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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

107 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 6

Tremendous Bearings Used in Bridge to Transmit Strains

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

Those who have seen the Sydney Bridge cannot but wonder at the tremendous bearings used to bear the strains imposed on it. Since…

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Motoring Without Roads

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

A strange new motor truck with six wheels will soon be seen making its own road across the open country of Australia, like a tank in war time…

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Motor Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 2

A serious motor accident was narrowly averted at the intersection of the Burrawang-Robertson road on Saturday night. A party of footballers…

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Foolhardy Act. Motorist's Escape Drove Through Crossing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 July 1927 · page 2

The f o'hardy act of a motorist in dashing through the closed gates near the Wagga showground on Sunday night and driving away…

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Federal Railways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 2

It is probable that the head administrative offices of the Commonwealth Railway Department Will be transferred to Adelaide ta the near…

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Bannaby-Mittagong Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Mulwaree shire, the engineer reported against the construction of a road from Bannaby to the…

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Moss Vale to Kembla. Possibilities of the New v Railway Line

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 4

Work on the new railway line under construction between Moss Vale and Port Kembla is sufficiently advanced to give some idea of the route to be taken…

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Motor Accident. DR M. G Kite Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 4

A fatal motor accident occurred at Yerrinbool at 8.30 p m. on Saturday. A car driven by Dr. Miles G…

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Paper Train Late. Three Hours Delay

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 2

Delayed through an accident to a goods train, caused by the breaking of a draw bar, the paper train ar rived in Moss Vale on Thursday…

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Cross Country Railway. How It May Develop the District

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

A writer in the S.M. Herald foretells great developments to follow the opening of the cross-country railway from Port Kembla to Moss Vale…

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Of Local Interest. a Motor Show on Wheels

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

This aptly describes the convoy of Morris cars and trucks which will pass through Bowral an Monday, 1st August. The object of the convoy…

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A Motor Show on Wheels

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 4

This aptly describes the convoy of Morris, cars and trucks which will pass through here at 2 p m on Tuesday, 2nd August. The object…

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A New Order of Motoring. New Willys-knight Arrives

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

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Prisoner Escapes. Jumps From Mail Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 4

Police headquarters on Sunday received advice from Bathurst that a prisoner, Claude Milton Phillips, had jumped from the Bourke mail train on…

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First of New Dodge Brothers Senior Line of Six Cylinder Motor Cars Appear

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 4

Elaborate preparations for the advent of the six cylinder cars have been made by Dodge Brothers. Last winter construction work was…

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