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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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

Valparaiso to Rio. Great Railway Journey

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

"From Valparaiso to Rio by rail! To the majority of people, unversed in the details of rapid progress that characterise the story of railway development…

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The Railway Route to Tee South Coast

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

Dear Sir,—In view of the approach of the visit to Bega of the Hon. Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, and the Hon. Mr. Wood,…

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Thrilling Train Race. the Driver's Story

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 3

Driver Askwith, who was in charge of the boat express which had a miraculous escape from a serious accident on Saturday night, November 21, at…

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Emotions Beneath a Train

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 8

Describing his feelings as he lay between the metals while a goods train, which had knocked him down, passed over his body, John Hughes, the…

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On the Road

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 8

A number of Nowra residents were returning from Kangaroo Valley show in a ho[?]ed yan belonging to a Nowra business house, and in which were…

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Ober the Border. Roads in Croagingolong

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1909 · page 8

An important scheme of road construction is being carried cut in Eastern Gippsland whereby means of communication will be provided from…

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A Boundary Road Matter

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

Some time ago, the South Shoal-haven Council applied to the Nowra Council for payment of a sum of money representing an expenditure…

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Motor-car Mystery. Accident on a Welsh Clief

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

Mystery [?] the story of a motor-car accident in North. Wales on Saturday night [?] the Daily Mail" on Wednesday, January [?] when Miss…

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Open Column Letters to the Editor. Gordon's Road

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 3

SIR,--Would you allow me a little apace in your valuable paper to face the Engineer's report on the above road with a little common sence, because I think it lop-sided and…

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Vanished Motorist. Where Is Miss Charles-worth? a Mysterious Case

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 6

Where (as[?] the "Westminster Gazette" of Friday, January 8) is Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth, the attractive young lady who was…

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The Ring. Discussion in a Tram

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. Charles Noel writes in the "Daily News"—There were eight of us travelling in a close third-class railway carriage from…

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Railway to Jindabyne

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 2

Speaking at Jindabyne the other night, re the application for railway extension from Jindabyne to Cooma. Sir Hector…

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Motor-Car Contest. to Nowra Via Wollon Gong

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 8

The Automobile of Australia has arranged to hold a two-days' sealed bonnet touring contest from Sydney to Nowra and back—a distance of…

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The Proposed Eden-Bega Railway

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 2

Members of the Works Committee have at last fixed the dates for taking evidence in support of the claim of the South Coast people…

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Army Aeroplane. Wrecked After Flight. a Marvellous Escape

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3

Again Mr S. F. Cody, the inventor of the British Army aeroplane, has encountered defeat when victory seemed within his grasp. This morning (said the…

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French Poet's Fate. Killed on the Railway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 7

A cable received last month stated that the well-known French poet and novelist, Catulle Mendes, had been found dead on the railway line near…

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Eden-Bega Railway League

The Bega Budget · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Eden-bega Railway League was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening. Mr. W…

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Eden-bega Railway. Enquiry by Public Works Committee

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

On Wednesday the members of the Public Works Committee visited Bega and in the afternoon commenced an inquiry into the proposed Bega-Eden…

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French Poet’s Fate. Killed on the Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 3

A cable received last mouth stated that the well-known French poet and novelist, Catulle Mendes, had been found dead on the railway line near…

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Our Railway

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 4

" ALL good things come to those who wait" is an old adage, and one that has not boon disproved. This in itself has a particular bearing towards the…

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