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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 10

Road Deviation

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 4

Portions of lands occupied by Wilson Brothers, A. Hanloo, Host Bros., and Daniel Leary, totalling 9 acres, are to be resumed, for deviation in part of the…

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Constable's Bridge at Flatford. a Question for Manchester

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 6

England is asked by the "Manchester Guardian" to consider whether Flatford Bridge, beloved of her great landscape painter Constable, should be permitted…

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Railway Inspection

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 4

An inspection of the South Coast railway line was on Thursday last trade by the Railway Commissioners, who were accompanied on their tour…

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Systematic Railway Robberies Suspected. SYDNEY

Southern Star · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 4

NEWTOWN Police Station this morning presented the appearance of a department of a universal provider's emporium, owing to the quantity…

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Railway Extension

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 4

Now that the railway extension movement has been revived, end an executive committee formed to collect facts for submission to the Minister for Works, it is well to…

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The Proposed Tram-way. Wollongong Opinion

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 2

Wollongong people cannot see eye to eye with the Shoalhaven people in regard to the movement for the tramway, Bomaderry to…

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Amusing Interview with the Chief Railway Commissioner

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 4

Respecting the Railway Commissioners’ visit to Wollongong on Thursday the “South Coast Times” has the following .—…

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Tathra Tramway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

BETWEEN 30 and 40 persons attended the meeting on Wednesday night at the Council Chambers, in connection with the tramway from Bega to…

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Bega to Tathra Tramway Proposal

The Bega Budget · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 6

The Budget understands that the agitation for a tramline to Tathra is one of a long standing. It was re-opened on Wednesday…

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The Tramway Proposal

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 4

For the purpose of the proposed interview on the subject of the Bomaderry-Jervis Bay tramway proposal, the Minister for Public…

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Motor-car Excursionists

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 4

Says the Braid wood 'Dispatch':—Dr Hay, of Coolangatta, Mr H. F. Morton M.L.A., and two other gentlemen arrived in Braid wood on…

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Bega-Tathra Tramway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 4
Also in Southern Star

Bega people had a well-attended meeting on Wednesday night, when it was decided to request the Minister for Works to construct a…

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Nowra-Jervis Bay Railway. (To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 6

SIR,—It is a true saying. "The public's memory is very short." It is in the natural eider of things right. The public outlook should be ahead—prospective. Yet history…

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Railway Extension

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 12

Judging by the way the members of the executive committee attended—or rather, failed to attend—the meeting on Saturday afternoon, they are already a bit "tired."…

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The Motor 'Bus Driver. As in London

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 6

The motor 'bus driver will give way to nobody. He would not give way to a brewer's lorry. He would not give way to a traction engine. He would…

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Shire Councils and the Closing of Roads

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 2

IN reading the reports of the debates and general business transacted by the different Shire Councils throughout the State, the…

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Ministerial Visit, the Proposed Tramway

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 2

The Hon. C. A Lee, Minister for Works, will be entertained by the citizens of Nowra at a banquet in the School of Arts hall on Friday evening…

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Old Convict Days in Australia. Part Ii., Fifty Years under the Lash. Chapter Vii.—road Parties and Iron Gangs

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 8

The convicts under the immediate charge of the Government in the` Colon were divided into those who were retained in the service of the…

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