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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

111 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 6

Bicycle Road Race

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 2

The first road race under the suspices of the Bowral Bicycle Club took place on Wednesday afternoon, the course selected being from the local post…

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Peculiar Railway Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Express

A remarkable escape was experienced by the driver and fireman of a train in Western Australia on Monday. The train was running in the direction of…

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The Gib Hill Road

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2

The joint action taken by representatives of this town and Bowral recently in proceeding to Sydney, entailing…

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Attempted Outrage in a Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

On Saturday Miss Katie Young, aged 17, residing at Milton-street, North Ashfield, was a passenger in the train that left Ashfield at 7.40 a.m…

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Road Tote Expenditure

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 1

The Minister for Works states that assertions have been made in the press to the effect that he is “starving the road vote” because he has postponed…

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Road Vote Expenditure

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 1

The Minister for Works states that assertions have been made in the press to the effect that he is "starving the road vote" because he was postponed…

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The Death of a Tramp

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2
Also in The Mittagong Express

The tramp, John Ryan, who was admitted to the hospital at Bowral in an almost dying [?]dition, died in the institution on Thursday last. In the…

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Ways of Living. the Railway Clerk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 5

FOR some years, writes a correspondent of the 'Daily Telegraph,'it has been my custom to receive lengthy and confidential letters…

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London by Night. On the "All-night" Tram

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 6

An all-night tram: many a one of the thousand toilers of the london night has reason to bless that means of transit for weary limbs. Moreover, Since they have…

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Our Railway Management. Cruelty to Animals

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 1

Mr. A. W. Pearse, secretary of the Stockowners Association of New South Wales, writes as follows to the Australian Meat Trades Journal.—…

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Barberton Railway Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

London, April 2.—A railway accident occurred at Barberton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal, on the 30th ultimo. Thirty-nine soldiers were…

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The Motor Car

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 4

The motor-cars of to-day may be divided into three classes, according to the means used for their propulsion—oil, steam and clectrical Of…

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The Transcontinental Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 2

Adelaide, Monday.—A telegram just received from Broome (W.A.) states that a survey party, making a preliminary survey for a…

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What are the Railways Doing?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 6

Burraga, Friday.—Owing to the high rate of railway freights, Mr. F. A. Booth, of the Federal Emporium, has taken advantage of so many local…

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The Motor car

Robertson Advocate · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 5

The number of motor-cars that are now to be seen daily is llyde Park is remarkable. The better kind me still very expense. and cost from £500 to £1000. In…

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The Crookwell Railway

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

The Hon. J. Perry declared the new line of railway between Goulburn and Crookwell open for traffic on Tuesday last. The railway has just been…

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Railway Improvements

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

Americans, who certainly ought to know if experience teaches anything, are prophesying that in a few years the old type of rail way collision will be a thing of…

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Fatality on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 1

Campbelltown, Friday.—A railway accident occurred at Ingleburn shortly after 6 o'clock this evening, a man named Walter Osborne being run over…

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