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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

144 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 6 of 8

Fruit Train. Passes Through. Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 2

Leeton's big advertisement, the first of the fruit trains to pass through Moss Vale, arrived on Saturday morning. The train was made up of eleven vans and…

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Stonequarry Creek Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

The shire engineer has reported that he accompanied Mr. Surveyor Fairley on his inspection of the Stonequarry Creek road, Exeter, and the residents interested…

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Must Hot Climb a Bridge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

The Dept. of Local Government notified last meeting of the municipal council that a proclamation amending ordinance [?] national…

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Moss Vale Roads. Re-construction of the Main Street. Estimated Cost, £19,586

Robertson Mail · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Moss-Vale Council, Mr. Booth (shire engineer) supplied the following report on the survey of the main road…

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Button Forest-Marulan Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 2

At the last shire council meeting the clerk read a letter, re council's application for the Sutton Forest-Bundanoon Marulan road to be…

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Motor Boat Journey

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

A novel expedition is to be under taken by a party of young men, who propose to travel by motor boat along the Murrumbidgee and Murray…

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Cars and Car Care How to Motor Without Accident. Simple Habits and Precautions Too Often Overlooked

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

A week or two ago we had the pleasure of passing an evening with one of Australia's motor pioneers, a gentleman who for more than 25…

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Tragic Motor Smash

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 3

A Sunday afternoon walk came to a tragic termination at Parramatta late on Sunday, when a motor car dashed across the pavement, killing…

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'Tragic' Motor Smash

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 3

A Sunday afternoon walk came to a tragic termination at Parramatta late on Sunday, when a motor car dashed across the pavement, killing…

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Motor Cycle and Horse Collide a Serious Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 October 1925 · page 2

A serious accident happened late on Sunday night through a collision between a motor bike and a horse in the main street. From what can be…

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High Cost of Railway

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

Last week an Inverell business man had an experience of both the high cost of railway carriage and the remarkable manner in which the…

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Beautifying the Sydney to Goulburn Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 2

The Wingecarribee shire council at its last meeting was asked by the State branch of the Australian Forest League to co-operate with other…

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Moss Vale-Port Kembla Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 2

A public meeting is to be held at the Town hall, Wollongong, on 3rd November, to consider, and if thought fit, pass resolutions which…

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Aeroplane Crashes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon a 'plane came down crash in a paddock near Austermere. Mr. Tyler, managing director of the Buick Company,…

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Councils' Motors. No Tax on Them

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 4

Mr. Lazzarina stated in the Assembly on Thursday that the motor traffic department was not collecting taxation fees on councils' road tractors…

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Beautifying Sydney to Goulburn Road

Robertson Mail · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

The Wingecarribee Shire Council at its last meeting was asked by the State branch of the Australian Forest League to cooperate with other…

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Tragic Death of Mrs. Single Run Over by Melbourne Express Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 2

A gloom was cast over Bowral on Saturday morning, when it became known that the victim of a shocking railway fatality the previous…

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