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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

142 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 8

Telegraphic News. the Federal Capital. Approaching (?) Settlement. Federal Parliament Favors Home Rule for Ireland. a Cycle Rifle Corps. Charges Against the Railway Management. the Liquor Bill. Mr. Wade Angry with the Opposition. Clipping the Wings of Money-lenders. Concessions to Immigrants. the Mitchell Library. the Cup Betting. Torah Still a Hot Favorite. "The King's" a Tie. Railway Fatality. the Cyclonic Disturbance. Gone Eastward. the Tips. Sydney

Southern Star · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 2

In the House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Deakin made a statement indicating that the Federal Capital question is now…

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Tramping Notes Manchester to Liverpool

Southern Star · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 4

The day was terribly hot, and I got badly burned through the wearing of only a cap. I met a good many men going and coming along the road…

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Train Fatality at Rockdale

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1905 · page 2

The Rockdale railway station was the scene of a total accident on Thursday evening, the victim being Fredk. [?] Brown, 55 years of [?] The deceased…

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Railway Earnings

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1905 · page 2

The [?] comings but the first quarter of [?] present financial year show a competitive improvement of £120[?]…

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From our Correspondents. Tathra Road

Southern Star · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

LIKE most of the neighbouring localities, we have been blessed with an abundance of rain, winding up with unseasonable winds of a most…

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Latest Cables. the Latest From Abroad. More Trouble in Russia. the Kaiser Claims to Be a Peacemaker. Russian Black Sea Fleet on the Move. the Color Trouble in America. King Edward Honoring the Mikado Plundering St. Petersburg. Railways Stopped. Attempted Mutiny. Big Robbery. London

Southern Star · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

MANY bloody collisions have occurred at Riga and in other parts of Russia. Serious disturbances have taken place at an immense…

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Russian Cleanliness. Trami's Beauty Bath

Southern Star · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

Although a large city, Kazan to-day has probably fewer tramps within its boundaries than any town of like size in the world…

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Plucky Woman Motorist

Southern Star · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on July 11th:— Thirty-two automobiles started this…

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Parish Roads

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 2

The confirmed road through. G.H. Wyld and E. H. Rodger’s (as trustees of the Brown Estate), portions 5, 6, and 7, parish Cumombene, and part…

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The Beginning of Bridge

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

In Sir Horace Rumbold’s “Recollections of a Diplomatist” (1802, the anther, describing society in St. Petersburg as it was a few years after the…

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Spring Motor. a New Devise For Driving Household [?]wing Machines

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

A new manufacturing concern recently organised at Moutreal with a capital of [?] undertakes to man [?] a mother, as well as…

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The Roads Office

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 4

Mr Coghlan has been appointed Assistant District Officer for Nowra, and will join Mr S. Galloway here during next week. Mr Coghlan comes…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Title for Railway Commissioner Oliver

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

Mr. C. J. Oliver, Chief Commissioner for Railways, has been made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George…

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The Ladies' Column. Valuable Toilet Hints. Motoring and the Complexion

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 November 1905 · page 4

Few women realise the damage motoring does to the complexion unless proper precautions are taken to protect the skin beforehand, and to thoroughly cleanse it afterwards…

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The Latest Airship. Montgomery Aeroplane Sails Like a Bird Without Balloon Support

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 6

The latest airship to attract attention is the aeroplane invented by Professor John Montgomery of Santa Clara (Cal.) college, which on a recent test…

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English Railways. As Business Builders

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 2

A "Railway Man" writes in the London "Daily Mail" of September 4th:—In the face of all thai English…

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Sailing on a Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 4

The single line branch of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to Thames Haven is closed for traffic, but as the inhabitants of the district have…

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Two Tramps. an English Sketch

Southern Star · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4

Waite Raymond writes in the "Westminster Gazette":—It was on the Fosse-Way. Mile after mile the old Roman road…

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Motor Waggons for Farmers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 13

The motor waggon system in agricultural districts in England is extending. Two services of motor waggons have been established to meet the needs of…

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The Latest Airship. M[?] Aeroplane Salts Like a Bird Without Balloon Support

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 2

[?] to attract attention is the aeroplane invented by Professor John [?]of Santa Clara(Cal,) college, which on a recent test…

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