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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

147 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 7 of 8

Road Deaths Are Increasing

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 October 1941 · page 3

Three factors are operating on the roads of New South Wales to keep at an unsatisfactory level the deaths caused by road accidents. They are:…

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Timber Mill Burnt in Bowral Fire Railway Property Endangered

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 October 1941 · page 3

Bowral Fire Brigade had a hard fight on Monday afternoon when a mill owned by Mr. W. E. Stokes, and used for cutting firewood, was…

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Town Gas as Motor Fuel Engineer's Opinion

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 2

In view of the experiments made in the use of town gas a fuel for motor cars by Mr. Escher, who recently visited Bowral, the following…

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Railway Excursions for November

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 6

Readers residing in the Railway Tourist Area are informed that, in addition to the excursion tickets issued every weekend for travel in…

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These Things Caused Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 2

Whether the driver was a city salesman or a country resident and whether the road accident occurred in town or out in the country,…

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

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 2

The subject of substitute fuels is by no means exhausted. Latest innovation is the use of embalming fluid in the petrol tank, and…

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Railway Excursions for November

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 2

Readers reading in the Railway Tourist Area are informed that, in addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel in the ores,…

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Old-Age and Invalid Pensioners Travelling Concessions Trains, Trams, Govt. Buses

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 October 1941 · page 2

Travelling concessions are announced for old-age and invalid pensioners. On and from November 1 they will be able to obtain train ticket…

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Fun on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 October 1941 · page 1

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

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Main Roads Keep Staff Busy Nattai Shire Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 5

At last meeting of [?] Council the Shire [?] reported [?]…

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Train Hostesses Popularising Daylight Rail Travel

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 November 1941 · page 4

In pursuance of bis policy to progressively improve train services throughout the State, the Commissioner for…

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Wingecarribee Shire Road Works Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 4

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

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Horses are in Road Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 November 1941 · page 2

Six persons have been killed and 25 others injured in road accidents caused by horses during the last three months in New South Wales. All of these…

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Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 November 1941 · page 1

A very big item in the naval and military expenditure of the coun-try in the near future will be the cost of building and maintaining…

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Accident Season Approaches (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 2

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and killed…

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Railway Excursions for Christmas

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has approved a series of excursion trains to coincido as nearly as possible, with the closing…

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Railway Excursions for Christmas

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 November 1941 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. Hartigan, has approved a series of Excursion trains to coincide, as nearly as possible, with the closing of…

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Empire Theatre "Mail Train"

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 December 1941 · page 3

The exciting story of England's battle with enemy espionage agents is told in "Mail Train," which will be screened at the Empire Theatre on…

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Our Railway System Rail Chief Talks on Track Improvement

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 December 1941 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, in a recent address, said his experience was that here were two types of people who…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A Notes Compulsory Third Party Insurance

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 December 1941 · page 4

Subject of spasmodic discussion over the past-ten years, it is reported that Compulsory Third Party Insurance is again due for…

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