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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Golf Ball in Aeroplane

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

While engaged in playing golf at Los Angeles a few months ago, Dr. E. W. Wells had occasion to play a high pitch over some bunkers to a…

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Yass Show Railway Arrangements

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 2

Railway arrangements in connection with the Yass Show, to be held on February 28 and March 1 and 2, provide for the issue of…

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Motor Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

Although every new car is provided with some form of audible warning device, the fitting supplied sometimes leaves much to be [?]…

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Motor Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

The efficiency ami reliability of the present day motor car was strikingly demonstrated in connection with the recent R.A.C.V.s 24 hours…

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Easter Holidays. New South Wales Government Railways. Cheap Excursion Trains

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 3

IN ADDITION to the usual Cheap Excursion Tickets issued at weekends, vide public timetable books, cheap excursion tickets at the…

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M.R. Boards v. Councils. New Provisions for Minor Roads

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

When the amendments to the Main Roads Act, proposed by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) become law'…

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Proposed Kangaroo Valley to Robertson Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 2

The Robertson Progress Association forwarded the following report by a surveyor to last meeting of the Wingecarribee shire council and…

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Road Completed. Five Miles of Concrete

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 2

All of the concrete work on the five miles of concrete roadway near Maruian on the Home Highway, between Goulburn and Sydney, has…

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Ex-Railway Employees Convictions

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 2

At the Burwood Police Court, before. Mr. Shepherd, S.M., on March 6 last, Henry Claude Bentley who had been in the employ of the…

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£12,800 a Mile Concrete Road Near Marulan

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 4

All of the concrete work on the five miles of roadway near Marulan on the Hume Highway, between Goulburn and Sydney, has been completed…

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Bundancon-Penrose Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 2

The president of Wingecarribee Shire council at its last meeting reported that the following tenders for the construction of 27 so feet of…

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New Road Wanted Kangaroo River to Robertson

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

Keen interest is being aroused in the proposal to make a new road from Kangaroo River to Robertson. At last meeting of Cambewarra…

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Reckless Drivers Motor Cyclist's Leg Broken

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

On Saturday night Mr. J. F. Robinson, of Burradoo, was riding a motor cycle in Bong Bong Street. Bowral, when a motor car, driven on…

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Proposed Road from Kanga. ree River to Robertson

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

Keen interest is being aroused in the proposal to make a new road from Upper Kangaroo Valley to Robertson…

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Tax on Patrol Road Making Funds. Proposal for Treasurers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

Speaking at Ayr (Q) on Saturday night, the Premier (Mr. McCormack) said that a conference of State Treasurers to be held at Canberra on…

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