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

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

94 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 3 of 5

Purchase of a Road

The Campbelltown News · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

At the last Ingleburn Council meeting, a copy and the evidence taken at the sitting of the Land Board at Parramatta, when Mr…

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The Oaks Road

Camden News · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 1

At the Camden Council meeting this week it was reported that £700/9/10 had so far been expended on the work of reconditioning the road from the junction of the Main…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Camden News · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 10

Free roadside service to members is now provided by the N.R.M.A. along the whole of the main North Coast highway from Sydney to the…

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Campbelltown’s New Motor Fire Engine

The Campbelltown News · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 1

On Tuesday morning of this week in charge of Inspector H. Coghlan; of the New South Wales Fire Brigade headquarters came a…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

The Campbelltown News · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 7

That women motorists are losing their reputation as reliable drivers is asserted by a Sydney District Court Judge, and this opinion is backed by…

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Assault in Railway Carriage. Irwin Committed for Trial

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 2

At Picton Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. Sloan, P.M. [?] founding story was unfolded by an 18 years-old girl, a student of Sydney…

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Main Roads Board

Camden News · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

The Minister for Local Government, Col. M. F. Bruxner, last Thursday, at the Wollondilly Shire Council Chambers, where members of the Council had assembled to…

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Road to Health. Importance of Exercise

The Campbelltown News · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Too much stress cannot be laid upon the question of exercise as the greatest aid to health and beauty, according to Nancy Carroll, the [?]…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

The Campbelltown News · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 9

Free roadside service to members is now provided by the N.R.M.A. along the whole of the main North Coast highway from Sydney to the…

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Thirlmere Streets & Roads

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

At the the Woliondilly Council meeting Thirimere roads and streets were dealt with in the engineer's reports as under…

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Wollondilly Shire Bridge Matters

Camden News · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 2

In presenting his report to the last meeting of the Wollondilly Shire Council, the Engineer, Mr. N. G. Thom, had before him several matters in…

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Bent's Basin Road. Petition to Council

Camden News · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Wollondilly Shire Council, Messrs. J. R. Hamilton and C. Monteflore were received with regard to a petition from…

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Hoxton Park Road. Deputation to Nepean Shire

Camden News · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 1

A deputation of residents of the Hoxton Part district was introduced at the last meeting of the Nepean Shire Council, held at the Council Chambers, Bringelly. The…

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Wollondilly Shire. Bridge Matters

The Campbelltown News · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 7

In presenting his report to the last meeting of the WoIIondilly Shire Council, the Engineer, Mr. N. G. Thorn, had before him, several matters in…

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Motor Fatallty Near Bowral

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 2

A motor smash at a narrow bridge on the Main Southeast Road, just outside Bowral, on Monday afternoon, between two motor lorries, resulted…

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Picton Railway Station

The Picton Post · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 3

Stationmaster Williams, kindly supplies us with the following figures of revenue etc., for picton railway station for the past six months, ending…

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Warning to Motorists

Camden News · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 3

Motor organisations in Australia are from time to time warning their members that the casual picking up of persons on lonely roads is a practice…

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Near Bargo Bridge

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 3

At almost the same spot where poor Len Parmenter met with fatal injuries, near Bargo bridge, a big sedan car owned and driven by…

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Motor Accidents on the Gib Road

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 3

The fall of snow at Bowral on the 28th ult., and the heavy mist which followed, is said to be responsible for a car accident on the Gib road…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Camden News · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 1

An accident on the Hume Highway, near Bargo River, on Saturday afternoon last, resulted in the death of Mr. Leonard George Parmenter, aged 23, a resident of Picton…

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