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

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Toll of the Road Public Co-operation Sought

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 4

Without the wholehearted cooperation of the general public there was little hope of stemming the present carnage on roads, a…

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Meeting to Be Called to Form Road Safety Branch

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

A public meeting will be called in the near future to form a branch of the Road Safety Council at Yass…

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Railway Noise Worries Junee

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Noise created by engines whistling and trains shunting during the night was referred to at the last meeting of the Junee…

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Motor Cycle on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 5

A almost new motor cycle was severely damaged by fire in Cowper Street on Saturday night. The cycle, which was owned by…

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Railway Freights Can Be Tough !

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 4

The Master Bakers’ “ Journal” gives an extraordinary example of the way railway charges operate. It says a country baker has…

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Easter Train Services

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

Special train services to and from Goulurn during Easter have been announced. These services may be affected if the striking railway workshop…

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Road Safety Club

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 3

Members of the newly formed Odeon Road Safety Council had their first meeting on Saturday afternoon, when the Bourke…

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Expenditure On Roads Around Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

"A total of £1311 will be spent on maintenance and in improvement of Crookwell's town roads and footpaths this year. This was announced after the shire engineer's report,…

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Petrol Tax Allocations Road Priorities Determined

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

Rural to benefit under this coming year's petrol tax allocation were determined at the last meeting of the Country Works Committee and later confirmed by full Council…

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More Sealing Planned for Town Roads Outer Areas Again To Benefit

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 2

Two important roads leading from the main portion of the town of Crookwell, are listed for bitumen sealing within the next twelve months provided sufficient funds are made available…

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Motor Cycle Alight: Fire In Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade attended another motor cycle fire this morning. It was the second fire of its kind in three days…

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Editorial Passing Comment Road Transport

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

YASS branch of the C.W.A. is to be congratulated on its interest in trying to solve one of the major problems in Yass today—…

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Railway Freights Can Be Tough!

Boorowa News · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 2

The Master Bakers' "Journal" gives an extraordinary example of the way railway charges operate…

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Minor Road Accidents In District

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

Goulburn police described traffic in the district over the Easter week-end as "extremely heavy."…

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Railway Workers Hit By Steel

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 3

Two railway employees were injured while constructing new railway works at South Loco, yards on Thursday afternoon…

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Road Accidents At Yass

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 2

Three motor cyclists were injured yesterday when their cycles skidded on the wet Hume Highway, near Yass…

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Motor Races at Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

Few local people realise that the wealth brought to Bathurst each year with the Easter motor cycle and car racing could have been Goulburn's. Within ten miles of Goulburn…

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Railway Homes in Junee

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

Recent financial developments have prevented the provision of capital for the erection of additional…

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Editorial Road Safety

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

MR. RICHARDS, general secretary of the NRMA and experts of the Police Traffic Department, it is reported, do not favour the…

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Car Off Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

Goulburn builder, Mr. Joe Cody, of Lagoon Street, had a narrow escape from injury early this morning when the…

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