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

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Larrikinism in Train Camden Reader Complains

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 5

Boys returning homes from school raced through the carriage, slamming doors behind them. Two youths attacked another, and during…

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Safe Blown Money Stolen at Camden Railway Station

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 2

About 3.30 a.m. on Sunday, thieves smashed a hole in a door leading to the booking office at Camden Railway Station…

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Robbery at Railway Station

Camden News · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 7

The office at the Camden Railway Station was broken into on Sunday night, the safe blown to pieces and parcels rifled. Entrance was made by…

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Westbrook Bridge Shire Engineer's Estimate of £400. "Council Deplores Action of the Department."

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 1

"That the council deplores the action of the department in holding this matter up for so long after the submission of the…

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Blue Gum—the Road to Prosperity For Thirlmere And District Shire Councillors and Aldermen Attend Big Meeting at Thirlmere

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 2

At a meeting in the Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon attended by nearly 200 residents of the districts concerned the President of Wollondilly Shire Council (Councillor E. H. K. Downs) promised his council's hearty co-operation in having the…

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In the Post Letters to the Editor. the Proposed Road, Thirlmere to Nattai Bridge, Via Little River

The Picton Post · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 1

The following letter arrived too late for publication in last issue.:— Sir— Having casually strolled into Thirlmere Assembly Hall on Saturday…

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Blue Gum Road

The Picton Post · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 2

The inspection of the route of the Thirlmere-Nattai, bridge road has been postponed until 25th. May, by the shire councillors, owing to the absence…

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Road Accidents

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 5

Harold Marshall, of Liverpool recived head injuries, when a motor cycle and sidecar he was driving crashed into a stray horse on the…

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Blue Gum Road Shire President Impressed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 4

"As pretty at paint!" This is how Councillor E. H. K. Downes (president, of Wollondilly Shire Council) described a beauty spot…

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Motor Accident Insurance Nepean Hospital Director's Scheme

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 4

At a meeting of Nepean District Hospital Board, Mr. O'Mcagher, a director; submitted the following statement dealing with motor cases in…

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Motoring. New Regulations

Camden News · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 3

A new motor traffic regulation, to come into force immediately, prohibits all undue noises being made by motor vehicles…

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Motor Regbiry Commissioner Again Turns Down Council’s Application for a Motor Registry in Campbelltown

The Campbelltown News · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 1

The Commissioner of Road Transport has written the Council further with reference to the establishment of a Motor Registry at Campbelltown,…

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Camden Train Council Asks for Improvements

The Picton Post · Thursday 15 June 1933 · page 2

Passengers bound for Camden on the 5.15 p.m. train from Sydney average 57 normally, while on Friday evenings the number is increased to 200…

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Camden Train (Continued from Page Two) Electric Light

The Picton Post · Thursday 15 June 1933 · page 5

Council suggested thai both the railway road entrance and, the station be lighted with electricity; also that the drainage of the entrance be attended…

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Railway Service

Camden News · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 1

While the public are entitled to reasonably expect improved conditions on the Camden line of railway, it is disappointing to note that beyond a…

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To Bridge Players

Camden News · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 6

You owe it to yourselves to see the master picture to be screened at the Paramount Theatre, Camden, next Saturday and Monday (Matinee…

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Motor Regulations

Camden News · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 6

New regulations, gazetted under the Motor Traffic Act, have as their objective the lessening of dangers attached to the driving and overloading…

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Motor Bus Service

Camden News · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 1

Mr. A. V. Semgreen wrote to the Camden Council stating he was again making application to the Transport Board for a permit to run his Packard…

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Motor Registry Office. Point Blank Refusal

The Campbelltown News · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 1

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night, a letter was received from the Commissioner of Transport through the Police Department, informing the…

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Model Aeroplane Association Branch at Camden

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 6

On Thursday evening last a branch of the Model Aeroplane Association was formed at Camden. The meeting was held at Mr. A. L. Ray's Main…

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