Contents

• President’s column and the 1920 royal visit - page 1Reports Society activities and recalls the Prince of Wales’s June 1920 railway stop at Moss Vale and the address presented to him.
• Society notices and Box Vale railway - page 2Includes Bruce Moore’s body-part idioms, historical research notices, a book feature and a photograph of the Mittagong Coal Company locomotive.
• Berrima Museum upgrade - page 3Lyn Hall provides a photographic update on renovation and collections work, including a Joadja steam-train headlight.
• Trevor Bensley: teacher and conservationist - page 4Jane Lemann’s tribute follows Bensley’s teaching at Medway and Toombong, bushwalking and work to turn the Box Vale railway route into a walking track.
• Mittagong RSL history - page 5Introduces Linda Emery’s history of the Mittagong RSL Sub-Branch, the women’s auxiliary, memorial and formation of the licensed club.
• The Scrutineer and William McCourt - page 6Begins a history of Moss Vale’s newspaper and its founding editor, William McCourt, drawing on local research and biographical sources.
• The Scrutineer’s owners and the Hewison family - page 7Traces changes of ownership, the Hewison family’s arrival in Moss Vale and their home and newspaper office near the railway.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in August 2020; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Volunteers document work on the museum’s upgrade while it is closed (p.3).
• Jane Lemann pays tribute to educator and community volunteer Trevor Bensley (p.4).
• Linda Emery’s history of Mittagong RSL Sub-Branch records its first century and the women’s auxiliary (p.5).
• The district newspaper history continues with William McCourt’s Scrutineer and the Hewison family (pp.6-7).

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