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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Fatal Accident. Motor Car and Horse Collide. Mrs. E. Blackett Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

A terrible motor-cycle accident occurred near the junction of the Bungonia-Windellama roads, four miles from Goulburn, between 8 and 9 p.m…

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Objection to Closing a Road

Robertson Advocate · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

At the last meeting of the Nattai Shire Council. A letter was received from W. L. Howarth objecting to the purchase and closing of road…

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Objection to Closing a Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Nattal shire council a letter was received from W. L. Howarth objecting to the purchase and closing of road at…

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Railway Cases

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Henry Edward Morris, railway inspector, summoned William Norman for allowing seven lambs to stray into the gardens attached to the railway station at Bowral…

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Nattai Shire Road Plant Visit of Inspection

Robertson Advocate · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

On Friday afternoon last the Nattai Shire councillors, accompanied by the Mayor (Aid Elliott) and Town Clerk (Mr J W Every-Burns) of Bowral, the Acting…

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Moss Vale Railway Accident Death of Mr. James White

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 2

The accident that happened to Mr. James White at the Moss Vale railway yards was more serious than reported in our last issue. On Thursday morning Mr. White, who…

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Moss Vale Railway Accident Death of Mr James White

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 2

The accident that happened to Mr James White at the Moss Vale railway yards was more serious reported in our last issue. On Thursday morning Mr White, who…

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Moss Vale Railway Accident. Death of Mr. J. WHITE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 2

The accident that happened to Mr. James White at the Moss Vale railway yards was more serious than reported in our last issue. On…

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How to Reduce Railway Charges

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 4

Mr. A. G. Huie of Sydney' addressed an open air meeting near the fountain, Moss Vale, on Friday night. He said that we had the…

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Railway Electrification

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 4

The North Shore railway line having been prepared for electrification, similar work is being done on the Loftus and Bankstown lines…

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Moss Vale to Port Kembla Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Cleary, M.L.A., has received the following communication which he has kindly handed to us for publication:—"Public Works…

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Moss Vale to Port Kembla Railway

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Mr. J.J. Cleary, M.L.A. has received the following communication which he has handed to us for publication:—"Public Works Department, Sydney, 2nd March,…

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Benefits of Motor Power

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 4
Also in Robertson Advocate

We are selling large numbers of "Monitor" Oil Engines. 1 1/2 h.p., for operating the large size "Alfa-Laval" hand power separators, and for various other…

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Mr. Brookfield, M.L.A., Killed Five Persons Shot. Tragic Struggle on Railway Station

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 4

The mid-northern township of Riverton (65 miles from Adelaide) was the scene on Tuesday morning of a shooting episode, which for its…

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Man Killed by a Train. Wife Witnesses Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Ernest Arthur Lyneham, a fettler, was struck by a train at St. Mary's Railway Station while crossing the line at about 4 o'clock on Saturday…

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