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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

119 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 6

Merchandise by Aeroplane

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

Mons. Guillaux on his flight from Melbourne to Sydney in addition to carrying the first aerial mail over such a long distance iu the world,…

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Chase After Motorist. Zig-zagged Car to Please People

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 3

Described as a gentleman, James Fenton of 6 Coupar Angus-road, Lochee, Dundee, was charged at the Southport Police Court with being drunk while in…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Article No. 3. Mount Hope

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 4

To the men engaged in the mining industry of Australia, the Mt. Hope Copper Mine is well known. It is not a new discovery; it has never been the…

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Courtship in Spain. How to Meet a Girl. Tram Car Chaperones

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 3

It is in the question of courtship and marriage that Spain shows its individuality most. One hears it said that in England it is love that makes marriages, and that in…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Iv. Situation Summarised and Reviewed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

It is a trite old aphorism, but one indisputably true, nevertheless, that the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. This is peculiarly…

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Fatal Accident at Cross Roads Young Cowley Killed

Robertson Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

A fatal accident,which has occasioned wides[?]d regret in that part of the district, happened on Tuesday last at Cross Roads to Jack Mereworth…

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Another "Flying Train." Speed of 500 Miles an Hour

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 3

Mr. Esson, a partner in the firm of Rodway & Esson Limited, of Birmingham, who is resident at Cape Town for reason of health, has designed a train…

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Main Roads Grant

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 6

The Nattai shire council has received the following communication from the Public Works Department:—"Department of Public Works,…

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Motor-maps by Dictograph

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 4

While logging the route for a motor car tour of more than 120 miles the secretary of the Automobile Club of St. Louis made use of an electrically-operated talking-machine to…

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Ships' Boats. the Value of Motor-engines

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. Joseph Conrad has an article in the "English Review" that is sure to command attention. He refers at one point to the question of…

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Disaster to Army Airship. Aeroplane Strikes Dirigible Nine Men Fall 1300 Feet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 3

Nine lives were lost in a terrible aviation disaster at Fischamend, a town some 10 miles from Vienna. While flying at a height of 1300ft a military dirigible balloon, with seven…

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Motors for Miss Wu. Chinese Women Enthusiasts

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 4

The rapidity with which China is receding from its century-old habits, and taking on modern clothes, has been proven forcibly in the part Chinese women are taking in affairs,…

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Drummer's Bad Day. Sleepy Town, Miserable Hotel, Business [?] Train Late, Threatened with Jail

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 4

The [?] stood on the [?] upon the world at large. [?] the town, and it had not only…

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In with Catherine. Coiners' Gang Broken Up. the Story in the Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 September 1914 · page 3

What ono of a gang of coiners told a detective while travelling in the train from Edinburgh was related at Durham Assizes when the three brothers Fowles, of Birmingham,…

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"Lark" and the "Sack." Eton Boys' Motor Trip. Mother and Son's Honor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 September 1914 · page 3

What savors more of a Conan Doyle detective yarn than of commonplace, everyday life at Eton is the story of an Eton boy's "lark," followed by his expulsion from the…

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Exeter Railway Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 2

Morton v. Chief Railway Commisioner.—This was an action brought by Alice Elizabeth Brooker Morton as administratrix of the…

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A Funeral Motor Car

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4

A San Francisco undertaker has built a funeral car that is far more than a hearse, for, in addition to the space for the casket and flowers, there are…

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Fun on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 6

"Ma," began the boy, as he entered the railway-carriage at a suburban station with n tired-looking woman, "ma, that man's likes a…

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Natural Gas on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 4

Medicine Hat (Southern Alberts) natural gas is in daily use by the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is now more than eight years…

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Railway Passengers Grievances

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 4

Ladies and Gentlemen,—It was neither my detention nor yours that I should speak to-night when I first survived at this meeting, called to…

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