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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

131 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 6 of 7

Motor Cycling

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 2

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,…

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Petersham Motor Fatality. Charge Against Lindley

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 2

Victor Lindley, 29, an ironmonger, who, it is alleged, while driving a motor car on Parramatta-road, Petersham, on September 14,…

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Railway Season Tickets

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 4

With the New Year an altered system of issuing quarterly railway tickets will be observed by the Railway Department. After that time these…

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Local Items. Moss Vale Railway Staff

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. P. Webster, night officer at Most Vale Railway Station, has been transferred to Cowra. Mr. A. Glanville, of Cowra, succeeds him…

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Local Items. Mom Vale Railway Staff

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. P. Webster, night officer at Mobb Vale Railway Station, has been transferred to Cowra. Mr. A. Glanville, of Cowra, succeeds him…

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Run Over by Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 2

The body of a man, who has not yet been identified, was discovered by Mr. T. Adams on the railway line about a quarter of a mile on…

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Cars, Motors & Cycles

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. W. H. Mitchell, superintendent of the Farm Homes, Mittagong, has purchased a new car, an Overland…

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Summer Railway Time-table

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 2

The new summer timetable, which came into forte on Sunday last, includes the following alterations on the southern line: -…

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A Motorists Lay

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 3

Most motorists are blooming fools, They trifle with the traffic rules, I don't. No man should try to get the drop…

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Railway Traction. Differences Between Steam and Electricity

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

An interesting comparison of the difference between steam and electricity for railway traction was made by Mr. Calvert Townley, Assistant to…

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Boy's Terrible Ordeal. Doctors Amputate Leg Beneath Tram Car

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

To lie for forty minutes under a tram-car with his right leg crashed between the brake-block and wheel, until three doctors had amputated…

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A Motorist's Lay

Robertson Mail · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 2

Most motorists ore blooming fools, They trifle with the traffic rules, I don't. No man should try to get the drop…

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Moss Vale-Port Kembla Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 November 1924 · page 2

When dealing in the Legislative Assembly with the Loan Estimates Mr Davies, M L A, said that in the short time at his disposal he had…

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The Cross-country Railway

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., referred thus to the proposed Port Kembla-Moss Vale railway in a recent speech in the Assembly:—…

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Moss Vale-Port Kembla Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mark F. Morton, M.L.A, said he desired to refer to the remarks made by' Mr. Lang and Mr. Davies (his…

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Motor Fatality. Man Arrested. Charge of Breaking and Entering. Melbourne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 4

Developments in regard to the motoring fatality in St. Kilda-street, Brighton, on Thursday night occurred on Saturday afternoon, when Leslie…

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