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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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Ring=barking on Roads. To the editor of the S. M. Herald

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 15 January 1896 · page 3

SIR,—Some twelve months ago you were good enough to publish for me a letter' condemning the ring-barking of trees growing beside the roads in this district…

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Train's Manuscript

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 3

When George Francis Train writes for the press, his manuscript is a curiosity. It contains all the colors of the rainbow, or so many of them as his collection of v[?]ri- colored lead…

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Letters to the Editor. The Fern Gully And Gladstone Road Scheme

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 3

SIR—I have read Mr. Loseby's letter in the Mail in reply to my letter in the Free Press, and will at once say that I was in error in reference to pumping machinery…

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Light Railways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 February 1896 · page 5

Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, has introduced a bill into the House of commons to provide for the construction of light lines in various parts of…

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The Electric Tram

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 2

SYDNEY has always been proud of George-street. There is a distinctive peculiarity about this great thoroughfare that appeals to the national sense of the average citizen…

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The Road to the Caves

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

A general dismission then took place in reference to the road to the Wombeyan Caves. Alderman C. Waters suggested that a large tourist party, representing the whole district, be got together at an…

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The Road to the Wombeyan Caves

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 3

Alderman Waters said a few residonts had got together to make a party to go to the Wombeyan Caves, He suggested that this council should call a meeting of the Moss Vale and Mittagong councils…

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Important to Road Contractors

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 2

THE following are some of the new instructions issued by the Department of Public Works (Roads Branch), to local officers, as to dealing with tenders, fines, &c.:—…

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Letters to the Editor. The Wombeyan Caves Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 2

SIR,—As public, interest is being renewed on the important subject of having a vehicle road constructed from this district to the above caves, and as you have recently devoted some…

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Letters to the Editor. The Wombeyan Caves Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 2

SIR,—As public interest is being renewed on the important subject of having a vehicle road constructed from this district to the above caves, and as you have recently devoted some…

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The City Railway and Hyde Park

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 2

IT has been said in London that the resumption of Hyde Park there, for State purposes, would mean the loss of the crown and the impeachment of ministers…

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Wombeyan Caves Road. THE 1888 PETITION

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 2

"To the Honorable John Sutherland, M.L.A., Minister for Public Works, See. "Sir,—We the undersigned residents of the district of Berrima generally wish to…

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Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 June 1896 · page 4

DOWN TRAINS.—A mail train leaves Sydney dally (Saturdays excepted) at 9 pm, Campbelltown 10.8, picton 10.53, Mittagong 12.12 am, Bowral 12.19, Moss Vale 12.34, arriving at Goulburn at 2.20, and…

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Railway Fatality

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mr. Robert Wickham, of the Railway Department, who was killed at Beecroft, near Hornsby, on the northern line, on Thursday by…

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Killed by Train. No Thought of Danger

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 8 July 1896 · page 2

AN accident happened at Mittagong on Saturday afternoon last which should prove a warning to parents not to allow their very young children to play on the…

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Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 July 1896 · page 4

DOWN TRAINS.—A mail train leaves Sydney daily (Saturdays excopted) at 9 p.m, Campbelltown 10.8, Picton 10.53, Mittag[?]12.12 a m, Bowral 12.19. Moss Vale 12.34, arriving at Goulburn at 2.20, and…

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Letters to the Editor. The State of the Berrima District Roads

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 2

SIR,—Kindly permit me, through the medium of your valuable journal, to point out the ridiculous way in which the roads in this district are managed. Being a…

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Original Correspondence. the State of the Roads. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 2

Sir,—Kindly permit me through the medium of your journal to point out the ridiculous way in which the roads are managed in this district. Being a resident of…

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Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 July 1896 · page 4

DOWN TRAINS.—A mail train leaves Sydney daily (Saturdays excepted) at 9 p m, Campbelltown 10.8, Picton 10.53, Mittagong 12.12 a m, Bowral 12.19, Moss Vale 12.84, arriving at Goulburn at 2.20, and…

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Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 July 1896 · page 4

DOWN TRAINS.—A mail train leaves Sydney gany (Saturdays excepted) at 9 p.m. Campbelltown 10.8, Picton 10.53, Mittagong 12.12 a.m, Bowral 12.19. Moss Vale 12.31, arriving at Goulburn at 2.20, and…

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