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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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The Sydenham Railway Disaster

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 3

THE inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Herbert Darnley, who was killed owing to the derailment of a train near the Sydenham…

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Colo Vale Road

The Mittagong Express · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Public Works Department, Sydney, 11th May, 1901.—Sir,—With reference to the petition presented by you from S. Corrie, H. Renton, T. Randall, and other residents…

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Road at Hill Top

The Mittagong Express · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

On 28th February last Mr. M’Court, M.P., presented a petition from Messrs. T. B. Eldridge, K. Sandstrom, D. E. Chalker, and other residents of Hill Top complaining…

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Railway Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 1
Also in The Mittagong Express

A serious railway accident occurred on the western line, between Rydal and Tarans, on Wednesday night. A goods train, while remaining stationary…

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Judge Murray on Roads

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 3

" Is it a surveyed road? " asked Judge Murray, in a land court matter at Parramatta on Friday last, "or a bullock track? Because if it's a bullock track…

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Civil Servants and Railway Fares

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 1
Also in The Mittagong Express

A deputation representing the Public Service Association waited upon the Railway Commissioners on Thursday last to ask that concessions might…

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The Gib Hill Road

The Mittagong Express · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The Bowral and Mittagong councils have periodically attempted to win the affection of the Minister for Works with the object of inducing the…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Bank Manager Out to Pieces

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 3

A SHOCKING railway fatality occurred at Meadowbank Station, near Ryde, on Tuesday night last, when Mr. John C. Cinckenthorpe, manager of the Ryde branch of the Hunk of New South Wales, was…

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Bowral-moss Vale Road

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 2

Public Works Department, Sydney 23rd May, 1901.—Sir,—With reference to your previous representations in regard to that portion of the road…

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The Robertson Railway. Statement by the Minister for Works. a Through Line to the Coast

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1901 · page 2
Also in The Mittagong Express

A most important statement respecting the proposed Robertson railway was made the other day by Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works…

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In a Tramear

The Mittagong Express · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 5

A boy about 10 years of age got aboard a Fourth-avenue car at Forty-second street with a parcel under his left arm. The car had scarcely entered the tunnel,…

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Only a Tramp

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 1
Also in The Mittagong Express

" Only a tramp," to they say, " nothing more," Lying there dead where the suif[?]eats the shore,…

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Burragorang. That Promised Road. an Injustice to Residents

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 2

THE long promised road from Wangenderry to Upper Burragorang is still being shelved for future generations to witness its accomplishment. By appearances it…

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