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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Bridge aver Kydra River. Residents Meet Shire Councillors

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

Following on a petition recently presented by Kybean residents to the Monaro Shire Council asking that a bridge be constructed over…

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Aeroplane Visit

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

On Sunday last Delegate received its first visit from an aeroplane. The machine, a 2-passenger Avro, left Nimmit[?]bel at…

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Coastal Railway. Proposed Victorian Extension

The Bombala Times · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

The Secretary of the East Coast Railway Construction League, Eden, has received from the Orbost Shire Council a letter…

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A New Bridge. Troublesome Towamba. How a River's Damage Was Repaired

The Bombala Times · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

Something of the romance of engineering was pictured by Mr. S. M. Cummins, supervising engineer of the Goulburn Public…

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Sydney Motor Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

The Standardised Motors Limited Sydney extend a cordial invitation to Country visitors to Sydney during week beginning…

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A Motor Cycle Record. By a Dalgety Native

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 2

Mr. W. B. Freebody, an old Monaro boy, who is one of & family of athletes any town may (says the Axe) bo proud of, put up…

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A Man They Couldn't Kill. a 9,000-Foot Fall, a Bullet in the Throat, and a Leap From a Train

The Bombala Times · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 3

Just a few little things like a 9,000ft. fall with a bullet through the jaw, a leap from armed German guards in a fast-moving train…

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Victorian Railway Extension

The Bombala Times · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. S. Barnes, Victorian Minister for Railways, passed through the district at the beginning of the week on a four of inspection…

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Road and Farm Inprovement Cambrel-roof Barn. Roomy, Convenient Building Which the Handy Farmer Can Build for Himself

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 3

In this design we show a barn plan from which more barns have been erected than from any other barn plan ever designed, says the Farmers…

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Drop to Death. Motor Overturns. Medical Student Killed

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

BATHURST, Sunday.—A Sydney holiday party of seven, in a touring car, en route from the Jeno[?]an Caves to Bathurst, on…

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The Visionary Road

The Bombala Times · Friday 22 April 1921 · page 4

The extensive work that has been carried on by the Victorian Roads Board on that portion of the Rockton-Cann route necessarily justifies public…

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A Man They Couldn't Kill. a 9,000-Foot Fall, a Bullet in the Throat, and a Leap From a Train

The Bombala Times · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

Just a few little things like a 9,000ft. fall with a bullet through the jaw, a leap from armed German guards in a fast-moving train…

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Mountain Roads

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 1

A letter was read at the last meeting of the Bibbenluke Shire Council which deals with a question of much import to the travelling public. It…

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Prince's Highway. Great Road Project. Sydney to Melbourne

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

Work has been commenced, says the "Daily Telegraph," on that section of the Prince's Highway, which runs from Cook's River to George's River. Over…

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Tour by Goulburn Motorist

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

A Goulburn motorist, who has just been over part of the Prince's Highway, thus describes his trip in the "Goulburn Herald":—…

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A Man They Couldn't Kill a 9,000 Foot Fall, a Bullet in the Throat, and a Leap From a Train

Delegate Argus · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 3

Just a few little things like a [?]000ft. fall with a bullet through the jaw, a leap from armed German guards in a foot-moving train,…

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Railway Crossing Accident. at Bairnsdale Engine Shed

The Bombala Times · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

Mrs. J. D. D. Scott had a miraculous escape, from serious bodily injury, if not instant death, at the railway crossing, east of the Bairnsdale engine…

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Border Railways

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 2

Taking advantage of their presence in Melbourne at a conference, representatives of the Gippsland shires waited on the…

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Railway to the Border From Orbost

The Bombala Times · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 2

A deputation last week waited on the Victorian Minister for Railways with a request that the railway be continued from Orbost to…

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Sydney Sensation. Railway Collision Averted. Sydney

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 4

What must otherwise have been a disastrous railway collision was averted by less than the length of a carriage, on the North Shore line this morning…

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