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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

160 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 8

Railway Works

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 4

The Bombala paper says that the turning down of three hundred men on the Ni[?]tybelle-Bombala railway works looks as though Minister…

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Our Letter Box. To the Editor. Numbugga Road

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 3

Sir—I, the undersigned, have followed my occupation of house and bullock driving in various parts of the State, and travelled on some very…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.-Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing: Facts. 2.—A More Specific Analysis of the Position

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 3

The more pertinent justification for the early construction of this Condobolin Broken Hill line—this missing link in the great trans-Australian national railway…

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Fell 150 feet. Gaillaux Injured, Aeroplane Mishap at Ascot

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 8

Maurice Gaillaux, the now well known flying man, fell with his machine from a height of about a hundred feet at Ascot racecourse,…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing. Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Article of Convincing Facts

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

To the men engaged on the morning industry of Australia, the Mt Hope Copper Mine is well known. It is not a new discovery; it has never been the…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.-Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Iv. Situation Summarised. and Reviewed

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 3

It is a trite old aphorism, but one indisputably true, nevertheless, that the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. This is peculiarly applicable…

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Bridge Recesses

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 4

The member for Allowrie has been asked by the Berry Council to urge that additional recesses be built on Nowra Bridge in the interests of foot…

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Another "Flying Train."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

SPEED OF 500 MILES AN HOUR. Mr. Esson. a partner in the firm of Rodway & Esson Limited, of Birmingham, who is resident at Cape Town for…

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Railway Survey

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 3

In reply to the request of the Candelo Farmers and Settlers Association for a trial survey of the railway route from…

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Guarding the Hawkesbury Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 8

The "G[?]sford "Times" states that several detachments of [?] are now stationed at the Hawkesbury, gua[?]ing the bridge and tunnels. A rigid…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

A teams bicycle road race will be run over the Milton road tomorrow week. The handicappers will select the teams (two in each…

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Motor-maps by Dictograph

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 3

While logging the route for a motor car tour of more than l20 miles the secretary of the Automobile Club of St. Louis made use of an electrically-operated talking-machine to…

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Automatic Road Builder

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 8

A self-propelled road-building machine has been tested abroad with results that are said to be highly satisfactory from the standpoints of…

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Disaster to Army Airship. Aeroplane Strikes Dirigible Nine Men Fall 1300 Feet

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 3

Nine lives were lost in a terrible aviation disaster at Fischamend, a town some 10 miles from Vienna. While flying at a height of 1300ft a military dirigible balloon, with seven…

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Motors for Miss Wu. Chinese Women Enthusiasts

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 6

The rapidity with which China is receding from its century old habits, and taking on modern clothes, has been proven forcibly in the part Chinese women are taking in affairs,…

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Our Roads

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 4

With the permanent establishment of the motor car conveyance of passengers, and in many cases mails, the public naturally expect to see our main rondo kept in…

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Jervis Bay Roads. (To the Editor "Nowra Leader.")

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 5

Sir,--I wish to draw attention to the thoroughfare to Jervis Bay in the hope that the "powers that be" will take steps to have repairs effected yes repair work…

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Railway Guard’s Bravery

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 8

The general superintendent of Queensland railway traffic last week announced that the Deputy Commission (Mr W. Pagan) had decided to…

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A Funeral Motor Car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 3

A San Francisco undertaker has built a funeral ear that is far more than a hearse, for. in addition to the space for the casket and dowers, there are…

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The Motor Car Case

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

In the Supreme Court. Sydney, on Thursday last Charles Tuckfield sued Clutterbuck Bros., Ltd., for the recovery of £1000 for loss and…

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