Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

174 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 9

Bomaderry Jervis Bay Railway. Public Works Committee to Take Evidence at Nowra To-morrow. and Huskisson on Monday Next

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

[?] 1911 the Public Works Committee [?]ted a proposal for the extension of [?] railway from Bomaderry to Jervis [?] Bay; but in view of the establishment of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Bomaderry-Jervis Bay Railway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 1

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.P., is in receipt of the following communication:-- Parliament House…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Our Sydney Letter Sydney, April 11th, 1916 the Big Bridge

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 1

The very large number of people who have been revolted by the indecency of proposing to bridge the harbor at a crisis like the present, must have been considerably…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Jervis Bay Railway

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 1

Mr. Moss, secretary of the Railway Extension League, yesterday phoned to Ald. Riley, Mayor, of Ulladulla, asking that some representative from that district should give…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Railway Extension

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 1

The Public Works Committee (Messrs. G. T. C. Miller chairman, W. T. Dick, W. F. Hurley, J. Travers, P. M'Garry, and J. B. Nicholson) sat…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Condemnation of Our Roads. Big Room For Improvement. What The Mcruya Editor Says

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 7

Our old friend, the editor and proprietor of the Moruya "Examiner," recently nude another trip up this way and found the roads in no better state of repair, in fact,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Bomaderry-Jervis Bay Railway. Visit of Public Works Committee. Evidence Taken At Nowra and Huskisson

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 3

The members of the Public works Committee, arrived in nowra on Friday evening last, for the purpose of examining witnesses in connection with the above proposed…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Manufacturing Success. Dodge Brothers Motor Car. Highest Standard Throughout

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

A few months ago the Dodge Brothers Motor Car was almost unknown in the Australian markets. To-day the name is becoming a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Soldiers' Railway Fares

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 1

In the Assembly, Mr. Mark F. Morton said—On behalf of the hon. member for Canterbury, who is now in a military camp, I desire to…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Yass-Ganberra -- Jervis Bay Railway. an Important Conference Suggested

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 1

Mr. C. S. Moss. hon. secretary of the Bomaderry Jervis Bay Railway Extension League is in receipt of the following letter…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motors at the Show. “Cadillac Cars” and “Hobby Tread” Tyres

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 7

Great cars and grand tyres ! Our illustrations show in addition to one of a “Nobby Tread” tyre two models of the distinguished “Cadillac.”…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The March of the Motorcar

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 7

The products of the motor car world were a lending feature anions the industrial sections at the Show. Notwithstanding that Mine of the firms…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Manufacturing Success. Dodge Brothers Motor Car, Highest Standard Throughout

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 4

A few months ago the Dolge Blither, Motor Car was almost unknown in the Australia markets. To day the name is [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Prospects. Conference at Yass

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 1

A meeting of the Railway Extension Committee was held at Messrs. Marriott and Oliver's office on Monday night, under the presidency of the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

A New Windshield for Motor Cars

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 8

A number of mechanical devices have been designed to keep the windshield of a motorcar clear in a driv-ing rain, but most of them rely on…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Jervis Bay Railway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 5

At a meeting of the Committee of the Kail way Extension League at Messrs Marriott & Oliver's office on Monday night at which…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wanted a Weigh Bridge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 1

A petition has teen going the rounds of Nowra during the past few days asking the Railway Commissioners to provide a weigh bridge at the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Creeping Railway Lines

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

It is not generally known that railway rails creep. They do, however, and an American authority tells us that "on lines running north and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Sensational Motor Car

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 3

We do not believe you can find greater value than is offered in the new Model 75 “OVERLAND.” The present extraordinary low price makes…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Railway Extension

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

The Hon. Austin Chapman, M.H.R,proposes to give evidence before the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Monday next, [?] the extension of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →