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

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Motor Insurance Losses

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 7

The Victorian State Motor Car Insurance Office lost £131,257 in the year ended June 30, compared with a £122,732…

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CORRESPONDENCE Bitumen Surfacing Of Main Roads (To the Editor)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

Sir.--I read with a good deal of interest, a report in the last issue of your paper of a discussion at the last meeting of the…

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Strong Opposition to Kialla Road Proposals Estimated Cost of £6440

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

Although the seven miles of Kialla Road which falls within the local Shire area is in "C" Riding it was the three Riding Councillors who strongly opposed the…

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Work on Shire Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 6

“The operator did a first class job with the motor grader on the Bowning-Murrumburrah road,” Cr C. A. Grogan said at last Shire…

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Primary Producers I Ask for Road Improvements

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 6

Three vital matters concerning the safety and convenience of road travellers will be brought to the notice of the State Secretary…

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DerringuIIen Bridge Ald. Oxley Wants Danger Signs Erected

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 3

At the instigation of Ald. N. Oxley the Municipal Council will seek the co-operation of Goodradigbee Shire Council, Mr. W. F…

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Waroo Road Shire Engineer To Survey For Bitumen

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 3

Gooradigbee Shire Council last week decided to make the services of the shire engineer available to the Municipal Council for the…

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Compulsory Unionism Railway Worker’s Views (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 8

Sir,— I would like to take up a small space in your paper to comment on the advertisement of the…

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Railway Bowlers On Golf Visit

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 7

The visit to Tully Park Golf Club last week-end was a great success, and further demonstrated the good…

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Motor Cycle Club Results

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 7

Goulburn Motor Cycle Club's reliability run conducted over a 70 mile course last Sunday, was was by E. Went (Matchless)…

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Driverless Tram

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

A New Australian conductress early last night dragged two women from a runaway, driverless tram a few seconds before…

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Railway Changes: Will the Atomic Loco Come?

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

Will atomic power be used for locomotives in this generation? This question is prompted by research in the United States and already the steam locomotive is doomed after many years of service. It eliminated the horse and buggy age in transport and now it, in turn, is giving way to the diesel electric locomotive…

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Police Blitz on Yass Motorists

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

Following up their blitz on motorists in Cooma Street on Saturday’s Yass Police booked 30 motorists for traffic breaches,…

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Bullock Hit by Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Thousands of people were late for work this morning because of a wandering bullock…

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South-West Train Death: Man's Trial

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 3

In Central Criminal Court yesterday, a 24-year-old labourer, in a statement from the dock, said he remembered pointing a rifle at a C.S.I.R.O. scientist on the South-West Mail train and clearly heard it go off.,…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: An Australian Tourist Trophy motor cyclist Laurence Charles Boulter, 41, was killed in a collision with…

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Letters To The Editor Motor Cyclists' Letter

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 2

Sir,—As members of Goulburn Motor Cycle Club, we wish to complain against the unfair treatment of members by…

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Motor Cycle Club Notes

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 8

Goulburn Motor Cycle Club was well represented at Canberra motor cycle races, held on the new race circuit at…

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New Railway Lighting

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 6

The Railways Department will gradually replace the present lighting in underground stations with fluorescent lighting…

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Crookwell's Move For Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2

Crookwell Shire Council has appointed a committee to investigate a proposal for the establishment of a…

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