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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 9 of 10

Motor for the Desert

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1907 · page 4

At Dunbar recently (says the “Scotsman”) tests were made with a motor car of the Arrol-Johnston build, which had been constructed for the Sirdar,…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 10

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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Mr. Wotton in a Railway Smash

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 4

F Mr W. J. Wotton, of Nowra, was (unfortunately for himself) in the recent railway accident at Breeza, on the Northern line. He and another commercial traveller boarded…

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Peculiar Tram Accident

Southern Star · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 4

ON Monday afternoon of last week the boiler of one of the old-style Sydney train cars, used on the service on the Concord suburban…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 7

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August; on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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A Veteraw Railway Engine

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

The American habit of "scrapping" old machines has its exceptions, writes the "Westminster Gazette." There was in regular use until a few weeks ago a…

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Nowra to Grassy Gully Road. Pulpit Rook Deviation

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

The Clyde Shire Councillors paid a visit of inspection on Saturday last to the Pulpit Rock deviation contract, on the Nowra to Grassy Gully Road. The party consisted of…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 3

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Manual Junction, in which twenty…

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“Simplex Marine Motors.”

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 5

There is no doubt about the fact that the marine oil motor of the present day shows a marked improvement over the old-time oil engines to which we have been…

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Nowra Bridge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.P., has been informed by the Department of Public Works that tenders will be immediately invited for painting…

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Chean Railway Excursion

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

A cheap excursion train is to be ran from Nowra to Sydney on Fri-day, 13th Dec., leaving at 6.55 a.m. Tickets will be issued at the single…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them? Shareholders and Investors, i

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 6

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the State, but by the enterprise of individuals,…

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Weather and Crime. the New Railway Calender

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 3

Is the unusually Lorge number offenders in the oresent New Balley calender (the second largent in thirty - five years) due to the bad weather of the…

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Bega-tathra Tramway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

Following is a copy of a, letter received by Mr. A. French, sectary of Tathra Tramway Committee :— 29th November, 1907…

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The Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 1

The electors of this district who supported the Carruthers Government at the last ejection in anticipation of the promise made by Mr…

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The First Corridor Train

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

The "Great Western Railway Magazine" for September claims for that company the credit of producing the first complete corridor train, combining the…

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Motor Smash. Car Turns a Double Somersault. Driver Killed. Exciting Struggles with Photographers

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

An untoward Incident, which had a fatal termination, marred toe success of the Brooklands automobiles race meeting on Saturday, 14th September…

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Visit of the Chief Railway Commissioner. to Monaro and the South Coast

The Bega Budget · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 2

Chief Railway Commissioner Johnson, and Mr. Harper, the Chief Traffic Manager, arrived at Bombala on Monday, and after…

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The Proposed Road Deviation in the Mountain

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 4

Dear Sir,—As far back as June, 1906, you published particulars of a petition then being sent round the district for signature, and influentially…

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Moss’s Bridge

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

Mr M. F. Morton, M.P., in answer to his representations regarding Moss’s bridge, on ,Nowra-Terara road, has been informed by the Public Works…

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