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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

175 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 9

Goulburn Big Sheep Sale. Record Order for Railway Trucks

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

Messrs. W. H. Wheatley's special sheep sale, on Tuesday, was one of the biggest that has been held in Goulburn for some years…

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The Great White Train. the President Thanks the Mayors. Our Beautiful District

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

The Major of Bowral (Ald. Venables) is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. W. R. Bagnall, M.L.A., resident of the Australian…

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Cross Country Railway. Mr. Lee Explains the Present Position

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. H. R. Lee, Secretary Moss Vale-Port Kembla Advisory Committee writes :— Several members ol my advisory…

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Drowning Fatality at Cross Roads

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

A man named Patrick Conway, about 56 years of age, was found drowned in a creek at Cross Roads, 10 miles form Moss Vale, on Sunday…

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ThE Great White Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

The president of the Wingecarribee Shire (Cr. J. W. Cunningham) has received the following letter:—"Dear Sir,—Mr. Wallace Nelson…

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The White Train

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

The director of the Autralian-made Preference League has, in a letter to Messrs. S. Whyte and Son, Moss Vale, congratulated the firm…

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Municipal and Shire Roads an Observant Councilor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 2

In recent years a president of the Wingecarribee Shire council often related at the monthly meetings that he knew in driving from his…

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Intercity Coach. Stopped on Bad Roads. Service Temporarily Discontinued

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 4

The disgraceful state of the deviation between Moss Vale and Paddy's River is developing into a national scandal. Scores of cars are daily…

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Our Wretched Roads. Intercity Coach Thrown Out of Action. Goulburn to Moss Vale Service Suspended

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 2

The disgraceful state of the deviation between Moss Vale and Paddy's River is developing into a national scandal. Scores of cars are…

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Our Wretched Roads. Intercity Coach Thrown Out Ok Action. Goulburn to Moss Vale Service Suspended

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 2

The disgraceful state of the deviation between Moss Vale and Paddy's River is developing into a national scandal. Scores of cars are…

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Man Killed by Motor Car

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 May 1926 · page 4

Daniel Aitken, aged 77, a native of Scotland, lately resident of 21 Stanley street, Sydney, was knocked down by a motor car and killed in Park-street…

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Two Women in a Ford. What They Say of the Main Roads

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Women's World in Australia prints a description of a trip through Victoria taken by two women in a Ford. The ladies write well and we feel…

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Language and Fight. Young Man Creates Trouble. Railway Officer Assaulted

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 May 1926 · page 2

The story of an exciting ten minutes at the Goulburn Railway Station on Monday night was related at the Goulburn Police Court on Tuesday…

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Cement Road

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

A young native of Wagga is now a resident of Benoit, a small city about 80 miles from Chicago (U.S.A.). In the course of a letter…

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Horse Attacks Motor Cars

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 4

It is not often that a horse makes an attack upon a car, but this, according to reports, is what happened recently in the Plainby district near…

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