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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Crookwell Railway. Motor Train Soon. After Months of Agitation

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., for Wollondilly, has recently been informed by the Minister for Railways, reply to his personal representation…

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Paddy's River Bridge Opened. Reminiscences Ok Other Days

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

Although showery weather was the general order of things on Saturday the misty rain cleared off for the short time that elapsed for the…

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Great Motoring Feat. State-wide Demonstration of the Overlands

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

The recent non-stop run, in which five standard model Overlands took part hat been the subject of a great amount of comment throughout the…

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Daring Motor Climb

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. K. Green, a visitor from Sydney, drove a single-seater Dodge motor car to the top of Morgan's Look-out at Glenrowan, Vic. This is a…

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The Truth About the Sydney Harbour Bridge. the State's Gilt-edged Investment

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

"If we were to propose to hand over c concession, the capitalists and financiers of the world would fall over one another in their anxiety to…

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Deputation to Shire Council. Better Roads Wanted in C Riding

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 2

On Monday last a deputation, comprising Messrs. Chas Wright, Hawkes and Cleary, waited upon the members of the shire council in…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council. Better Roads Wanted in C. Riding

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

On Monday last a deputation, comprising Messrs. Charles Wright, Hawkes and Cleary, waited upon the members of the shire council in…

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Railway Accident. Twin Brothers Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 4

Twin brothers were killed and another seriously injured in an unusual accident that occurred on the 6.17 train from Sydney to Hornsby…

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Border Railways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 4

The first of the railways under the Border Railways Agreement Act is under construction in the southern portion of this State, Proclamations…

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Leap From Train. Sleep-walker Jumps From Cooma Express

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 12

That truth is sometimes stranger than fiction was well exemplified by the [?] Charles Carter (22), of…

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Reduced Fares. to Operate on Railways

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 12

Reductions in first-class and second-class railway fare within the metropolitan and Newcastle [?] will take place from the beginning of…

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Leap From train. Sleep-walker Jumps From Cooma Express

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 4

That truth is sometimes stranger than fiction was well exemplified by the miraculous escape from death of a young man, Charlse Carter (22), of…

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Reduced Fares. to Operate on Railways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 4

Reduction in first-class and second-class railway fares within the metropolitan and Newcastle suburban areas [?] take place from the beginning of…

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Railway Superannuation. Cabinet Concerned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 4

The Railway Superannuation Fund is causing the Government grave concern. The ever growing tentacles which superannuation is stretching…

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"Swooshing Through Space." First Aeroplane Trip

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

This graphic account of a first aeroplane flight reads more like the real thing than some we have seen. It is by F.N.R. in the Bathurst Times:…

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