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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Rooty Hill to Tahmoor Railway. Proposal before the Minister

Camden News · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 1

On Monday of this week the committee working to secure the proposed new railway line joining the Northern and Southern main trunk lies at Rooty…

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New Roads Federal Grant

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 2

Local Government Department Sydney, advising that council should ledge its application for a contribution from the Federal great for…

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How a Tramp Writer Poured More "Sing" Into Singapore

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 October 1923 · page 3

When Harry L. Foster, a young American college man, bought passage on a ship bound from Hong Kong to Singapore, he was, so far…

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Cross Country Railway. Evidence of Mr. Hurd. Continued from pap 1

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 October 1923 · page 3

the workmen over there from Illawarra to the pit mouth, and the coal would practically gravitate a distance of 37 miles…

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Correspondence Rooty Hill-tahmoor Railway. (To the Editor of the Camden News)

Camden News · Thursday 1 November 1923 · page 1

Sir,—If space is your valued paper permits, I should like to make special reference to the above project, in the hope that it may reach those interested…

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Wollondilly Shire Council. Thirlmere Cemetery Roads. Cutting Drain Through Crown Lands Near Thirlmere Cemetery

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 November 1923 · page 3

This matter origmany came up at August, 1922, on the application of the Trustees of the Thirlmere cemetery for drains to be cut along roads…

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How a Tramp Writer Poured More "Sing". Into Singapore. (Continued from last issue.)

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 November 1923 · page 4

ly drowned him out but he stood beside the piano, bawling the sentiments into my ear in a throaty bass voice, meanwhile contorting his gorilla-life…

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Bad Roads. Local Aldermen Thinking

Camden News · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 1

On Tuesday, the Mayor of Camden, Ald. G. F. Furner, presented a report to the council giving an estimate of what is required to place local main…

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Federal Grant for Picton Roads

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 2

All urgent telegram from the Local Government Department was before the last council meeting asking order of urgency of the road work submitted…

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Repairs to Stevey's Forest Road

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 2

In connection with letter from H. Lovell, asking for repairs to this road, after communicating with W. Downes and, Taylor. I hare had 3…

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Do Motor Cars Make Us Lazy?

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 4

There can be no doubt about the usefulness of automobiles, says a writer in "The Medical Review of Reviews" (New York), nor about the…

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