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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

125 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 7

Berry Municipal Council. Completion of the Water Works. the Old Bomaderry Road Again

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 2

Tee fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday when there were present— Aldermen Ison,(Mayor), Soronle, Shepherd, Gilliam, Anderson, Coukencill, and Noskes…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Southern Star · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 2

Messrs. Fehon and Kircaldio, Commissioners, and Mr. Harper, Chief Traffic Manager, of the N.S.W. railways, arrived in Bega on Thursday about 1 p.m., accompanied by…

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Railway Commissioners in Bega

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

THE Bega Eden railway question was much in [?]dence last week, when Messrs. Fe[?]on and Kir[?]die, Commissioners, and Mr. H[?]per, Chief Traffic Manager of the…

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Road Grant

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

Mr. M. F. Morton, M. L. A. has been informed that his application for a special grant for the Tomerong-Jervis Bay road has been [?] to, and instructions have been…

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Road Grant

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., has been informed that his application for a special grant for the Tomerong-Jervis Bay road has been acceded to, and instructions have been…

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Proposed New Bridge at Tomerong

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 2

Mr. Morton, M.L.A., has been advised by the Public Works Department that the Minister for Works has approved of a new bridge being…

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Railway to Jervis Bay. Reserves From Sale

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 2

It is notified in the Gazette that the lands below described have been reserved from sale pending determination of the portions to be set apart for…

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Cooma-Bumbala Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1901 · page 2

AN exceptionally large deputation, including a number of members of Parliament, waited on the Minister for works on Thursday and urged the ‘[?] of the Cooms-Born…

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Road to Bengelala

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 2

The member for the district is in receipt of the following, communication :— “Public Works Department,…

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Reserves from Sale for Railway Purposes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 2

The following notification has been gazetted by the Lands Department:— His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council…

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Road to Bengelala

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 2

The member for the district is in receipt of the following communication :— “Public Works Department,…

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Berry-woodhill Bridge. Public Works Department, 4th November. 1901

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 2

Sir,-With reference to your letter of the 8th August last representing the repairs of Gray's bridge on road Woodhill to Berry, I am directed to inform you that repairs will…

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Road Tenders

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1901 · page 2

THE following tenders were opened at the Bega courthon[?] on Friday:— Contract 15/1901-2, timber for bridges— E[?]berington and F[?]ller.....£90 12 0…

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The Siberian Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 4

TEN years have suffered for the initiation and completion of what Czar has spoken of with justice as one of the greatest rail way undertakings of the world. Traversing…

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A Motor Car Trip

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 November 1901 · page 7

Three men (says a lady writer in tho Australasian) left Sydney before the Melbourne races began in a motor car to avoid the discomfort of a crowded railway…

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Our Member in the House. City Railway Extension

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 November 1901 · page 1

la the Assembly, on Thursday last, at 1.59 a.m., Mr Morton, M.P., speaking to a motion by the member for Tamworth for the adjournment of the proposal to…

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From Sydney by Road

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 4

In the early days of the colony, before the construction of the railways, when all the passenger and goods traffic for the interior had to go by road,…

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From Sydney by Road

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 4

In the early days of the colony before the construction of the railways, when all the passenger and goods traffic for the interior had to go by road,…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 2

The road race between members of the Berry branch of the Shoalhaven Bicycle Club takes place on Wednesday next. The course is from the Bridge Hotel, Nowra, to…

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London Bridge

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1901 · page 4

IN ob[?] was a work piety to [?] even us it was [?] build a cha[?] or daw a [?]pital, and a [?] to [?]…

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