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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

198 stories in South Coast's papers · page 8 of 10

Motor Disguises. Incidents of Blockade Test

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 3

There was an amusing battle of wits on the Essex roads on Saturday (said the "Daily Mail" on Monday, June 28). The opponents were a contingent of the…

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The Railway and Closer Settlement. (To the Editor)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 4

Dear Sir,—In continuation of my last letter to you, I want to bring before the public an examination of the grounds upon which…

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Proposed Tramway. Bomaderry-jervis Bay. Committees Report

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 8

WALTER EVANS, continued — 323. Mr. Blackett, who appeared before the [?] on behalf of the Bom[?]derry Jervis Ray Central Tromway committee the other…

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Roads in Berry Municipals

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 1

Alderman Shepherd, at the Berry Council meeting on Monday, said that he had had an interview with Cr. J. Luinsden, who had been deputed…

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Railway Service. the 4 P.m. Train From Nowra

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 7

Mr. Morton, M. P. is in receipt of the following communication from the Railway Department under date, Sydney, 6th Sept:—"Sir,—I have to acknowledge receipt of…

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Civic Powers and Duties. [Copyright by "Civis"] Expenditure on Roads

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 1

It is wisely provided that where a Council is negligent in its duty in this regard, and does not decide, or notify its decision to the applicant, it goes by default, and the application is…

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Proposed Tramway. Bomaderry Jervis Bay Committees Report. Walter Evans, Continued—

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 8

349, suppose these was nothing else to recommend the proposed line beyond the fact that it would supply the needs of the collieries of the Illawarra district, would that he…

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South Coast Sunday Train. Opposition on Religious Grounds

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 2

Mr. T. Hughes writes to the Wollongong "Mercury." -- " A common complaint heard from parents is that it is difficult to train up a family in the way they should go…

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The Homebush Sale Yards and Railway Duplication

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 8

Sir,— The country producers of this State over and over again, through everyone of their representative bodies, have unanimously asked that new stock…

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The Pope's Motor-car

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 3

The Pope Inspected his new motor-car, presented to him by American Catholics, in the Vatican gardens this morning (said the Rome correspondent…

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Proposed Tramway. Bomaderry-jervis Bay. Committees Report. Walter Evans, continued—

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 8

The distance between Wollongong and Bomaderry is 44 miles, and the proposed extension to Jervis Bay, a further 16, making 60 miles from Wollongong to Jervis Bay, at a freight of…

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Grazing of Milk Cows on the Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 October 1909 · page 3

A petition was received at the Berry Council meeting on Monday from a number of ratepayers asking for the right to graze their milch cows on the back streets between…

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The Railway and Eden. (To the Editor)

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 6 October 1909 · page 4

Dear Sir,— In the last issue of the Candelo "Guardian," mention is made that "a railway to Eden is badly needed—and come it will…

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A Notorious Train Service

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 1

The irregular running of trains on the South Coast line appears to be chronic. Dyeing the past decade complaints have been continuous,…

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Star Journeying. Literary Tramp's Desire. I.

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 3

How wonderful it would be if one would travel as the imagination travels! I often go along on a star-lit night and think how it would be to go from…

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Grand Stand Disaster. Explosion of Motor-cycle. Women Burnt to Death

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 6

A grievous and extraordinary disaster occurred this evening in the course of a bicycle race in the Botanic Gardens (wires the Berlin correspondent of the…

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A Shire’s Road-making Plant

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 8

The following from the Orange “Advocator” might be of interest to local Shire Councillors :— Mr French, the Shire Engineer, recently put up a…

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Naval Aeroplane. Inventors Moved to Daughter

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 6

A trial was made at Portsmouth on August 7 of another naval airship, again the product of the fertile brains of two officers of the Submarine…

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Conquest of the Air the Aeroplane. Its Birth and Evolution

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 6

Everything must have a beginning; but in many cases that beginning is [?] "wrapt in mystery" as to preclude the possibility of discovering it (says the…

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Railway Bungling

The Bega Budget · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 2

It is common knowledge to every person who rends a city paper that our railway management is not only not what it ought…

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