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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 10

The Speed of a Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 3

If you ore traveling by railroad and want to know bow fast the train is running you may determine it almost exactly by counting the clicks made by…

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The Doctor and his Motor Car

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 8

Dr Holt was charged by the Braidwood Inspector of Nuisances on Monday (the "Express reports) with furiously driving his motor…

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Fireman's Experience. Fall From Express Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 6

A remarkable experience happened to the fireman of the up Great Western Company's mail train from Milford Haven to Paddington, which arrived at…

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Tramway to the Bay

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 4

The proposal made by the Sroalheaven NEWS ten years ago for the construction of a tramway to Jervis Bay is now being taken up by the…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 8

There will be a special cheap excursion train to Sydney from Nowra on March 26, leaving at 10.10 a.m. The fares are fixed at the usual low rates…

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The Speed of a Train

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

If you are traveling by railroad and want to know how fast the train is running you may determine it almost exactly by counting the clicks made by…

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[?]Urned to Ashes. End of a Railway Train. a [?] Collision America

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 6

Anther railway disaster, almost as terrible in its effects as the at Washing to thrilled all America on the 2nd January, and(says the "London…

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Dramatic Elopment. Caught in the Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 6

A dramatic story of a frustrated elopement was told In the case of an Italian named Ferninand Vicensl, 36, cook, ans a French woman named Leontine Lebrun…

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Escape From Death. in a Welsh Railway Tunnel

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 3

A thrilling experience befell Frank Webb, aged 41 years, living at Usk Vue Cottage, Christchurch, near Newport, on a December night (writes the " Daily…

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A Tram Line to Jervis Bay

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Clyde Shiro Council Cr. Blacket moved: That this Council arrange through the Parliamentary representative for a deputation…

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Improved Train Service

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 9

The Kiama Tourist Association has revived the agitation for a Wednesday afternoon cheap excursion train from Sydney to the South Coast in addition to…

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The Railway Proposal

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 2

The Berry council on Thursday had a letter from the Clyde Shire Council, soliciting co-operation in the movement for the constriction…

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The Race to Death. Motoring at Grenay

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

From Paris, the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" wrote on 10th January:— Details are now to hand concerning…

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Deadly Tram Rides. How Public Vehicles Cause Disease

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

It at were possible to tabulate statistics of the cases in which the cause of disease, and eventual death may safely be attributed to riding in…

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A Motorist Monarch. Sued by a Widow

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 7

From Berlin on 6th January, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" While the King of Saxony and his suite were driving to a shooting party…

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Railway Extension to Bombala. Land Resumption Fore shadowed

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 4

A representative deputation of residents from Eden and Southern Monaro interviewed the Premier on Thursday in support of a claim for the extension of…

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Cooma to Bombala Railway. a Definite Promise

Southern Star · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 4

A DEPUTATION representative of the residents of Eden and Southern Manaro waited upon the Premier on Thursday last and advocated the…

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The Bombala Railway

Southern Star · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 2

PREMIER CARRUTHERS promised a deputation last week that the Government would construct the longpromised railway from Cooma to…

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A Motorist Monarch. Sued by a Widow

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 3

From Berlin on 6th January, the correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” While the King of Saxony and his suite were driving to a shooting party…

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The Bombala Railway

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

Not only Bombala but the whole State is to be congratulated upon the success of the deputation which waited on Premier Carruthers on…

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