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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Motor Thieves. Daring Robbery at Bowral. Taxi Driver Bound and Gagged

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

A daring robbery occurred in the small hours of Thursday morning when a new Hudson Six car was stolen from Mr. L. Burrows' garage in…

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The Motor Car

Robertson Mail · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

THE WONDERFUL INCREASE in the number of motor cars in Australia made during 1927 is not wholly a…

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Successful Show. Robertson and District Well, Represented. Motor Ousts Horse in Sports Field

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 3

The good folk of Robertson pay little heed to cold Southerly breezes which would keep less sturdy Australians within their homes. Such a…

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Successful Show. Robertson and District Well Represented. Motor Ousts Horse in Sports Field

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 3

The good folk of Robertson pay little heed to cold Southerly breezes which would keep less sturdy Australians within their homes. Such a…

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Fitzroy Palls Road to the South Coast

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

In these enlightened days of keen competition we read and are told that anyone wishing to succeed in their own walk of life must…

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Motor Car Theft. Accused at Bowral Police Court. Taxi Driver Threatened with Razor

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

The sensational reports in City papers of incidents connected with the theft of a Hudson Sedan from Burrow's Garage, Bowral, shrivelled…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Car

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Stevenson, P M., and Mr. Aubrey Mowle, J P, Leslie Sargent and John Sargent…

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New South Wales Government Railways. Excursion to Sydney and Intermediate Stations

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

EXCURSION TICKETS at Single Fare for Double Journey minimum rates 8/9d First-class and 5/10d Second-class) will be issued to Moss…

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Bowral's Own Train What Smith's Weekly Says of It. the Pride of the State Railways

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Granted that Bowral already carries the imprimatur of the really best people us the only week-end resort possible, a sin sufficient to…

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What Our Editor Thinks Red Tape v. Motor Tyres

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1
Also in Robertson Mail

THE PEOPLE of Bowral and Mittagong, to say nothing of a host of tourists, are likely to lose a good deal of money…

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The Motor Car Robbery. Leslie Sargent Declared an Habitual Criminal

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

At Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday, Leslie Sargent, 22, John Sargent, 17, and James Spencer, 17, pleaded guilty to having assaulted…

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Railway Fettler Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

Frank Danny, a railway fettler, was thrown from a motor lorry at North Yase and killed. The driver of the lorry pulled off the road to avoid…

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Suspicious Fire at Colo Vale. Railway Station Burnt

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 4

The railway station buildings at Colo Vale, near, Mittagong, were destroyed. by fire late on Saturday night…

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Moss Vale Roads

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

At last meeting of Moss Vale Council, the following matters relating to toads were before the alderman:—…

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