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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

155 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 8

Nattai Shire Road Works. Report to Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday the Engineer (Mr. H. R. Huntington) reported as follows:— Highway, General maintenance of…

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Les. Burrows R.A.C.A. Road Service Station

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 7

In modem business practice it is only the specialist who achieves outstanding success. All branches of human activity have come to be…

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Bowral Motors Pty. Ltd. Ford Sales and Service Agents

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 2

Many good and substantial reasons are supported by the actual facts in contemplating the unusual values offered in the Ford today. It is true…

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Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 1

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

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More Deaths In Road Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 2

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period Experience over the last five years has…

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Motor Car Show. Latest Ford Models

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

The public of the Berrima district will be afforded a unique opportunity of seeing the whole range of 1940 Ford can on Monday, Tuesday…

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Road Safety Is War Effort

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 3

Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the number of road accidents due to carelessness or…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A Notes Quantity. Quality. Price

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 4

Petrol has assumed a three point interest for us of late—quantity,' quality and price. On the subject of quantity, no decision has yet been…

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Motor Show at Bowral. Latest Ford Models

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 2

All the latest models of Ford ears and utilities are on display at Bowral Motors Pty. Ltd. today (Tuesday) and tomorrow. The show which has…

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Ten Little Motorists

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 4

Ten Little Motorists, Driving in a line: One tried to pass the rest Then there were nine…

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District Aerodrome

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

Nattai Shire has been advised by the Civil Aviation Department that approval will be given to the granting of a B-Class licence to a site at…

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Ford Motor Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 5

The Show of the Latest Model Ford Cars held by Bowral Motors Pty. Ltd. in conjunction with the Ford Motor Company last week, attracted a large number of people. The vehicles were displayed to advantage in the spacious showroom, and members…

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Short Road to Power

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 4

Control of the Press and the wireless, lovingly exercised by Gosbels, has been Hitler's short-cut to power. It is perhaps the most pernicious…

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Road Accidents Again Serious

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 2

At midnight on Tuesday the Road Safety Council had been advised of 37 deaths in road accidents during May. More than three-fourths of the fatal…

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Brief Mention. Train Service

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 2

Local train services are cow the same as before the coal strike. RABBIT PEST. At the Moss Vale Court on…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A Notes New Fuels

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 3

The experiences of readers who have been good enough to pass on their impression of the new petrol grades, confirmed my recent statement…

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Call to Motorists Voluntary Petrol Conservation Plan Australia-Wide Campaign

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 2

As a direct result of the present conflict in which the Empire is engaged, a clarion call has gone forth for the marshalling of the…

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Facts and Fancies. Flies Faster Than An Aeroplane

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 4

There are several special of birds that can travel much faster than any aeroplane yet invented. The fastest of there is called the "frigate bird,"…

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Winter Driving. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wiles.)

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 June 1940 · page 4

Country branches of the Road Safety Council have recently been giving attention to the practical side of road safety and stress has been…

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Road Accidents Must Be Stopped

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 2

Many people have said that it seems feeble at this time of war for us to strive for a reduction in road accidents in New South Wales. The saving of…

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