Main Roads Staff Fund For Widow
The widow of the late Mr. Raymond Pollard, a member for nearly 20 years of the Department of Main Roads staff, has received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1955
117 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 6
Baths in River As Solution of Yass Swimming Problem Use Second Bridge As Weir Bank; Plant Trees And Beautify Town (To The Editor)
Sir, Your recent articles on the very laudable plan to hold a Wool and Flower Festival in Yass, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →21 Years As Yass Tram Driver
After 21 years driving the Yass tram, Mr. Tom Drennan, of Meehan Street, has retired. Mr. Drennan served with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Test For Yass Redex Entry Tough Water Hazards
The Ford Zephyr Sedan which has been entered in the 1955 Redex Trial, by Messrs. D. & K. Pollock and J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Efficient Motor Vehicle Wanted for the Salvation Army
A fund has been started to raise sufficient money to buy a motor vehicle to replace the present station waggon being used by the Salvation Army officers in the Yass district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Emu Flat Road Dangerous Approaches
The Divisional Engineer, Main Roads Board, will not inspect the road at Emu Flat until a survey is made, the president (Cr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Access Road To Yass River Properly
Four Goodradigbee Shire councillors will 'interview Yass graziers regarding a low level crossing over Yass River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire to Gravel Three Roads £4,000 Tender By Yass Man Accepted
Goodradigbee Shire Council at its last meeting accepted the tender of Mr. L. A. Pateman, Yass, for the supply and delivery of 6500 cubic yards of gravel for the Binalong-Boorowa Binalong-Galong and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Subscriber Line Along Berridale Road
Attention is invited to an advertisement appearing in this issue in which the Postmaster-General’s Department is calling tenders for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads Camp Damaged in Storm
A camp of Main Roads Board employees at Adelong Creek about 10 miles on the other side of Gundagai was damaged in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined for Fishing in Closed Waters Said Motor Broke Down
A Yass man claimed the motor of his boat had broken down when he was asked by a fisheries inspector to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Toll On Roads Lack Of Care And Correct Driving
During June 57 persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales bringing the death roll for the six months of 1955…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transports Broke Cement Gutter and Newly Sealed Road
A transport had broken through the cement gutter in Meehan Street and had sunk through the recently sealed surface of the roadway at the foot of Rink Hill said the Town Clerk, Mr. R. Conolly, at last meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Station to Be Painted
YASS Town and Yass Junction railway stations will probably be painted within 18 months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Railway Tours to Burrinjuck Dam
The N.S.W. Railways will hold one day combined rail and motor tours to Yass Junction and Burrinjuck Dam on Sundays, September…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Road’s Man Injured Admitted To Hospital
A lorry driver employed by the Department of Main Roads received severe head injuries in an accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire’s Roads Maintenance Programme
Four culverts and the laying of 18,000 yards of gravel on four roads are items provided for in the Shire Council’s 1956 roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Deplorable State” Bridge At Bowning
“The bridge in the main street at Bowning is in a deplorable state.” Cr. E .Glover told councillors at the last meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Loan for Love’s Creek Bridge
Goodradigbee Shire Council will try to borrow £4,000 to construct a bridge over Love’s Creek on the Childowla Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wee Jasper Bridge Now Too Low
Wee Jasper bridge will need be raised 10’ because of , the increased height of the storage level of Burrinjuck…
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