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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

147 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 8

Deputation to the Main Roads Board

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

The mayor of Bowral (Alderman. Stephens), with Aldermen Venables and Sheaffs, and the town clerk (Mr. Hackett) waited upon the…

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The Main Road. Bowral Council to Go on with Its Part. £5000 Works Loan Authorised

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

At last meeting of Bowral Council the Finance Committee recommended that in view of the inability of the Main Roads Board to lend money for…

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Fatal Collision. Yass-goulburn Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 2

Vera Wray, aged 25 years, died in the Goulburn District Hospital on Sunday, afternoon, from injuries received when she was pinned beneath…

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The Main Road. Bowral Council to Go on with Its Part. £5000 Works Loan Authorised

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 2

At last meeting of Bowral council the finance committee recommended that in view of the inability of the Main Roads Board to lend money…

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What Our Editor Thinks Road Making

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 1
Also in Robertson Mail

THE DECISION of Bowral Council to obtain a loan for work on the sadly-neglected main road is in every way…

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Moss Vale-Nowra Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 2

The engineer reported at the last meeting of the Wingercarribee shire on the state of the Moss Vale Nowra road and it was resolved that the…

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Serious 'Accident. at Argyyle St. Bridge. Workman Sustains a Broken Leg. by Falling From a Wall

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 2

On Monday at about 1 o'clock a workman named Girex, employed, we understand, In connection with the palming of the railway bridge…

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

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 2

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

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Third Victim of Motor Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

John McWilliam, of Ivy-streer, Redfern, one of the victims of the recent Bulli Pass motor accident, on March 11, died in the Bulli…

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Dodge Brothers' Motor Body Work

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

It is characteristic of the Standardised Motors Limited that they have continually improved the body work as fitted to Dodge Brothers…

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Dodge Brothers Motor Body Work

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 4

It is characteristic of the Stan dardised Motors Limited that they have continually improved the body work as, filed to Dodge…

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Letters to the Editor That Awful Road. The Editor, The Mail

Robertson Mail · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

Sir,—How much longer shall we have to put up with the discomforts of travelling to Mittagong per road. I went to the Eisteddfod in a car—…

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Nowra-Fitzrey Falls Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 2

The hon. sec of the Fitzrey Falls Progress Association forwarded a letter in reply to the shire council's communication in regard to repair…

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Three Days' Road Race. Goulburn Included in Course

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 4

The League of New South Wales Wheelmen has decided to promote three days' road race, the first of its kind in this State, on June 2, 3…

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New South Wales Government Railways. Anzac Day, 25Th April. Cheap Excursion Trains

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 2

CHEAP EXCURSION TICKETS at the undermentioned rates, viz.:— Second class return.—Ordinary single fare, plus one-third (minimum 28)…

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Railway Disaster In China Hundreds Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 2

It is believed that hundreds of Chinese Were killed when a refugee train from Pukow, en route to Tientsin, collided with a military train on…

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Bowral-Mittagong Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. Irvine, a representavive of the Main Roads Board, visited Bowral and conferred with the municipal council regarding the…

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