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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Robertson-South Coast Railway

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 3

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L. A., is in receipt of the following communication, which is handed to us for publication :- "Office of the Chief Commissioners,…

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Folly Creek a Bridge Wanted

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

At the Robertson Show last week a deputation. which included several prominent farmers and business men. was organised to interview Sir George Fuller regarding the master of a…

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Robertson-South Coast Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication, which is handed to us for publication:—…

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Railway Pilfering. Hats, Tools, and Sundries. Last Saturday's Goulburn "Herald" says:—

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Williams, P.M., Percy Spencer Cowling (28), on remand, was charged with stealing, at…

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Wombeyan Caves Road Again Open to Traffic

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The assistant engineer to the Nattai Shire Council (Mr H Rainbow) asks us to mention that the Wombeyan Caves road is again open to vehicular traffic. Extensive damage was…

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Wombeyan Caves Road. Again Open to Traffic

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 2

The assistant engineer to the Nattai Shire Council (Mr H. Rainbow) asks us to mention that the Wombeyan Caves road is again…

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Railway Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 2

A man whose name is believed to be Martin William B. Brodrick aged 28, a commercial traveller, of Brisbane, was run over and killed by a…

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Destroying Rabbits on Roads. Shire Councils' Liability

Robertson Advocate · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

A telegram from Dubbo to the Sydney press states that the intention of the Talbragar Shire Council to fight the Dubbo P.P.Board on the question of destroying rabbits…

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Weight of Tramcars

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 3

"It is not generally recognised," says a statement issued by the Railway Department on Wednesday," that the types of tramcars in use in Sydney…

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Charge of Stealing. Railway Property in Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 2

Before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M., at the Goulburn Police Court on Tuesday morning, George Smith was charge with stealing at…

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Railwaymen and the 1917 Strike

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 4

The New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association has decided to appoint a deputation to wait upon the Minister for…

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Road-Making Machinery

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2

An experiment with the use of machinery as against manual is [?] has been carried out by the Bhadlharbour Council. For seven week is hired the rock [?]hing plans of the…

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Robbery in a Tram. BRISBANE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 4

The robbery of about £400 in a handbag was carried out in a daring manner. Mr. Bayard, junior, left the premises of Bayard aud Co., South…

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Road-Making Machinery. Nattai Shire Negotiating

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

At the last meeting of the Nattai Shire Council a letter was read from Mr A M Reeve, engineer, re the purchase of a road-making plant, stating that he was of the opinion that…

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Road-Making Machinery. Nattal Shire Negotiating

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Nattai Shire Council a letter was read from Mr. A. M. Reeve, engineer, re the purchase of a road-making plant…

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Prisoner Jumps from Train. Wellington (N Z)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

A prisoner named Murray, who achieved notoriety by escaping from the Mount Eden gaol, Auckland, in January, created a…

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