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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 10

"Train Call" Touring Mummers' Travelling

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 3

You come upon them suddenly while you are wandering in the wastes of the huge empty station, looking vainly for the Sunday train you are compelled to take. They are…

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Seaweed Tyres for Motors

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 7

Motorists may now look forward hopefully to a possible reduction in the cost of new tyres if the latest discovery as to the manufacture of rubber from…

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Railway on a Glacier. Alaskan Venture

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 6

An Alaskan railway, the Copper River and , North-western, runs for nearly seven. miles over the lower end of the Allen Glacier, partly covered in this part with moraines…

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Railway Schemes

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 3

ON Monday last the respective Premiers of New South Wales and Victoria (Mr Holman and Mr Watt), met in…

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Falls Creek Bridge More About the Matter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 1

At the Nowra Council meeting, on Monday night, the Falls Creek bridge matter was further discussed. Ald. Cole asked if any reply had been…

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The Railway Commissioner's Report

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 2

SIR,—I would like to again drew the attention of your readers to the excessive character of railway charges. The Chief Commissioner's report for the year ending…

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Falls Creek Bridge. Nowra Council Makes a Move

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 2

At the Nowra council meeting on Monday night Alderman Cole asked if any reply had been received, from the Minister for Works to the Council's…

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The Railway Commissioners Report. How, It Affects Nowra, (To the Editor of "The Leader.")

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 3

Sir.-- I would like to again draw the attention of your readers to the excessive character of railway charges. The Chief Commissioner's report for the year…

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Seaweed Tyres for Motors

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 3

Motorists may now look forward hopefully to a possible reduction in the cost of new tyres if the latest discovery as to the manufacture of rubber from…

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Good Roads and American Hustle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 4

Mr. W. Francis Ahern writes to the S. M. Herald:—It has often been said that we lack the gift of "hustle" peculiar to our American cousins. Of…

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The Falls Bridge. Nowra Council Makes a Move

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 5

At the Nowra Council meeting on Monday night Alderman Cole asked if any reply, had been received from the Minister for Works to the Council's…

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Dash in Front of a Train. Woman and Brave Man Killed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 3

An act of conspicuous bravery illumined a railway tragedy at Saughton Station, near Edinburgh, where a railway man lost his life in a vain effort to save a woman from being cut down by a train…

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The Vanishing Horse. Counteracting Effects of Motors

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 3

Some novel proposals for dealing with the shortage of homes in England were canvassed it an important private meeting of officials held at the rooma of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Twofold Bay Railway

The Bega Budget · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 2

There appears to be one project on which the two parties in Parliament are agreed upon, and that is the necessity for the…

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Railways First. How to Populate Australia

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 4

Sir Joseph Walton, one of the British Parliamentary Party now visiting this State, expressed himself in strong terms with reference…

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Suicide Halts Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 3

Passengers on the train from New York for Washington last month were attracted to a woman who stood near the tracks when the train stopped at Manhattan Transfer…

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The Federal Railway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 4

A letter, has been received by Mr P. D. O'Brien, [?]om Surveyor Marshall, in change of the surrey of the line of railway from the Federal port…

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Gas for Motor-cars

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 8

Natural gas as motor-car fuel is being experimented with in West Virginia, where the largest gas wells in America are located. The gas is…

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Federal Railway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 5

A letter has been received by Mr [?] O'Brien from Surveyor Mar[?] charge of the survey of the [?] railway from the Federal port…

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Falls Creek Bridge Again

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 8

Messrs Ryan and "Wheeler (Solicitors) wrote—With reference to your letter of the 17th ult and 14th inst. we would be glad to receive from you at your, earliest convenience the…

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