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

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Must Build Up Roads

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

Cr. Clifton expressed his support for the motion but stressed that he wanted to emphasise that he was supporting It only as an…

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Status of Bathurst-Goulburn Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 3

Council will lend its support to an endeavour by the Bathurst Chamber of Commerce to have the status of the…

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Railway Service Praised

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

The Headmaster of the District Rural School, Mr. G. Morrow, is very loud in his praise of the organisation by…

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Work On Shire Roads BOWNING-MURRUMBURRAH

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 6

Maintenance grading was in progress on the Bowning-Murrumburrah burrah road. This was reported to last Shire Council meeting by…

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Shire to Attend to Rabbits on Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 6

At last Wednesday’s Goodradigbee Shire Council meeting it was agreed to employ a man to clean up rabbits and burrs on Shire…

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Buses, Trams Lose £4M

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Sydney and Newcastle trams and buses face a deficit of £4 million for the year ending June 30 next. It is understood that…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 8

The Railway Bowling Club rinks selected to meet Canberra at Forrest on Sunday are as follow: Rea, Elton, Mitton…

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Boy Killed in Train Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A schoolboy was killed when he fell from an electric train between Penshurst and…

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Diversion of Traffic From Main Street Main Roads Objection

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1

It was unlikely that the Main Roads Department would agree to the restriction of heavy traffic in Auburn Street, Goulburn City Council was told last night. Main Roads Department…

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Firemen Fight Fire in Railway Unit

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

Goulburn firemen fought for almost an hour and used thousands of gallons of water this morning when a fire started in the laundry block of the railway guards' barracks in Sloane Street…

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Motor Cycling

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 8

Goulburn racing motor cyclist, Cliff Dyer, gained places in eight events at a race meeting at Canberra on Sunday…

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Train Murder: Local Probe

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney C.I.B. men to-day appealed to people who were at Goulburn Railway Station when the South-West Mail stopped here on Saturday morning to contact local police or the C.I.B…

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Gunning’s £10,000 Road Plan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

The Shire Engineer, Mr. V. R. Minus, at the last meeting of Gunning Shire Council was instructed to draw up a programme…

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Man with Gun Seen at Local Station Clue In South West Train Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

C.I.B. and Goulburn detectives have discovered what may be a vital lead in the murder of Olaf Perkman. Perkman, a 40-year-old agricultural scientist, working with…

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South West Train Murder Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

C.I.B. and aRilway detectives investigating the murder of Olaf Perkman extended their inquires to…

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Police Search Railway Line Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 1

Police in the railway murder hunt to-day concentrated Investigations on the stretch of line between Goulburn…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 7

There will be much activity at the club on Sunday, when the pennant matches will be continued…

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£1,500 to Be Spent on Binalong Roads

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 6

The Department of Local Government will make available a town improvement grant for work on Binalong…

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Railway Inquest

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

A witness told the City Coroner yesterday that tests made after the Sydenham rail smash showed that he collision could…

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N.S.W. Govt. Railways Summary of Annual Report for Year

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor has presented to the Minister for Transport, the Hon. E. Wetherell, M.L.A., his report on the operations of the Department of Railways for the year ended 30th June, 1953…

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