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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

191 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 10

Public Roads Act. Appeal to the Executive Council

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 1

The Executive Council sat on the 8th inst. as a court of Appeal under section 26 of the Public Roads Act, to further hear the appeal of James…

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[?] Hunting by Motor-car

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 6

In an article in the "Graphic" the writer suggests that, instead of going to British East Africa and other far-off regions, in search of big game, our…

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Illustrhted Notes a Three-wheeled Motor-car

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 6

Our readers are probably aware that in parts of Costa Rica the roads are so full of ruts that it is practically impossible, to steer a four-wheeled car,…

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The Yerriyong Road. Cr. Shearer on the War Path the Report Doubted. the Clerk Indignant

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 2

The Engineer submitted a repot of the expenditure and the condition of repair of the above road for the last four years, in answer to a request by…

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A Tramp's Mistake

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 7

It was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed a, sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards in front of…

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A Tramp’s Mistake

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 3

It was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed a sigh of rebel, for there, not one hundred yards in irons of…

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Countess and Son. Killed by Train. Car in Fragments

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

The Comtesse Antoine de Nicolai and her son, Comte Christian de Nicolai, with the driver of their motor-car, were killed in a terrible level-crossing…

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Alpine Sports. the Growing Vogue. Countess and Son. Killed by Train. Car in Fragments

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 6

It is perfectly clear that general election has brought blessing to the Alps. The season in Switzerland has begun, and has early winter has brought The Comtesse Antoine de Nicolai and her son, Comte Christian de Nicolai, with the driver of their motor-car, were killed in a terrible level-crossing…

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Cheap Railway Fares

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 2

At the last inciting of the Cumberland Council of Progress at the Town Hall, Parramatta, the secretary, officer of the Chief…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 7

There is an absurd idou amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…

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Gardiner's Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 1

Ald. Henry drew attention to the requirements of Nowra Hill and Parma Crook residents to the necessity of re-erecting Gardiner's bridge…

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Cheap Railway Fares

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

At the [?] of the Cumberland [?] progress at the Town Hall [?] the S[?]tary, [?] the Ca[?]et…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 3

There is an absurd idea amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 7
Also in The Southern Record and Advertiser

There is an absurd idea amongst country people that those motor ours which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…

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Railway Veterans. Notable Retirements

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 3

An event of special interest in the railway world is the simultaneous retirement of three heads of departments who have taken an active part in the…

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Sik Charles Scotter. Great Railway Organiser

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 3

Sir Charles Scotter, who died on December 13 at his house in Kingston-on-Thames, aged seventy-five, was one of Britain's greatest railway experts, and…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

There is an absurd idea a[?] country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…

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Road-Making Machinery

The Bega Budget · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

The over-increasing demand for higher wages by the laboring classes, coupled with the strong objection to the levying of high…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

There is an absurd idea amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…

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