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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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

A Motor Car Incident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 6

Miss Celie Higgs and a party of friends, who were making the trip from Sydney to Nowra on Saturday night, per motor car, had a thrilling and unpleasant experience…

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North Coast Railway Works

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 8

Our local railway works north and south, says the Macleay "Chronicle," have received an additional force of close upon…

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Natural Gab on the Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 6

Medicine Hat (Southern Ail[?] natural gas is in daily use by the [?] Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is now more than eight years…

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Facts and Fancies. Giant Wind Motor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 8

A wind motor claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world is in use at Harlingen, Friesland, for draining a tract of lowland redeemed from the…

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That Aeroplane [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 1

The mysterious light that we mentioned last week can still be called “mysterious,” as its origin has not yet been discovered. On…

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Bridge Road Deviation

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 4

Ald. Braithwaite complained at the Council meeting on Monday night that nothing had been done in regard to widening the Bridge Road Corner…

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Railway Charges. How They Affect Nowra

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

A G. Huie writes to the SHOALHEAVEN NEWS:— For a number of years I have tried to point out to my fellow citizens a…

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Excessive Railway Charges. Bow They Affect Nowra. (To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 10

Sir,—For a number of years I have tried to point cut to iny fellow-citizens a practical way to get a big reduction in railway fares and freights. I wish to show what it means…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 4

The bicycle road race under the auspices of the local Club on Saturday afternoon last, occasioned a good deal of interest…

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Shire and Syndicate. Straight Talk on Both Sides. Councillors Unbend. Proposed Big Expenditure on Wool Road

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 6

At the Clyde Shire Council, on Thursday, the matter of proposed expenditure for a bridge over Cockrow Greek on the Wool Road came up for discussion on receipt of…

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Bridge Over Cockrow Creek--wool Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 1

At the meeting of Clyde Shire Council several pointed pointed communications were read from H. Russell Crane, as…

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Taxing Motor Cars

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 3

Mr. Harry Molton, in the Legislative Assembly presented a petition from J. M. [?] President of the Automobile Club of Australia, representing that…

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Scientific Road Making

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

Quite recently the local Council made a speculation which appears to have turned out to he a very profitable one, It was in the…

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Scientific Road Making

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 1

Nowra Council is not the only one that has found a road-making plough a good investment. The Young Chronicle says:—…

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A Comerong Road. Ald. Bice Complains. says He Did Not Get a Fair Deal. Deputation to Wait on Minister

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 2

The usual tranquility that characteries meeting of the South Shoal-haven Council was somewhat disturbed on Thursday last. Alderman…

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Aeroplane Over Southgate

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 4

Some ten days ago we reported that an aeroplane was seen flying past the Little River, 30 miles south of the Clarence Heads. Since…

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Bomaderry—Jervis Bay Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 12

Mr. M. F. Morton, M P., hands us the following letter for publication:— Premier's Office, Sydney, 4th December, 1914…

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Railway Travellers’ Unique Experience

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 4

Travellers by the paper train on Tuesday afternoon had an experience which was at once startling and unique. After leaving…

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Comerong Road. No Desire To Take A Point. Public Rights to Attend Council Meetings

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 5

It is not generally known that Municipal or Shire Council meetings are open to the public attendance. At the meeting of…

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Motor Launch Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 3

On Sunday last Messrs. Clift and William Swift, both of Kiama and late of England, left Port Jackson in a newly purchased motor-launch for Kiama on…

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