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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

159 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 8

Port Kembla Railway

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The branch railway from Wollongong to Port Kembla will he completed will be completed within a fortnight, and will be available for the coal and coke traffic. It is expected that the first…

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[?] Railway Accident. Goulbourn Man Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

An resident which resulted in the death of [?] William Mc[?], [?] driver lately residing in [?] street,…

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Southern Railway Duplication

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The last section of the double line between Bowral and Harden, a distance of 155 miles 37 chains, has been opened for traffic. With the…

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Ships Boats the Value of Motor-engines

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 1

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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Railway Platform Tickets

Robertson Advocate · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Instructions have issued to railway officials at all railway refreshment room [?] that in future no platform tickets will be issued to any person unless his or her…

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Man Killed at Moss Vale. Run Over by a Train

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The body of an elderly man was found last Friday night on the railway line, a short distance south, of the Moss Vale station. He had…

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Man Killed on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

The body of an elderly man named Thompson was found on Saturday morning on the railway line about 300 yards south of the station…

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Drastic Wool Embargo! "John Bridge's" Attitude

Robertson Advocate · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday last that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to any place outside the United Kingdom came as a…

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An Old Man's Death. Killed on the Railway

Robertson Advocate · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The body of an elderly man named Theodore Pedro Thompson was found on Saturday morning last on the railway line at Moss Vale, about 300 yards from the station!…

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Bong Bridge

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

The matter of the proposed renewal of the Bong Boug bridge again came on for discussion at the meeting of the Nattai Shire Council on Saturday…

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Bong Street Bridge

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

The above was the object of considerable discussion at Thursday night's meeting of the Bowral Council, which elicited the fact that it was a long job, and it was not known…

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Bong Bridge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 2

The matter of the proposed renewal of the Bong Bong bridge again came on for discussion at the meeting of the Nattal Shire council…

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Low-flying German Aeroplane

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 4

In contradistinction to the greater part of the aircraft engaged in tho present war which, in order to secure immunity from anti-aircraft guns, fly at high altitudes, it is learned that…

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Illawarra Railway

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 3

A start has been made in connection with the deviation of the Illawarra line between otford and Clilton. When completed the…

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Bong Street Bridge

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1916 · page 2

The above was the subject of some discussion at the meeting of the Bowral Council, held on Thursday last. the clerk of works, in his report,…

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Railway Men's Pay. Union Test Case

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 June 1916 · page 4

A test cass of more than usual interest is now being tried, before the Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. G. Addison) Robert Rawding and…

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The Merry Little Motor. Economical Joys of the Modern Runabout

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 4

Five thousand miles in a year, on a neat, motor-driven vehicle, for an expenditure of £10 56.-or at the rata of only a halfpenny a mile. This…

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