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

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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£30 Found on Mail Train

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Dewtectives recovered 30. which had been reported missing by a passenger on the North-West Mail train at…

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Too Many Road Deaths

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 5

Too many young lives are being lost on country roads because of ignorance and inconsideration, Superintendent H. Snowden…

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Goulburn Men In Road Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 1

Two Goulburn men were ;seriously injured in an accident five miles from the village of Bigga yesterday, on the Crookwell-Bigga Road. They are Norman Wardell and…

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Editorial Move for Road to Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 2

Strong pressure now being exerted by residents of the Federal. Capital Territory, Yass, Braidwood and South Coast areas for a road leading from inland districts to the South Coas…

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Started Fire In A Railway Carriage Man Fined £25

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 1

In Goulburn Court of Petty Session yesterday, Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., told a man had set alight to a carriage on the Southern Highlands Express last week he had endangered the lives of passengers…

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Taralga Men in Road Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 2

Two men, one a resident of Taralga and the other a visitor to the district, were injured when a utility in which they…

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A Tragic Road Toll Here Seventh Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

The death roll from road accidents in the Goulburn district during the last few days rose to seven late yesterday afternoon with the death of 23-year-old…

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Big Road Race on

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 6

Goulburn League Cycle Club will conduct a 30-mile ford race on Saturday afternoon Queanbeyan riders have again…

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Cowra-yass Road May Be Tarred?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 4

The Boorowa Shire Council may consider a proposal to [?]ar sections of the Cowra-Yass road annually until eventually the whole lenght…

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Traffic Held Up For Two Hours Near Derringullen Bridge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 2

When a collision occurred between a semi-trailer and a car on the eastern approach to the Derringullen bridge on Tuesday…

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Motor Cycling Record Goes

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 7

John Morris, a member of Goulburn Motor Cycle Club, broke the club's hill climb record by one fifth of a…

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Railway Bowls Notes Crossland Cup And Threes Competition

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 7

The Diggers invaded the Railway Bowling Club on Sunday last for their annual bowls competition in connection with the Crossland Cup conducted by the R.S.L., while on Saturday the semi-finals for the Anderson Shield…

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Accident on Rugby Road Narrow Escape For Man When Lights Failed

Boorowa News · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

Joseph Patrick Berry, of Taylor's Flat Road and a passenger had a narrow escape from serious injury…

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Railway Pay Man Honoured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

Mr. Joe Spencer, Railway Paymaster, who has for many years acted as paymaster to all branches of Goulburn…

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Western Railway Electrification

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday: No decision has yet been made on the proposed extension of the electrified rail line from Lithgow to…

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Motor Vehicle Lights

Boorowa News · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 6

Autumn weather and the return of longer nights call for greater care by motorists. The N.R.M.A. reminds drivers that…

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Hints To Motorists

Boorowa News · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

An operation that is often recommended but seldom carried out by the car owner is the draining, flushing and…

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Train Drivers' Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 7

At a mass meeting in the Trades Hall yesterday 280 members of the Australian Federated Union of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 2

A local motor cyclist was injured when he collided with the back of a stationary truck in Auburn Street on…

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N.S.W. Problem On Railway Contract

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Government will attempt to cancel a French contract for the supply of steel rails for the…

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