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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

103 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 6

Railway Matters

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 2

Last week at Bowral a deputation asked the Chief Commissioner for a high level bridge over the railway for vehicle and foot traffic at the…

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Baroness Burton. Injured in Motor Smash

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 4

Baroness Burton, wife of Colonel Bruce Baillie, of Dochfour. Inverness, was severely injured in a motor collision at the Marble Arch on Monday…

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Bowral's Overhead Bridge

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

A special meeting of the Bowral Council is to be held this (Tuesday) evening, for the purpose of considering the Chief Commissioner's reply in…

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Fall From Moving Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

Another instance of a child falling from a moving train without receiving any serious injury was afforded on Monday near Geelong…

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That Overhead Bridge. to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

Sir,—Will you permit me through the medium of your excellent paper to express my astonishment at the remarks of the Mayor and some of the aldermen at the recent…

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Motor Omnibuses. the Union Example

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 4

For the moment the proprietors of motor-omnibuses should be reaping a golden harvest. The takings of the latest types of these…

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Motor Fatalities

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 6

A very serious motor car accident occurred on Saturday, afternoon, near Birkdale railway station, about 17 miles from Brisbane, whereby a young…

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Bowral-street Railway crossing. to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 2

SIR,—It seems that our worthy (sic) civic fatbers have " got'em again," and Mr. T. E[?] is to be congratulated for the mild spe[?] he had tried to administer in your…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a man named Charles Vanderwardern, a tailor employed at W. H. Bladwell's, Goulburn, had a…

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Great Eastern Railway. Fifty Years Progress. Interesting Reminiscences

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 4

The Great Eastern Railway Company celebrates its jubilee to-day (July 15), though us a matter of fact it was incorporated by Act of Parliament on…

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Main Roads' Board

Robertson Advocate · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 2

The Minuter for Works made an important statement in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night concerning the determination of the Government to establish a…

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Tramp's Good Story. a Romance of the Road

Robertson Advocate · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 4

The gloomiest tramp I hare ever come across was a man I met just outside Bishop's Stortford. I was mending a puncture by the side of…

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Steamer on a Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

A record in the annuls of local shipbuilding will be effected shortly in Sydney when a steamer will reverse the usual order of things and perform her…

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Awful Fall From a Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 3

A shocking story of accident on the railway, was revealed at the inquest at Crewe. on Mrs Annie James, aged twenty-four, and Ernest G. James, her…

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Stolen Motor Boat

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

Maryborough, Sunday.—Five young fellows appeared at the Police Court on a charge of conjointly stealing the motor boat Dora, which disappeared…

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Motor Show. Cars of Perfection

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 3

The display of special distinction was that supplied by the Sydney Taxi-Cab and Motor Import Coy., Ltd., 397-9 Kent Street, Sydney. In a spacious stand,…

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The Proposed Main Roads Board

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

At Saturday's meeting of the National Shire council the President and counci[?] spoke streagly against the Government [?] at with held £230,000 of the [?] at…

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Bicycle Road Race

Robertson Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 2

A bicycle road race, organised by Mr. S. R. Besr, was held at Bowral on Wednesday afternoon over a seven mile route, and attracted a fair…

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Aeroplane Machine Gun

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 4

Successful trials have been made of the new aeroplane machine gun for the United States Army. Two officers in an army aeroplane ascended 600 feet, and,…

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A Magnificent Motor Display

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 4

Mr. H. Knight-Eaton, of Eaton Motor Coy. (late Eyes & Crowle), Bayswater Road, is to be congratulated on the great impression made by his…

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