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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1890

86 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 5

The Bowral-Robertson Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 2

THROUGH the courtesy of Messrs. Kidd and M'Court we are enabled to publish the following departmental correspondence:—"Public Works Department, Sydney, December 1, 1890. Gentlemen,—With…

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Opening of the Railway Refreshment Rooms at Moss Vale

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 December 1890 · page 2

WE would again remind our readers of the banquet and ball which is to take place at Moss Vale on Friday night next to celebrate the erection and opening of the new railway buildings and…

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Tramway From Thirlmere to Oaks

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 December 1890 · page 2

ON Thursday a deputation, introduced by Mr. McCourt, M.L.A., and representing the districts of Picton, Oaks, and Burragorang, waited on the Minister for Public…

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Holiday Traffic at the Bowral Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 December 1890 · page 3

THE traffic at the Bowral Railway Station during the Christmas holidays was larger than at any other time since the railway station has been opened. During, the last five days of the Christmas weeke no…

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Important Information. Alteration in the Railway Time Table

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 December 1890 · page 3

OWING to the removal of the refreshment rooms from Mittagong to Moss Vale an alteration in the running of the trains has necessarily taken place, and as it is a matter of considerable importance…

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Placing Obstructions on the Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 December 1890 · page 2

AT the Goulburn police court on Saturday morning Russell Grant, a boy aged about 12, was charged with placing obstructions on the railway line on Friday morning. A…

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