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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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President Asked Engineer to Give Better Attention, Service to Shire Conflict of Opinion on Condition of Cooradigbee Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

Opinions differed between several councillors and the engineer (Mr. S. H. Liddicoat) at last Wednesday’s Shire Council meeting concerning the condition of the Cooradigbee road, Wee Jasper. The road was…

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Local Motor Office Takes £44,562

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

Total revenue collected by the Goulburn office of Motor Registration Branch for the year 1952 was £44,562. Registration and licence…

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Local Control for Railway Workshops

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

It was stated to-day that the Railway Workshops in Sloane Street will revert to local control after having…

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Railway Display

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

Railwaymen who have not yet visited the Railway Safety Instruction Car, now in Goulburn, should make it their business to…

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Toll

Boorowa News · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

Motorists expect State political candidates to declare where they stand on the abolition of Sydney Harbour Bridge toll,…

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Railway Safety Car Visits

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

No railway worker should miss the opportunity of hearing Mr. H. G. Moremon while his veritable fount of safety knowledge is in Goulburn on the safety instruction car…

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Road Transport and Railways (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

Sir—I note the wheelbarrow expert is to oppose Billy Sheahan. How does he propose to deal with the transport of passengers ?…

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1954 Grant for Yass R., Dog Trap Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

THE Commonwealth Aid grant for 1954 will be spent on the Yass River and Dog Trap roads…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

Gunther Alt, of Victoria Street. suffered injuries when a motor cycle he was riding struck some loose gravel on Braidwood Road…

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No Money For Our Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 7

"Shire Councils everywhere are vigorously protesting against the reduced State vote for Trunk and Main Roads. The cuts for…

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Motor Cyclist Fined

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

For not giving way to a vehicle on his right, Harold E. Johnson, of Bolwarra Road, Largs, whose motor cyc'e…

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Railway's Good Work with Stock Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

An exceptionally busy period was experienced yesterday at the Goulburn railway stockyard when the staff loaded about 110 trucks…

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Railway Man Stabbed During Fight

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 2

Keith Patrick John McCarthy, 27, railway fireman, of the Railway Barracks, Cootamundra, received four…

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Car and Motor Cycle Collide

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist, Koitchou Koef, of Marulan, suffered extensive injuries on Friday morning last when the…

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Local Motor Cycle Club's Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 6

The sixty odd members of Goulburn Motor Cycle Club, which has been functioning for five years, have ridden 2½…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 6

Last week-end we saw the last of the semi-finals in the pairs championship. This resulted in a clear cut victory for Jack Turner and Bill Coleman over Alex Crow and Tom Arneil, 25 to 19…

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Railway Address for Businessmen

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 7

Goulburn businessmen will be able to hear an address by an experienced railway officer on freight concessions…

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Stole From Railways Harden Man Heavily Fined

Boorowa News · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

A man charged with stealing goods from railway trucks appeared at Murrumburrah Petty Sessions on Monday,…

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Shire Road Maintenance Council Rejects Engineer's Report Gives Priority List Urgent Work

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 4

Goodradigbee Shire Council at a special meeting rejected the report of the engineer, Mr. S. h. Liddicoat, on road repair organisation. The engineer proposed the Council should take the responsibility of…

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O'Brien Wins Road Race

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 8

In a tight finish from S. White and H Graham, Reg. O'Brien won the League Cycle Club's 10-mile scratch road…

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