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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

198 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 10

Bridge at Yalwal

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 8

The Clyde Shire Engineer's report on Yarramunmun Bridge and foot-bridge at Yalwal has been adopted. The work will be carried out…

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Poor Men's Lives. Told in a Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 6

"He was very kind to me once, the old judge," said the guard. "He jumped into my van one afternoon Just as the train was moving out. He says to…

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Railway Station Coach-ing Traffic. Insufficient Accommo-dation. Buses Packed by Town Residents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 4

Mr. Mark Morton, M.P., is in receipt of the following communi-cation in reply to his representations regarding the regulation of…

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Cambewarra Lookout. Rival Route troubles. Someone Pulling Departmental Strings. Shire Council Asserts itself. Approved Road to be Constructed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 6

At the Cambewarra Shire Council meeting, on Thursday last, the matter of the construction of the tourist road to the Lookout at the Good Dog reserve engaged…

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Killed on the Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 1

Mrs. A. Suffolk, of Tomerong, on Monday received the sad intelligence that her sister, Mrs. Lucy Thomas, had that morning been accidentally killed on the railway line near…

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What the Aeroplane Is

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

Those who picture an aeroplane as a silent, stealthy, swooping thing, gliding noiselessly through the air, have no idea of what an aeroplane is like. " It's about the…

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Teapot Storm over Tourist Road

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

For access to the Lookout at Gooddog, Cambewarra Mountain, a short route with a grade of 1 in 8 3/4 was approved by the Cambewarra Shire…

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The Railway Deviation. (To the Editor.)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

Dear Sir,—You disseminate through your columns headed "Local and General" a definite statement that the proposed…

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Proposed Eden-bega Railway

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 3

The " S. M. Herald " of June 18 says :--" The Public Works Committee this morning further considered the expediency of constructing a line…

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Gilbert and the Motor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 6

One cold, frosty winter morning As the sun rose in the sky, As the swans by Old Man Island Had struck up their morning cry,…

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Tathra Road

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

A very enjoyable euchre party and social was held in the Hall, Tathra Road, on Friday night last, and although the…

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Bega-Eden Railway

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 1

Sing a song of addled pates With pockets full of tracts Well primed with data for debates And lacking nought but facts…

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Birds Help Inventor. Evolution of an Aeroplane

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

A new type of aeroplane is to be tried at Wyvenhoe, in Essex (says the "Daily Express" of April 6). It is the invention of Mr Jack Humphreys, of the…

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Motor Capsizes. Fatal Midnight Smash

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 6

A serious motor accident, involving the death of one man and grave injuries to another, occurred at Harrow (Eng.) in the small hours of the morning of April…

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The Eden-Bega Railway Proposal

The Bega Budget · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

On Thursday the BUDGET received the following curt but explicit telegram: "Public Works Committee unanimously negatived…

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Our Railway. Postponed Sine Die

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 5

The N.S.W. Public Works Committee, who have recently had two pleasure trips in connection with the taking of evidence in regard to the…

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Bomaderry to Jervis by Tramway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 4

Further evidence was heard by the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Wednesday concerning the proposal to construct a line of tramway…

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Broad Guage Railway. Victoria to N.s.w. Border.--standing Committee's Report

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 12 July 1909 · page 2

The Victorian Parliamentary Standing Committee hare recommended to the Parliament of that State the construction of a broad-guage railway…

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The Eden-bega Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 4

Sir,—As I forecited the P.W. Committee has [?] come to the conclusion that the claim made for the atonomationed [?] railway…

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Bomaderry to Jervis Bay Tramway

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 3

Further evidence was heard by the Public Works Committe in Sydney last week concerning the proposal to construct a line of…

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