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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Shocking Tragedy Near Yerrinbool Train Blown Up by Dynamite Two Men Killed Instantly a Third Seriously Injured

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 2

The railway pay motor-train was blown up by dynamite on Monday, between Yanderra and Yerrinbool, and derailed. Three armed officials…

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New Cotton Fabric for Aeroplane Wings

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 December 1941 · page 2

An Australian-made cotton fabric, embodying improvements designed to conform with the more rigid wartime…

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Road Accidents Are Sabotage (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 December 1941 · page 2

Road accidents to-day are destruc-tive of national fitness and therefore cannot bo tolerated. An avoidable road accident is virtually an act of…

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More Improvements to Main Road Council Authorises Expenditure

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 3

At last meeting of Bowral Council it was decided to pay one-third of the cost of carrying out improvements to drainage at the corner of Bowral…

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Tales of the Old Days and Other Australianities. a Lift Along the Road

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 4

"What pleasure it must be to own a motor car," thought young Drayton, when spending a country holiday, some twenty years ago, "what a…

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Enemy Causes Road Deaths

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 2

The Christmas appeal to the people of England about road acci-dents is to remember that though there have been fewer cars on the…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes Meet Me

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 December 1941 · page 2

Allow me to make your acquaintance. I am a new contributor to this paper, and 1 am pleased to have been invited to contribute this feature for I…

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