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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

179 stories in South Coast's papers · page 8 of 9

Victims of Bridge. Girls at the Card Table. Father Vaughan's Strong Indictment

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 8

The prodigal in Mayfair was the subject of Father Bernard Vaughan's sermon at Farm street yesterday (22nd July.)…

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The Horse and the Motor

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 5

An American stock paper says:— “The horse in always about to be, but never is, put out of business. On the appearance of ever now agency of…

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Railway to the Border

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 8

The other day an influential deputation, including Mr. Austin Chapman (Postmaster-General), waited upon the Victorian Premier, Hon…

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Motor Cars for Mall Carrying

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 3

Mr. Austin Chapman Postmaster-General, was spoken to lately on the subject of using motor cars for the purpose of carrying mails from town to…

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Motor cars for Mail Carrying. What the P.M.G. INTENDS

The Bega Budget · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 3

Mr. Austin Chapman, Postmas­ter General, was spoken to lately on the subject of using motor cars for the purpose of carrying mails…

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Tramcar's Flight. Panic and Collision. Sixty People Injured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote :— Yesterday at Frascati, a small…

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Female Bridge Players

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 7

In the opinion of "Sigma," of the "Daily Chronicle," women rarely play well, and they are almost invariably bad losers. "A woman who reached the…

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The Motor-eye

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 6

To the Academy-neck. - the bridge brain, and the cycle-arm must now be added the motor-eye, and the wonder is that it has remained unnamed and…

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The Roads. (To the Editor)

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 1 November 1906 · page 4

Sir,—There are some some among us who evidently can see further than others, and consquently are soothed by hope deferred. The aeroplane no doubt is…

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The North Coast Railway

The Bega Budget · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 2

SOME months ago the Budget, in commenting on the proposal to build the North Coast Railway, pointed out that the line would…

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To the Jung-frau. an Alpine Railway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 2

The success of the Alpine railways, notably of those around Interlaken, encouraged Mr Guyer-Zeller.an engineer of Zurich, to venture a railway to the…

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Mr. Morton in the House. North Coast Railway Bill

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 9

Mr Morton (Allowrie) speaking on the third reading of this Bill, said:—Whilst I have a more than average acquaintance with the North Coast, I do not wish this debate…

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The Motor Mouth. Effects on Kissing

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 8

The medical specialist who recently had the hardihood to assort that motoring would ultimately put an end to kissing, because it made the lips hard, will…

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Railway Station Gardens. a Win for Bomaderry

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 4

The [?]erry station (Mr H. Meyer, master) has been awarded first prize in this year’s competition for railway station gardens outside…

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The Motor-eye

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 6

To the Academy-neck, the bridge-brain, and the cycle-arm must now be added the motor-eye, and the wonder is that it has remained unnamed and…

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A Lost Crown. Disappears From a Church. Tale of Marauding Motorists

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 6

The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 29th August:— A crown which was constructed at a cost of 1,20,000 when the Pope decreed…

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A Prince's Terrible Death. Motor-car Dashes Into a Locomotive

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 10

On 18th August Prince Ibrahim Mohamed, first cousin of the Khedive of Egypt, was mortally injured while driving in his automobile…

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To the Jung-frau. an Alpine Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 6

The success of the Alpine railways, notably of those around Interlaken, encouraged Mr Guyer-Zeller, an engineer of Zurich to venture a railway to the…

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New Flying Machine. the Lightest Motor Ever Made

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 7

According to the "Express" correspondent, writing from Paris on 3rd September, M. Santos Dumont has great expectations that his new flying machine will…

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The North Coast Railway

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 2

Parliament is about to ask the people to sink £3,000,000 in a railway. This is so stupendous a sum to be thrown down in one lump by a Government whose main claim to…

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