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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

107 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 6

Costly Roads

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

Bad roads cost money. Of this fact the unhappy ratepayer has constant proof. At last meeting of Moss Vale Council Mr. A. J. Charlesworth…

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Interview with Main Roads Board

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

At last meeting of Moss Vale Council, the Mayor, in a statement, said that, in company with Aid. South, he visited Sydney and waited upon the…

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Other People's Views. Gates on Roads. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Sir,—Having fully considered all aspects of the subject, the National Roads and Motorists' Association— the biggest organisation of its kind…

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Railway Fatality at Bowral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

Word was received in Moss Vale that after the departure of the Temora mail from Bowral on Monday night the body of a man was…

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Stonequarry Creek Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Wingecarribee shire council at Moss. Vale on Monday night, last a letter was read from the Under Secretary…

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Moss Vale-Pork Kembla Railway. Agreement Concluded

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 4

After negotiations extending over more than a year, an agreement was made on Friday between the Government and Hoskins' Iron and…

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Level Railway Crossings

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

Included among the correspondence read at the last meeting of the shire council was a letter from the secretary, Railway…

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Cross-country Railway. the Hoskins Company Signs the Agreement. Bill Before Parliament

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

After negotiations extending over more than a year, an agreement was made on Friday between the Government and Hopkins' Iron and Steel…

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Death Traps. Level Railway Crossings

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

In the correspondence read at last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council was a letter from the secretary, Railway Commissioners, in…

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Local Items. a Necessary Road

Robertson Mail · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

Matters in connection with the proposed road from Bannaby to join the Caves Road about 24 miles from Mittagong have advanced during the…

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British Motor Trade

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

The Association of British Motor Manufacturers, Ltd., in conjunction with the Australian Association of British Manufacturers and their…

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Port Kembla-Moss Vale Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

An officer from the Public Works Department was at Uaanderra last week making arrangements for starting work on the railway be…

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A Fisherman's Paradise. Beauties of Proposed Tallong-nowra Road

Robertson Mail · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4
Also in The Southern Mail

A trip to the Kangaroo Valley to investigate the possibilities of the proposed Tallong-Nowra Road was made at the week-end by a party…

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