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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

60 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 3

Serious Train Curtailments

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 2

Out business columns contain a definite warning from the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, that on and from Sunday…

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Help the Railways Appeal to Truck Users

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 2

A strong appeal for co-operation in measures essential to the war effort has been made by the Railway commissioner to all who send goods by…

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Curtailment of Train Services Southern Line, N. S. W.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 2

Commencing on Sunday, 3rd May, 1942, and until further notice. The 9.50 a.m. Wagga train from Sydney runs between Sydney and…

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Rabbit Skins Must Be Sent by Goods Train

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 6

The traffic in rabbit skins has developed to such an extent during recent months that the Department of Railways is unable to provide any…

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Rabbit Skins Must be Seat by Goods Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 May 1942 · page 4

The traffic in rabbit skins has developed to such an extent during recent months that the Department of Rail-…

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Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 1

A very big item in the, nay al and military expenditure of the country in the near future will be the cost of building and maintaining…

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RailWay Concession. for Pensioners

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 2

An amended scheme of railway concession fares for pensioners living in country districts was announced by the Minister for…

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Motor Driver Not Shot

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 2

A second X-ray taken on Monday showed that John Patrick Vale, 30, was not shot in the bead, as was thought after the car he was driving…

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Pictures of the Week Screenings at the Empire To-night (Friday) Three Cheers for the Irish and Road Agent

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 2

To-night (Friday) at the Empire Theatre, Bowral, we shall see "Three Cheers for the Irish," a rollicking story of a retired New York…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 2

The Shire Engineer, Mr. Leonard, submitted the following report at Monday's meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council :…

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Load and Unload Railway Trucks Promptly

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 4

By so arranging their operations that trucks are loaded and unloaded promptly, farmers can do much to help to…

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Pacts and Fancies. Files Faster Than An Aeroplane

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 4

There are several species of birds that can travel much taster than any aeroplane yet invented The fastest of them is called the "frigate bird,"…

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District School Inspector's Visit to Lutwytche School Building, Green Hills Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 2

Early on Tuesday morning, june 9th, Mr. T. Ravenscroft arrived at the new school building created by the residents. Saddle horses were…

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Rules of the Road

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 1

THE other day a young friend of mine was killed in a bicycle accident. He would have been alive to-day if he had…

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Railway Ambulance Certificates

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

Mr. F. C. Garside, Assistant Commissioner for Railways, presented the following awards to members of the Moss Vale, Exeter and Bowral…

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Shire Roads Engineers Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 July 1942 · page 2

The following report was tabled by the Engineer at Monday's meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council :— STATE HIGHWAY…

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Wingecarribee Shire Road Work Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 5

The following report was tabled by the Engineer at last meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council:—…

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No Labor for the Medway Road

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 2

With the exception of a section of about threequarters of a mile, the road from the Hume Highway into the Medway village has been…

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Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 1

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

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 2

The Engineer submitted the following report at Monday's meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council:— STATE HIGHWAY…

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