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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

41 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 3

Motorists, Beware! Heavier Penalties

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

The following warning was issued by Mr. Ryan, Police Magistrate, at the Bowral Police Court on Friday:—"In the New Year I intend to…

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The Road To Victory

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 2

Not since the beginning of the war have the United Nations been able to face a New Year with more confidence and…

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New Motor Vehicles Act in Force From February 1st

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, has announced that a proclamation was gasetted on December. 24th, 1942, fixing February lst…

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Roads Must Suffer Shires Plant Needed for Defence Work

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 3

Wingecarribee Shire Engineer has informed the Council that efforts to recover possession of the patrol grader from the Works Department…

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(Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · 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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"As Far as Possible" War Curtails Work on Shire Roads

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 4

The engineer's report to last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire was mostly a record of roads falling into disrepair and being attended to "as far…

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Fun on the Railway

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 January 1943 · page 1

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

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Gib Scenic Road

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Replying to the application, by the Council for an annual grant for the maintenance of the Mt. Gibraltar Scenic Road, the Minister for Local…

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Altered Train Services on Illawarra Line

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

Commencing next Monday, February 1, the times of several through and local trains on the Illawarra Line and the Wollongong-Port Kembla…

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Railway Officer Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 2

Struck by a railway engine during shunting operations in the Moss Value railway yards in Saturday night, Mr. Bertie Arnold Fairall, assistant…

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Stock Losses on Railways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 4

"Figures published from time to time showing the number of animals killed or crippled during railway transport appear to have created the…

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Shire Road Work

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

Nattai Shire Engineer (Mr. Huntingdon) reported to the Council on Saturday that on defence works, highway, main roads and other…

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Building an Aeroplane Fleet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 March 1943 · 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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American "Burma Road."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

Describing as an Army triumph, the 1671 mile Alaskan Highway linking Dawson Creek in British Columbia to Fairbanks in Alaska, has…

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Political Control of Railways. What Is Behind the Government's Move?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

The announcement that the McKell Government proposes to put through legislation placing the railways under the…

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Harbour Bridge Birthday

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 4

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was 11 years old last week. The last year has been an expensive one for the Bridge, for since the…

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Road to Safety

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 4

Our early morning meal is most important. Although the farmer produced the raw materials the factory, in most…

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Wingecarribee Roads

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 4

Reporting to last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) stated:— On the Berrima Road, after…

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Shire Roads Wartime Difficulties Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 4

"There has been no improvement in the labor question, and apparently the council's patrol grader has been transferred to other military works."…

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Feeding Travellers by Train

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

Fowls must lay 2,000,000 eggs, cows must produce 364,000 gallons of milk, and orchards must grow 64,000 cases of fruit to keep the N.S.W…

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