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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Eden-bega Railway. Enquiry by Public Works Committee

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 4

E. I. Pell, auctioneer, deposed: Have resided here for 19 years: the development was greater previous to five years ago, owing to the factory…

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The Public Works Committee at Bega. Evidence for the Eden-bega Railway. (Continued from last issue.)

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 4

Following is the remainder of the evidence given before the Public Works Committee last Thursday:—…

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The Wright Aeroplane

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 6

MR BALFOUR WATCHES A FLIGHT. Although it was snowing hard, Mr. Balfour again motored to the Pont Long aerodrome on the afternoon of February…

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Bot Awarded L800. Injury by Motor-car

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 7

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London Sheriff's Court on February 17 (says the "Daily News"). Harold Victor Tibbles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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Novel Flying Tours. Artistes and Scenery by Motor Cars

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 3

A novel method of travel for theatrical touring companies has just been devised by two young and enterprising managers, Messrs Jerrard Grant Allan…

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More Visiting Motorists a Representative Party. on Return From Kosciusko

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 4

A party of well-known Sydney men, travelling in two 15.20 [?] Fist motor cars, and in charge of Mr. Herbert Garrett (Garratts…

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Proposed Eden-Bega Railway

The Bega Budget · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

Despite the jibes and snarls of some people, and the despondent predictions of others, the recent inquiry conducted by the…

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Eden Bega Railway Public Works Committee Take Evidence at Eden

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 2

As briefly paragraphed in our last issue, the N.S.W. Parliamentary Public Works Committee arrived at Eden on Saturday last for the purpose of…

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The Railway Movement

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 2

THE Public Works Committee have come and gone, after taking [?] evidence in respect to the Bega-Eden railway. The enquiry [?] the…

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Bega, and the Cooma-Bombala Railway

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 2

A proposal comes from Catheart that the down-the-mountain people should unite with that district in agitating for a variation in the…

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Boy Awarded L800. Injury by Motor-car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 3

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London Sheriff’s Court on February 17 (says the “Daily News”), Harold Victor Tibbles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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Bega-eden Railway and the Railway Route to the South Coast

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 7

Dear Sir,—At last, we have got the result of the agitation [?] an isolated line of railway from Bega to Eden in the…

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Motor Bus Freaks. One Runs Wild on Ludgate Hill. Road Mender Killed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 3

An extraordinary accident to a motor, omnibus occurred, recently on Ludgate Hill, according to "Lloyd's Weekly News."…

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Guarding the Rights of the Road

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

The moral of the day is for motorists (through their representative institutions) to harass the reckless cabby and the sleepy carman as much as they the employment of a properly qualified representative whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads and streets and report all road-users who abuse their privileges…

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Bomaderry to Jervis Bay Tramway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 4

The Public Works Committee [?] Sydney on Thursday list further considered the expede[?]y of [?] a line of tramway from Bomaderry [?]…

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Bega, and the Cooma-Bombala Railway

The Bega Budget · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 2

A wise man said that "Fools and dead men never alter their opinions," and in endorsing the active agitation now in progress for…

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Cooma-Bombala Railway Proposed Deviation

The Bega Budget · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 5

Appended is a copy of the petition which has been prepared for signature in support of the deviation described below. The…

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Eden Bega Railway Public Works Committee Take Evidence at Eden

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 2

MR. G. R. PHILLIPPS' evidence continued from last issue:-- Others will give evidence respecting the productive capabilities of the…

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Eden Bega Railway Public Works Committee Take Evidence at Eden. Mr. G. R. Phillipps Cross-examined

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 3

To the Chairman: Have resided 11 years at Eden, and have a general knowledge of the locality through which the railway will run…

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Our Railway Movement

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 2

The above sketch will forcibly explain the big advantage to these districts the deviation of the Cooma-Bombala Railway to Cathcart would be. It will be noticed that the three surveyed routes to connect the centres in this…

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