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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

185 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 10

These Acts Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 3

Almost 63 per cent, of the total number of persons killed in road accidents in the State during 1938-39 met their deaths during the six months…

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Rear Vision Mirror Article Viii. (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. C. N. Neale)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 3

Every motor vehicle other than a motor cycle is required to be fitted with a mirror by which the driver has a view of the approach of any…

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Jamberoo Mountain Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 4

Mr. W.Davies, M.L.A, has received the following letter from the Secretary of the Main Roads Board:—"With…

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On the Road

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

Jay walking it a short cut to the hospital. A single act of discourtesy on the road tends to overshadow hundreds…

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The Exhaust System Article Ix. (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. C. N. Neale)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 3

The exhaust system of a motor vehicle may be considered to consist of the exhaust manifold, the exhaust pipe, the muffler (or silencer) and the…

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Motorists Declare War! New Taxation Will Not Be Tolerated

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 2

When Parliament discusses the Budget this week, not a solitary member will be tinder the slightest illusion regarding the viewpoint…

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Shire Road Works. Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday the Engineer Mr. H. R. Huntington) submitted the following report:—…

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Altered Railway Time-table. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

Sir,—An important change in the time-table has been apparently quietly made. The Canberra trains will no longer call at Mittagong, Bowral…

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Road Accidents Are Increasing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 3

There is a small but serious increase in the road accidents of the State and the President of the Road Safety Council and Minister for Transport,…

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Headlamps ARTICLE X. (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. C. N. Neale)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 3

Every motor vehicle used between sunset and sunrise having two front wheels is required to be fitted with two lighted headlamps of…

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Free Railways ? [To The Editor]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 2

Sir,—Probably, in consequence of payment of members, our Parliamentarians regularly increase our taxes,…

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Shire Roads. Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 4

We make the following extracts from the report on road works submitted by the Wingecarribee Shire Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) to last…

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28 People Wait Canberra Train Goes Through Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 3

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night Aid. Crabtree said twenty-eight people had been on Bowral platform on Monday night…

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Berrima Bridge Footway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 2

The Main Roads Board, through Mr. H. Jeff Bate, M.L.A., advised the Wingecarribee Shire Council that it cannot agree to construct a…

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Bad Parking In Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 2

The opening of the summer motoring season has been fairly satisfactory from an accident point of view. With more than two-thirds of the first…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 3

International Crisis.—In my recent pathetic little story anent the spider which hopped down the windscreen and caused the drive[?]…

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Railway Sewerage

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 2

At Monday's meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council, the Health Inspector stated that the effluent from the septic tank attached to the…

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Fun on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 November 1939 · page 1

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

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Brief Mention. Aeroplane Flights

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Elliott will conduct passenger flights in his swallow monoplane from Mittagong Emergency Landing Ground on Saturday…

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Round Australia by Aeroplane. Bowral Pilot's Thrilling Solo Trip

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 4

Mr. Gordon Elliott, of Bowral, recently returned from a flight around Australia in his Swallow low-wing monoplane. His impressions on the…

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