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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

160 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 8

Two Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

The need of moderation and Caution was very graphically exemplified in a recent utter ance made by…

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Steel Railway Carriages

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 7

Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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Trouble with the Elephant on Nowra Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 6

One of the circus elephants when returning to Bomaderry railway station with a big load of tent fittings, etc, took it into its head to lay down on…

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Federal Railway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 8

The Minister for Home Affairs advises the Hon. Austin Chapman as follows:--Adverting to your communication of the 13th April, in…

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Jerusalem. Electric Light and Trams

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

Very shortly the sacred streets of the Holy City will hum with tho noise of electric cars, and its more important thoroughfares will be illuminated at…

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Steel Railway Carriages

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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Boys Damage A Motor Car

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

There is no end to which some boys will go when up to their pranks. Mr. Perdrian, our local dentist, had a taste of their mischevious tendencies on…

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Federal Railway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Home Affairs advises the Hon. Austin Chapman as follows:—Adverting to your communication of the 13th April, in…

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Boys Damage A Motor Car

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 3

There is no end to which some boys will go when up to their prapk[?] Mr. Perdrian, our local dentist, had a taste of their mischevious tendencies on…

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First and Second Railway Fares

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 4

The demand for the abolition of first-class carriages on the suburban railways, which Mr. Hoyle intimates that he has taken under…

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A Railway Lawsuit

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 12

The latest Privy Council decision takes from the Government a railway line which was contracted by a coal company in the Illawarra district and purchased by them in…

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Train Stopped—A Case of Emergency

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 5

No lady likes to lose her best hat; and one can imagine the consternating which ensued at seeing a very precious dream in headgear being…

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On the Bridge. to Wed Man Who Saved Her. Alone and Despondent

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 6

She was alone and despondent, and was contemplating suicide when a man who chanced to be driving past noticed her woful attitude and interested himself in her…

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Railway Ticket Printing Machine

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 10

A ticket-printing machine that greatly simplifies the work of the railroad ticket agent is being installed in a number of offices in Germany. This…

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Concrete Bridge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4

The Central Illawarra Council has accepted a tender at £1,150 for the construction of a reinforced concrete bridge at Figtr[?]…

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Wireless Train Brake. Device for Railway Safety

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 7

The "Zeltung des Vereins Deutscber Eisenbah[?]waltungen" states that Herr Birth, the Nurembug schoolmaster whose name became known by his invention of a boat…

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Death of Miss Bridge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4

We regret to have to chronicle the death of Miss Amy Marianne Bridge, daughter of Mrs. Bridge, sen., N[?] and sister of Mr. V. Bridge. Miss…

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New Motor Line

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4

Mr. Bert Sabin, for some time manager in Nowra for Balmain B[?] ([?]ga) Ltd., has a first class 26 h.p. passenger motor car ("Minerva")…

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Federal Railway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 4

Mr Austin Chapman has been pressing forward the Federal Capital railway question for immediate attention, and has brought the [?]gency of the…

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Railway Station Inspection

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

The Chief Railway Commissioner and staff, accompanied by Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., and Mr. J. Fraser (Nowra Town…

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