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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

142 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 8

Wrecked Train in Flames

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 7

BRAVE RESCUE OP PASSENGERS. Three persons were killed end nine seriously injured by an accident which occurred on the morning of the 3Oth of…

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Spoiling the North Road

Southern Star · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 2

The erection of centre standards on the Great North Road at the request of a small district council against, the wishes of the Middlesex County…

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Motor-cars at Olympia. The Progress of the Industry in England

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 2

Early in 1895 the editor of the "Saturday Review" handed me the prospectus of the first French motor company, and considered it was worth…

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Motor Musings

Southern Star · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 2

(The infectious of a lonely amateur, lying prone beneath his car, [?]alaly endeavoring to locate the [?] of a weird and woful effect.) Ye clodhoppers rude as your faces…

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Story of a Motor-car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 3

He was a [?] with [?]then [?]…

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Railway Carriage Windows

Southern Star · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 2

[?] HIS "RIGHTS" [?] of [?] are resulted in [?] a member [?]…

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An Adventure in a Motor-car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 3

The motor-cyclist was careering down the remote country hillside at a speed which would have made a Surrey policeman chuckle with [?]…

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Terrible Fatality or North Bega Bridge Young Woman Killed

Southern Star · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

JUST as townspeople were preparing to attend the late Mr. Ritchie's funeral on Thursday afternoon, the news spread round town that a…

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Motor Cars and Fanners

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 3

"What with the motor cars and so much electricity being used. it is a poor outlook for the fanner," writes a contributor to the "Mark Lane Express."…

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Walked 52,000 Miles a Seven Years Tramp

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

AFTER covering 52.000 milers—a distance equal to twice the circumference of the earth— G. M. Shilling has arrived in Berlin. Snilling started barefooted from Now York in…

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The Bridge Fatality. the Inquest

Southern Star · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 2

Thomas Hillier deposed: Deceased was my niece; she was unmarried, and had to-sided with me for 12 months: she was 23 years of age, and came to this State 5 years…

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Back to the Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 4

Mr W. J. Wotton, for some years past in business in Nowra, has taken up a position he formerly occupied successfully as traveller for a York-street firm. He will…

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South Shoalhaven Council. the Numba Road

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 4

Mayor Alex. McLean presided over a meeting of the South Shoalhaven Council on Thursday last. There were also present Aldermen Lamond Watts,…

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Lived Without Work. The Most Interesting Tramp in the World

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 2

The most interesting tramp on the whole earth, we imagine, is Sem Semke Hersh. He is a Polish Jew, he has tramped all over the world, he is…

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Motor Accidents. Grand Duke Stoned

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 2

A large number of motor-car accidents which have recently taken place in Germany has greatly excited public feeling, and one of the first to…

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A Motorist. Charged with Manslaughter. a Mother Killed

Southern Star · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 2

At the close of the inquest at Coinbrook on 4th April, on the body of Mrs Mary Haines, who was killed on the previous Sunday through being run down…

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Treatment of Tramps in France

Southern Star · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 4

The French present hat the deepest respect for proprietorship. Against the vagabond, the tramp the wanderer on the high road his…

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Maintenance of Roads. South Shoalhaven Municipality an Alderman Threatens to Resign

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 2

At a meeting of the South Shoal haven Council on Thursday last. Alderman W. Watts moved for 20 chains of the Numba road to be…

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Walked 52.000 Miles. a Seven Year’s Tramp

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 3

After covering 52,000 miles—a distance equal to twice the [?] of the earth—G. M. Shelling last arrived in Berlin…

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Paris Motor Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 July 1905 · page 2

From Paris on May 9th, the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— All Paris is shocked by a…

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