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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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The Motor Dog

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

'L'Illustration,' a Paris journal, publishes the portrait of an apparently, new animal, a kind of dog, with eyes literally as big as saucers, and an extra cuticle…

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Improved Train Service

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

As an outcome of the letter recensly forwarded to the Railway Commissioners by the conference of Mayors of municipalities in this district, with the object of…

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Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

Melbourne, Thursday.—A serious accident happened at Seymour last evening. An engine which was pushing five tracks of coal up an incline to the coaling stage…

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Tourist Train to Goulburn

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided to stop the issue of cheap tickets by tourist train to Goulburn on account of scalping, and the…

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Abolishing a Tourist Train

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 2

Goulburn, Saturday.—At the annual meeting of the progress association was held last night, objection was taken to the action of the Railway Commissioners in…

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Railway Ticket Scalping

Robertson Advocate · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 3

A deputation representing residents of the district of Bund[?]noon and Goulburn was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday…

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Council Roads and Accidents

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

The Moss Vale council at its last meeting received a letter from the New Zealand Accident Co proposing to assure the council against loss by legal process,…

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Railway Grievances

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday a duputation representing the residents of the districts of Bundanoon and Goulburn vwaited on the Railway Commissioners and urged them to…

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Boy Killed by a Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

On Monday morning William Joseph O'Reilly 10 years of age, living with his mother in Mulwaree-street, North Goulburn, was run over by the…

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Altered Railway Arrangements

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

Alterations have recently been made in the railway arrangements. Persons traveiling by the morning express to Sydney will do well to note that the time for…

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A Strange Railway Regulation

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 3

The proprietor of this journal, in his repent travels abroad to recuperate, made the discovery that there appears to be no end to the regulations made by the railway…

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Cattle Killed by Goods Train

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

A serious accident happened to a mob of cattle at Moss Vale on Tuesday last. The 7 o’clock goods train to Sydney that night crushed into a…

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The Dirty Railway Carriage

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 6

A great many people have travelled in train during the part fornight and many next have noticed the duty state of the seats in not a few of the carriages,…

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New Railway Rates

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 1

The new railway rates came into operation on Monday. The new rates book contains a number of alterations, particularly in respect to the charges for large…

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A Ride in a Motor Car

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 5

General' Theodore Brump, of Coronade Baseb California, who is a conformed motorist, complains of the prejudies against motor-cars exhibited by the birds…

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A Bridge Wanted

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 2

Under the heeding of Question and Statement at the Mittagong Council on Wednesday night, Aid. Merifield mentioured that he had spken to…

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A Much-needed Bridge

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. McCourt is to be deputationised shortly by the aldermen of the Mittagong council and the farmers of Wanganderry, conjointly in the hope that he will be able…

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Tourists' Railway Tickets

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 3

The recent decision of the Railway Commissioners to [?]end the conditions in regard to the issue of tourists' tickets as affecting the districts between…

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Railway Commissioners at Bowral

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1904 · page 2

Commissioners' Oliver sod Fehon, with their chief departmental officers, amongst whom were Messrs Hooper (Chief Traffic Manager), Richardson…

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