Towrang Bridge
About four inches of rain have fallen in the Towrang district since midnight on Christmas Eve…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
642 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 33
Motor Cyclist Injured
Oscar H. Oxenbridge of School Lane, Balgowlah, suffered head and facial injures when he was thrown…
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SYDNEY: State Cabinet will on Thursday discuss resumption of electricification of the western railway line…
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LONDON, Wednesday: About 15 people are killed and 600 injured every day on British roads, the Ministry of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Canned" Electric Motor For First Atomic Submarine Engine
PITTSBURGH, Tuesday: An electric motor to be used in the first atomic submarine engine has been operating for 18 months without a breakdown. A Westinghouse Electric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Bowls
The mixture of weather during the festive season prevented quite a lot of play, but nevertheless we were able to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Television ... or Roads?
"A fundamental danger to our National life is the spending of our limited financial resources on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Equipment Rye Park Resident Extends Water Pipe Line to Rye Park—kenny's Creek Road
Mr. Harry Southwell, "wa[?]e Grove," Rye Park has recently installed water supply to his residence from a bore which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crookwell Protest On Big Road Cut Funds Reduced By Third
At its meeting last week, Crookwell Shire Council was informed that an application to the Government for financial assistance in its 1953 main roads maintenance and improvement programme had been cut…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Hits Fence: Two Dead
A man was killed instantly and another fatally injured when a motor cycle crashed into a safety fence at Crookwell on Friday night. The man killed instantly was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Shunter Given Bond
In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., said that liquor had been the prime mover in a recent stealing case at the Goulburn railway. Mr. Finlay said this after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed on Motor Cycle
The Crossroads, south of Sutton Forest, was the scene of a fatal accident involving the death of a young rider…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saleyards Road Site of New Homes
The three new Housing Commission homes allocated to Crookwell will be erected on the remainder of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Department Slashes Council's Main Roads Programme Deputation to Meet Authorities
A feeling of complete frustration permeated last Thursday's Council meeting when a letter from the Department of Main Roads was read informing members that drastic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Closure Proposal To Reduce Noise Near Hospital
Hospital Board president, Mr. A. A. Pierce, on Monday night sent a suggestion to the board from his hospital bed that something be done to prevent traffic from using the road between the hospital and the High…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Accident on Kiamma Creek Bridge Two Young Men Lose Lives
Two young local men lost their lives last Friday evening in one of the worst and most tragic road accidents in the history of Crookwell. They were catapulted to their death when the motor cycle on which they were travelling got out of control and crashed…
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On Sunday, president Bill Anderson and three rinks were entertained by Kenmore Bowling Club. Weather conditions were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Runs Into Station
A runaway express train crashed into Washington's Big Union Station yesterday, injuring 41 persons. Two hours after, 24 firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Road, Water Supply For Commission Homes
Work has commenced ;on the provision of water supply to seven Housing Commission homes in Francis Street. Advising Goulburn City…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase in N.s.w. Railways Earnings
The Commissioner for ways (Mr. R. Winsor) has presented to tine Acting Minister for Transport (Mr. G…
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