queanbeyan over the week-end…

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Special Train for Crookwell Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

A special train will carry exhibits from Goulburn to Crookwell for the opening of the annual show there to-morrow. Other special arrangements which have been made for the…

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New Road Widening Machine

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

Now in use with the Gloucestershire County Council is a new road-widening machine, the only one of its kind in Britain, which it is claimed can do the work of 40 men. The machine, on caterpillar tracks and powered by a…

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Road Tax Repeal Urged

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 4

"It would have been just as sensible to have subsidised Cobb and Co.'s. coaches by taxing competing railways as…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 3

There were some close finishes in Railway bowls s[?]es championship matches during the…

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Inquiry Into Railway Derailment

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: A departmental inquiry to-day was ordered into the derailment of portion of a goods train near Gosford last night…

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Boorowa's Inadequate Rail Services People Being Grossly Insulted By Railway Department Rail services to and from Boorowa are highly inadequate

Boorowa News · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

The Railway Department is grossly insulting the people of Boorowa and district. It is underestimating the value of Boorowa and ignorant…

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Big Job Done by Railway Ice Cars

Boorowa News · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 6

Little is generally known of the wonderful Job being carried out by the refrigerator care of the N.S.W…

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A Mother Saw Train Pass Over Her Baby

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE: A mother watched helplessly on East Richmond railway station as an electric goods engine…

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Yass Tram and Transport in Collision Negligent Driving Charge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 1

A COLLISION occurred between the Yass tram and a stock transport at the Oak Hilt railway crossing on the night of November…

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Allegations That Railway Engines Started Bushfires

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 2

It was stated at the Bushfire Brigade Association meeting on Saturday that sparks from railway engines had started…

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Disqualified Motor Cyclist Fined £16

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 1

A motor cyclist who, Police Prosecutor, Sgt. G .A. Crick, said had been, disqualified from holding a licence for five years, was fined a total of £16/4/- in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for two traffic offences…

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Junior Road Safety Club

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 4

Odeon Theatre manager, Mr. M. Lineham, last night approached the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce for support in…

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Railwayman's 44 Years of Service

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 1

Mlr. Elwyn P. Jones, of 3 Victoria Parade, retired from the service of the New South Wales Government Railways…

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Police Inquiring Into Theft Of Money From Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

Goulburn police are investigating the theft of £ 38/10/ from a remittance bag mailed from Crookwell…

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Motor Vehicle Lights

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 4

Autumn weather and the return of longer nights call for greater care by motorists. The N.R.M.A. reminds drivers that…

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Two Killed On Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: Two men were kilted and a girl and man severely injured in road accidents in the suburbs early…

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Canberra Railway Yards

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 3

A recommendation that steps should be taken immediately to provide safety measures near the railway lines in the…

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The Motor World Motor Vehicle Lights

Boorowa News · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 4

Autumn weather and the return of longer nights call for greater care by motorists. The N.R.M.A. reminds drivers that…

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