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

Railways, roads & transport, 1955

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Road Like Cowyard in Winter

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 5

The Yass-Black Range road was in a “terrible condition, and the worst it has been for six eight years,” Cr. E. C. Butt…

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£2000 For Survey Of Nottingham Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 4

Mr. F. M. Mason, a Sydney surveyor, quoted £2000 to Goodradigbee Shire Council for survey work on the Nottingham developmental…

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Suicide Bridge Can It Be Placed On An Angle?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 5

Can Suicide Bridge on the Binalong Road be placed on an angle to avoid resuming land to improve the approaches…

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Grace’s Flat Road Council Wants Further Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 8

Goodradigbee Shire Council deferred a decision on work on the Grace’s Flat road until the engineer furnishes a report on Mr…

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Black Range Road Councillor’s Criticism

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 8

Criticism of the Yass-Black Range Road at last Goodradigbee Shire Council meeting was made by Cr. O. S. Ryan and not by Cr…

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St. Clement’s Farewell to Bridge Family

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 September 1955 · page 3

A farewell social will be given to Mr. H. Bridge and his family in St. Clement’s tennis clubhouse, after…

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Left Utility in Middle of Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 September 1955 · page 3

After an accident on the Hume Highway three miles from Bowning a Binalong man left his utility in the…

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Note Worthy Bridge Closed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 September 1955 · page 3

That poor young man who smashed up the Berrima Bridge could not have been too popular with his fellow…

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Shire Council Bitter Boorowa Road Debate President : Accuses Engineer Of Apathy and Incapacity Engineer Says President Promised But Did Not Give Written Instructions

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 September 1955 · page 1

Goodradigbee President, Cr. G. Johnson, declared he has lost all hope of ever again having any faith in the capacity of the Shire engineer as manager of the Shire plant, and that he…

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Roads, Railways Best Defence Investment?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 11

All nice girls love a uniform, and so does the Menzies-Fadden Government. A collection of bebraided “brasshats” from the fastness…

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Nottingham Road Survey

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 13

Mr. F. Mason, Sydney surveyor, informed Godradigbee Shire Council that his men would be starting the survey…

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Grader for Coolalie Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 16

Goodradigbee Shire Council will send a grader to the Coolalie Road. This follows a protest by Mr. John Hay…

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Shire Council Work Wanted on Roads Griffiths Flat

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 7

The Shire president, Cr. G. Johnson, said that the road at Griffiths Flat on the Murrumbateman Gundaroo road was…

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Union Man Hit by Train

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 October 1955 · page 6

Mr. Patrick Kennedy, Linton War Veterans Home, was going away by train on Friday night, when he was hit by the egine…

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Burrinjuck Train In Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 October 1955 · page 2

The railway excursion train to Burrinjuck Dam from Sydney yesterday had a fatal collision with a utility near Picton…

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Tram Waiting Shed to Be Moved

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 October 1955 · page 11

The Department of Railways advised the Municipal Council on Monday night that arrangement were being made to…

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Attention For Good Hope Road Heavy Traffic For Speedboat Carnivals

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 October 1955 · page 10

Good Hope Road will rec[?] attention as noon as possible to take it better for the heavy traffic taking spectators to spe[?] This was decided by…

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Road Staff Thanked

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 November 1955 · page 12

“I would very much like to express my, appreciation of the manner in which your Roads…

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Boorowa Road Now Satisfactory

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 November 1955 · page 8

The Boorowa road was now generally satisfactory the shire engineer, Mr. Liddicoat, told Cr. Glover at last Shire…

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Road Toll in October

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 November 1955 · page 2

Road accidents near Yass during October resulted in three deaths and 46 people being…

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