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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

193 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 10

Struck by Car Hurled Under a Tram. Man's Dreadful Ordeal

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

Shocking injuries were received by James Miller, aged 40 years, of was venor street, Bondi, when he was knocked down by a motor car and…

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Railway Dismissals Resentment Amongst Men

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

The dismissal of many men from the Railway Department has occasioned resentment amongst the men concerned, and there is talk of…

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Railway Needs. Visit of Assistant Area Commissioner

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. Assistant Area Railway Commissioner Harris was met at Bowral Railway Station on Tuesday by a deputation headed by the Mayor…

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Motor Cycling Club Formed

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

The Bong Bong M.C.C. held a meeting at Bowral on the 23rd April. There was a good attendance and keen interest in the Club's welfare…

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Our Railways

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1
Also in Robertson Mail

THERE is a good deal of justification for the complaints of the Berry P.P.U. against our railway management. The…

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First English Railway. How It Was Opened

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. R. S. Smith, of Bowral, has handed us a copy of the notice issued by the Proprietors of the first railway in England giving arrangements…

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Moss Vale-Port Kembia Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 2

Work on the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway is being pushed ahead, and it is probable that the section between Robertson and…

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"Lease the Railways" Wagga Farmer's Suggestion

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has carried a resolution suggesting that the Government should call for…

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Border Railway. Hand to Oakland

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 4

Mr. Kilpatrick (Country Party member for Waggs) introduced a deputation to Mr. Buttenshaw (Acting Premier) last week, to request…

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Rail v. Motor

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

Goulburn Post expresses views—similar to our own on the subject of the railway management:— . . . From it all, however, there…

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Motoring by Radio

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 6
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. G. M. Williams, president of one of America 's loading automobile companies, predicts that automobiles of the future will by driven by…

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What Our Editor Thinks The Gib Road

Robertson Mail · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 1
Also in The Southern Mail

THE LONG DELAY is constructing the new road between Bowral and Mittagong is not at all creditable to the…

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Back to Simplicity. Trend of Motor Design

Robertson Mail · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 6

Progression of motoring design, as seen in Australia, has provided an interesting study. First came the old rattling cars,…

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