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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

131 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 7

Shocking Fatality. Boy Run Over by Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on Monday afternoon on a small branch line, which conveys employees from Pelaw Main to Richmond Main colliery,…

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Is the Tomato a Fruit? Railway Department Doesn't Think Co

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 2

The question as to whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable has been argued for many years. The fruit trade regard it as a fruit, but…

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Weral Railway Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 2

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Alfred Herbert Carter, who, it wilt be remembered, died on the Moss Vale station, on the 9th…

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Werai Railway Accident

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Alfred Herbert Carter, who died on the Moss Vale station on 9th July last, as the result of…

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Marulan Limestone Deposits Private Tramway to Be Constructed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 September 1924 · page 2

Hoskins Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., of Lithgow, have lodged a large number of applications at the Goulburn Mining Office in…

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Stealing From the Railway. Two Bowral Pouters Caught

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 2

At the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, Hurley Fratson Fenton, aged 18, and William Reginald Croke, aged 19, were charged with the…

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Stealing From the Railway. Two Bowral Porters Caught

Robertson Mail · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 2

At the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, Harley Fratson Fenton, aged 18, and William Reginald Croke, aged 18, were charged with the…

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Railway Thieves. Two Porters Captured at Bowral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 2

Before Messrs. G. R Williams, P.M., and Aubrey Mowle, J P. At the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, Harley Fratson…

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Road Race Moss Vale to Parramatta

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 3

Both the amateur and professional cycle races from Moss Vale to Parramatta on Saturday were remarkable for the splendid performances…

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Cars, Motors & Cycles

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. A. Ede, of Berrima Road, Mobs Vale, has added a Fordson tractor to his plant. The Rev. Mr. Carver, of Sutton…

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Moss Vale to Parramatta Road Race

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 2

Both the amateur and professional cycle races from Moss Vale to Parramatta on Saturday were remarkable for the splendid performances…

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A Trip to the Dorrigo. Wonderful Record of a Motor Truck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 4

What we suppose constitutes a long-distance record of the removal of a load of furniture and effects has just been successfully accomplished…

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Cars, Motors & Cycles

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

What we suppose constitutes a long distance record of the removal of a load of furniture and effects baa just been successfully accomplished…

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Goulburn-Sydney Road Race

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 September 1924 · page 2

The Goulburn to Sydney road races (amateur and professional respectively), for which the handicaps have been declared, will eventuate…

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Motor Bike and Car Collide

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 September 1924 · page 2

An accident of a painful nature happened to Mr. Samuel Fleeton. june, on Saturday evening about 8 p.m on Sutton Forest road, a mile…

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Motor Cycling

Robertson Mail · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 5

The B.D.M.C.C. ran its first annual all-day reliability trial over the South Coast course, taking in Kangaroo Valley, Berry, Kiama, Albion…

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Popular Railway Officer Farewelled at Wingello

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 4

There was a large attendance at the social held in Wingello Hall on Saturday, Sept. 13, when the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bushell…

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