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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

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

Road Cycling Good Weather for Racing

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 2

Ideal weather prevailed on Saturday when the Berrima District Amsteur Cycling Club held an eight mile, scratch race from Aitken Road,…

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Road Cycling Good Weather Conditions for Racing

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 2

Weather conditions were ideal for the road race conducted by the Berrima District Amateur Cycling Club over a twelve mile course on…

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Road Impressions of The Jowett Javelin

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 8

Sydney to Bathurst in top gear was the achievement of the Jowe[?] "Javelin" saloon. The salient characteristics of theis trim car are outstanding top gear performance (with great economy ) and good [?] says Sturt Griffiths, B.E., in the Sydney Morning Herald…

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Road Cycling Close Finish in Senior Race

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

There was a close finish in the 18 mile handicap race conducted by the Berrima District Amateur Cycling Club on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Council Cannot Repair Roads Heavy Lorries Make Matters Worse

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

At the meeting of the Shire Council on Friday, the engineer (Mr. K. Gibson) said it was impossible in most cases to carry out…

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Roads and Their Construction Shire Engineer Gives Interesting Details

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 7

At last meeting: of Mittagong Shire Council an interesting document prepared by the engineer (Mr. K. Gibson) was submitted for the…

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Motor-cycles Take Heavy Toll

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

Motor-cyclists have established record figures for the first half of this year in the number of deaths for which they are responsible. They…

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Roads and Their Construction (2nd INSTALMENT)

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 8

We [?] the interest[?]…

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Road Cycling Juvenile Handicap

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 2

A juvenile handicap road race was conducted by the Berrima District Amateur Cycle Club on Saturday The winner was W. O'Brien with…

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Road Collapse at Razorback Work Commenced on Alternate Route

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 2

The following [?] the steps being taken to [?] a trafficable road following the co[?]apre of the that on Razorback Mount[?]…

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Roads and Their Construction MAINTENANCE

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 9

Importance: The regular maintenance of roads is the first essential for the satisfactory provision of a serviceable pavement. When a road is…

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Country Roads Mr. Pelly Wants Increased Grants

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 4

At the annual conference of the Australian Liberal Party last week. Mr. Blake Pelly, M.L.A., member for Wollondillv, urged the allocation by…

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Road Cycling Murray Rides Well

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 9

A feature of the senior 22 miles race held by Berrima District Amateur Cycling Club on Saturday was the good riding at the winner…

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Road Cycling New Rider Wins Juvenile Event

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 9

The Berrima District Amateur Cycle Club conducted a race for juveniles over a 4 miles course in perfect weather on Saturday. J…

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Sunday Train to Sydney Will Be Included in New Timetable

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 2

We are informed by Mr. Blake Pelly, M.L.A., that the Minister for Transport has agreed to make arrangements in the next time table for…

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Financing Road Works is Hopeless Mittagong Shire Council Receives One-fifth of Money Required Each Year

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 8

The hopeless position in which councils are place with regard to the financing of road works, was shown in a report submitted by the engineer (Mr. K. Gibson) to the meeting of Mittagong Shire Council on Friday. It showed that the estimated cost of maintaining and reconstructing existing…

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What Others Think the Caves Road The Editor The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 9

Sir,—The shocking state of many of Mittagong Shire roads is almost entirely due to serious neglect of maintenance of drainage over the…

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Shire of Mittagong Temporary Road Closing

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

IT is hereby notified that the Glenquarry-East Kangaloon Road will be closed at "Menzies' Bridge" from 18th September 1950 for an…

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The Mail What Our Editor Thinks Bowral Railway Station

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

A proposal has been put forward by Mr. George Ripley of Bowral, which would greatly improve the means of access to the up platform at…

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Road Cycling Close Finish in Senior Race

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 2

There was a blanket finish for the first three places in the 8 miles senior scratch race conducted by the Berrima District Amateur Cycling Club on…

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