Motor Notes Winter Battery Trouble
Severe weather conditions coupled with the normal winter cold places an excessive strain on car batteries and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1938
156 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 8
Break of Railway Guage at Albury
Country Party Members are particularly interested in the revived discussion, on means of overcoming the break of gauge at Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berrima Bridge. Construction of Footway. Council Sara Road Board Should Make It
At the meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council held on Monday a letter was received from the Nattai Shire Council advising that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Cycling. Stokes Wins Long Race
The road race conducted by the Mittagong Cycle Club over a course of 53 miles to Paddy's River and re [?] was won by C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads. Maintenance Works Neglected
Reporting upon the condition of the roads throughout the Shire to the last meeting of the Winge[?]bee Council, the Shire Engineer (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowral Road Works Loan of £2,040
At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the Works Committee recommended that the Council take necessary action to borrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Cycling. Scratch Men Winners
One of the scratch men, C. Evans, won the read race conducted by the Mittagong Cycle Club on Saturday over the Mittagong-Cutaway Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Cycling. Win for New Bargo Riders
Two cyclists from Bargo having their first ride with the Mittagong Cycle Club filled first and second places on Saturday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flag Bridge
Bowral Amitie Club held an enjoyable Flag Bridge evening at the C.W.A. Rooms, Bowral, on Thursday night, when there wag a good roll up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Facts and Fancies. Flies Faster than An Aeroplane
There are several aspects of birds that can travel much faster than any aeroplane yet invented. The fastest of them is called the "frigate bird,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall in Front of train Schoolmaster's Death Mr. C. Martin Smith
C, Martin Smith, 48, of Cambridge Street, Stanmore, who for, 13 years had been master in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes Carbon-Monoxide Danger
With the advent of winter the danger of carbon-monoxide fumes in closed cars, where the ventilation is restricted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Accidents By Lt.-Col. H. A. Yondon, D.S.O., V.D., Secretary to the Road Safety Council of New South Wales
"A bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied." These words have as much force…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Drunks
A MAGISTRATE recently commented upon the attitude of the railway authorities to drunks. He was asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes Starting Up in Winter
Too long and too often is the whirling of the starter motor beard when the thermeter is low, not because of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Artillery Haulage. New Use for Motor Trucks
The advance made in the mechanisation of artillery transport in Australia was shown in Victoria recently when a Ford V-8 forward control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fun on the Railway
"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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Roads. Wingecarribee Engineer's Report
At Monday's meeting of Winpocarribee Shire Council, the Engineer submitted the following report:—STATE HIGHWAY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Carr Cup. Special Train to Goulburn
Football fans throughout the district have been eagerly awaiting the match between Bowral and Goulburn for the Carr Cup. Owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Trunk Road Bundanoon to Tallong
Considerable activity is in evidence in connection with the construction of the new trunk road from Bundanoon…
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