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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

99 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 5

Volunteer Motor Patrols

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 1

A WHILE BACK I suggested the formation of local bodies to assist in creating a sounder road-sense in drivers…

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New Rest House for Railway Men

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 2

A notification from the Department of Railways, printed in another column, is to the effect that tenders are being called for the erection of…

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Railway Excursions From the Country Every Week-end

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 2

Following on the general reduction of all railway fares which took place on November I, the Secretary for Railways has made available particulars…

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Railway Development. New Rest Rooms at Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 November 1933 · page 2

A notification from the Department of Railways is to the effect that tenders are being called for the erection of an up to-date brick rest house at Moss…

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The Railways Summer Time Table

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 November 1933 · page 2

The summer time table will come into operation on Sunday, Nor. 19. The books are again printed in folder form, one for the suburban services…

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Rentals of Enclosed Roads

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 4

Relative to rentals and purchase of enclosed roads the Minister for Linda has replied that rentals on road enclosures are based on…

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Stolen Train Rides a Growing Practice

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 3

Since the opening of the pea-picking and cherry-picking season, police and railway officials have been endeavouring to check the practice of…

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Motor Fatality Near Paddy's River

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 2

Mr. C. J Bradley, a resident of Vaucluse, Sydney, was killed as the result of a motor accident near Paddy's River on Friday…

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No Money for Roads All Down the Park Sink

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 2

Bowral Council has spent so much on its White Elephant at Loseby Park that there is now no money for roads…

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roaring the Bridge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 November 1933 · page 3

After 37 deaths out of 40 leaps from the sydney Harbour Bridge, the New South Wales Government have decided to erect a fence to prevent…

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The Tramp's Paradies

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 November 1933 · page 1

Assuredly the tramp in Italy is a man to be envied! Save for a coat to his back and shoes to his feet there are few things which he need…

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Railways v. Motors

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 1

LOSSES upon Australian railways are the chief cause of our unbalanced budgets. The experience is not confined to…

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Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 1

A very big item in the navai and military expenditure of the country in the near future will be the cost of building and maintaining…

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Council Denies Liability Railway Bridge on Mittagong Deviation

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 2

The Mayor of Mittagong alleges that part of the railway bridge on the deviation of the road from Mittagong to Bowral was laid on a…

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Railway Excursions Further Concessions

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 2

The Railway Department's announcement of a double series of excursions during December shows that the policy of encouraging travel by…

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Closing of the Hume Highway Berrima to Cross Roads

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 December 1933 · page 2

The Shire Engineer (Mr. Leon, ard) submitted the following statement at the Shire Council meeting on Monday:—…

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Railway Excursions—A Double Series

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 December 1933 · page 2

The Railway Department's announcement of a double series of excursions during December shows that the policy of encouraging travel by…

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Wider Railway Excursions

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 December 1933 · page 2

Anywhere to Anywhere in N.S:W. Before Christmas and New Year. Following closely on the Railway Department's announcement of…

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Railways v. Motors

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 1

THE RAILWAY COMPANIES of Great Britain have issued an interesting appeal for fairer treatment at the hands of the Government. In Britain,…

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