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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Tallong-Nowra Road. Location Survey Suggested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 2

At Monday night's meeting of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald submitted a report concerning the recent trip to…

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Road Work. The Editor, The Mail

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

Sir,—Noticing by your last, issue, reporting the proceedings. of the council, that the residents of Ascot Road had petitioned the council to…

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Road Work. The Editor. The Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

Sir,— Noticing by your last issue, reporting the proceedings of the council, that the residents of Ascot Road had petitioned the council to…

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Britain's Motor Magician

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

The enormous success the Morris concerns have enjoyed in the last few years has placed Mr. Morris in the position of a national personality…

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Railway Motoring

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Motoring by means of a comfortable sedan motor car alone railway tracks is to bo provided by Victorian Railway Commissioners. In a special…

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Road to Sydney. Quite Traversable New New Roads Ready in May

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

Owing to the heavy rain during the Easter holidays the Gonlburn-Sydney road has been in a very unsatisfactory condition and…

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Motor Cyclist Arrested. Girl Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

Upon his discharge from Albury on Friday night last Michael Joseph Doran, of Hume Weir, was arrested and charged with having caused…

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No increase. Railway Faees

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 4

New bylaws, controlling the railway fares and freights in the tate, were gazetted last Thursday. The provisions of the bylaw will be…

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Main Southern Road. Motorists Complain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 3

A journey by road from Sydney to Cannerra, even under the most comfortable travailing conditions, is by no means an[?]lluring prospect at the…

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Main Road Block. That Paddy's River Deviation

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 4

As there do not appear to be any definite indications as to when the reconstructed Main Southern Road between Paddy's River and the…

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Main Southern Road. Motorists Complain

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

A journey by road from Sydney to Canbra, even under the most comfortable travelling conditions, is by no means on alluring prospect at…

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Moss Vale-Port Kembla Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 4

There has been extraordinary delay in the commencement of the Moss Vale Port Kembla railway, at the Moss Vale end, which was expected—…

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Solicitor's Bag. Stolen From Tram. Contents Recovered

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 4

A thief who stole an attache case from a tram at the Central Railway Station on May 17, found in it documents which he apparently considered…

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Something for Nothing. a Genuine Offer to the Intending Motorist

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 2

A man who refuses to accept something for nothing is unusual, to say the least. Usually a man wants more than he gets…

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A Night in the Snow. Motorists' Trying Time

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 2

Last Thursday, when the snow was falling heavily on the uplands, Mr. Jeffrey, who recently purchased Mr. Jacob, Wilson's hotel business…

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Of Local Interest. Railway Commissioner

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. J. D. Reid, Southern Area Commissioner, will be at the undermentioned places at the times shown on Thursday, 23rd June:— Burradoo,…

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