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

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

642 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 33

Big Motor Races At Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

Racing motor, cyclists and enthusiasts from four States have commenced the annual pilgrimage to Bathurst for the premier…

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Woman Falls Under Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: A young woman fell to her death from a moving train during a busy travel period this morning near Redfern…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt: Other Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

Desmond Innes Mearns, of St. Leonards Avenue, West Leederville, W.A., was thrown to the ground when his motor cycle skidded on some loose gravel, near Yarra, at 12.5 a.m. to-day…

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New Railway Award Soon

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Federal Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. Austen, said to-day that the Railways Workers' Award was due to…

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Train Delays

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

Delays to the Riverina and Canberra-expresses to Sydney yesterday were unavoidable. Railway officials at…

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Man's Fall From Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: A man was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital early this morning after being unconscious beside a railway line…

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Coroner's Inquest Into Kiamma Creek Bridge Tragedy Finding Of Accidental Death Returned

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

After hearing testimony at the inquest into the death of Colin Albert Ford end Bernard Leney on January 9 last, the District Coroner, Mr. C. J. McLaren, J.P., on…

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Heavy Easter Train Traffic

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Railway officials at Goulburn Station said to-day that the Easter railway traffic this year had been just as heavy as…

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Laying A Mile Of Road Daily

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 3

Road-building techniques used in North America would answer the problems of providing more and better…

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Stone Hits Train Carrying Sir William McKell

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A stone was thrown through the carriage of a train in which the Governor-General, Sir William McKell, was…

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Heavy Toll in London Train Smash Last Night

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: At least eight person are known to have been killed and about 33 injured when two underground trains were wrecked in a tunnel leading to the East London suburbs early last night…

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Proposed Closing of Road (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Sir—In a recent issue of “The Tribune-Courier” I read a report of a request to Goodradigbee Shire Council from Messrs. N. C…

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Railway Bowlers At Crookwell, Kenmore

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

Apart from the cold wind on Saturday, the weather. over the Easter period left nothing to be desired, and quite a good number journeyed to Kenmore to enjoy their favourite pastime…

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New Bridge At Darby's Falls?

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Transport and Main Roads Department officers will be entertained in Boorowa before they inspect the lowlevel bridge at Darby's…

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Council Men To Train In PoleTop Rescue Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

The Goulburn City Council will send two men to the Mackellar County Council to be trained in pole top…

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Motor chief sees great progress

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Mr C. A. Smith, managing director of the Ford Motor Co. of…

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Shock for Young Motorist

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Puzzled by a loud knocking noise, followed by a screech, as he was driving away from the Royal Hotel corner at Young,…

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What Our Railways Mean to You

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 3

From early boyhood and over the span of years all of us have been intrigued by railways. When we played…

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Second Water Failure Caused by Burnt Out Motor

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

A 60 h.p. MOTOR at the pumping station at North Yass, which burnt out a coil and developed a short circuit in the stator on…

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Hit By Passing Motorist

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

Mr. James Pilkington, employed by the Main Roads Board, was working at the Two Mile Creek Bridge, Bowning, on Friday, when…

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