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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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

Road to the Gib Mittagong's Gesture Appreciated. Application for Grant

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

The suggestion of Mittagong Council that delegates from Bowral and Mittagong Councils should confer on the matter of the development of…

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Moss Vale to Nowra Road DEPUTATION at Cambewarra Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 2

At Cambewarra Shire Council meeting last week a deputation comprising Messrs. H. V. Cox (President of Kangaroo Valley Tourist and Progress…

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Temporary Roads Spell Waste

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

TIME AFTER TIME the engineer reminds Wingecarribee Shire Council that, in these days, temporary road repairs…

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Moss Vale to Nowra Road Should be Proclaimed a Highway

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

At Cambewarra Shire Council meeting last week a deputation waited on the Council with a view to forcing the issue to have the Moss…

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Coroner's Finding Recent Motor Tragedy at Berrima

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 2

At the District Coroner's Court, held at Moss Vale on Thursday, a verdict of accidental death was returned by…

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Motor Cycle Accident Three Injured at Sutton Forest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

As the result of a motor cycle accident which occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, three men were…

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"When The Railway Commissioner Travels" Vicious Suggestion Repudiated

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Newman, Secretary for Railways, in referring to a recent article in the "Rail way Advocate" states: —…

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Fun on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

"Ma," began the boy, as he entered the railway-carriage at a suburban station with a tired-looking woman, "ma, that man's like a…

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Motor Matters Power of Petrol

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 3

For the information of motorists and particularly those foolish individuals who strike matches or take a naked light near exposed petrol,…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 3

At Monday's meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council, the following report from the Shire Engineer was received and adopted:—…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes. Sydney, 4th Feb., 1935 Twin Trail Concrete Roads

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 4

With reference to the matter Twin Trail Concrete Bonds, concerning which the Central [?] live, on the 25th January, wrote…

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More Railway Excursions to and From Sydney

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 2

Word has been received from the Department of Railways that, about the end of February, Excursion trains will be run from and to the…

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Driving Motors Out From Kerb

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 4

The Motor Traffic Authorities have issued a further warning to motorists against the danger of pulling out from…

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Aeroplane Flights Soon Became Popular

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

The Berrima District became air-minded on Sunday, when two planes owned by Northern Airliners, Sydney, took passengers for flights from…

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Aerodrome Site Pilot Praises Bong Bong Racecourse

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

Pilot Chapman, of Northern Airliners, Ltd., who flew the Codock machine at Bong Bong on Sunday, expressed himself very satisfied with…

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Motor Matters Noisy Exhausts

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 4

The motor traffic authorities are contemplating an extensive campaign against owners and drivers of motor vehicles which are fitted with inefficient exhaust mufflers…

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Motor Matters Coasting Downhill. Keep Engine Running

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

Although it is permissable in many favorable circumstances to coast downhill in neutral, drivers should always remember that an emergency…

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Aerodrome Bowral Council Takes Action

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 3

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Thursday night, Ald. Boardman asked if anything had been done by the previous Council to secure an…

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Aldies Somersault Purchase of Motor Trucks

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 4

Mittagong Council was almost unanimously of the opinion at a recent meeting that it was necessary to purchase a motor truck for general…

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Car and Sulky Collision on Bridge

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 2

A car driven by Mr. L. Gotting, of Sydney Road, Mittagong.and a sulky driven by Mr. Jackson, of Kangaloon Road, Bowral, collided on the…

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