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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 10

Motor-cars That Consume Their Own Dust

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 4

It is reported that a Manchester engineer has invented an apparatus which, it is claimed, will prevent the clouds of dust raised in dry weather…

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“Queen of the Road.”

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 3

Recently, in a review of the great exhibition of motor cars at the Royal Agricultural Society’s grounds, Moore Park, a special tribute was paid to the…

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Motor Car Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 1

A miraculous escape from death happened on the Broughton Village Road at Mrs. Thompson's residence on Xmas day. A motor car laden with people…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, ami Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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The Motor Lorry

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 1

THE performance of our Transport Co.'s motor lorry during the festive season should have brushed away any…

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Railway Extension. "That Railway Can Wait."

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 6

The Hon. G. W. Fuller, speaking in the House of Representatives last week, said: When the Minister and some of his colleagues visited Jervis…

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Our Motor Service

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 3

The Twofold Bay Motor Transport Co's lorry did a bog business during the holidays On New Year's Day a good…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

Smith R. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude' M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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Jervis Bay Railway. "That Railway Can Wait."

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

The Hon. G. W. Fuller, speaking in the House of Representatives Last week, said: When the Minister and some of his colleagues visited Jervis Bay some…

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Brought the Priest by Aeroplane

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

The French Press has recently given a good deal of prominence to an incident said to have occurred whilst a fight was going on in…

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Elopement by Aeroplane

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 7

An elopement by a distinctly-novel method is reported from Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Miss Amy Cours, of that city, fell in love with Mr. Arthur Smith,…

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Furious Motor Driving. Problem in Paris

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

The question of the regulation of traffic in the streets of Paris is always with us (said the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on October 3). One of the needs of the holiday girl is for an easily slipped on overcoat. This model ia an ideal shape for the purpose. Tussore silk or alpaca would…

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The Motor Lorry

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 4

The performance of on [?] Transport Co.s' motor [?] during the festive season show have brushed away any [?]…

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Our Motor Service

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 4

The first general meeting of the Twofold Bay Motor Transport Company was held in Candelo on Saturday. The…

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New Motor-car Wheel

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 10

A new motor-car wheel has been produced which does away with the terrors of tyre changing, which has long been the ordeal most dreaded by…

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Elopement by Aeroplane

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

An elopement by a distinctly-novel method is reported from Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Miss Amy Cours, of that city, full in love with Mr. Arthur Smith,…

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The Nowra Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 6

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.P., is in receipt or the following communication from the Public Works Department:-- Sir--Referring, to your telegram of…

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The Electric Motor As a Substitute Foe the Brain

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

That the function of the human brain can in certain cases be fulfilled by mechanical devices has long been understood, and has led, among other things,…

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Motor Transport Coy

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 1

FOLLOWING is the Directors' report of the Twofold Bay Motor Transport Co. Ltd., presented at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders held in the…

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The Twofold Bay Motor Transport Company Ltd

The Bega Budget · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

The following report was presented at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders held in the School of Arts, Candelo, on…

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