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Railways, roads & transport, 1917

141 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 8

An Exciting Chase. Hunting the Coyote in a Motor Car. Five Miles of Cross Country Driving

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

Coyote chasing is rapidly becoming a favorite outdoor sport with a number of Dodge Brothers owners in North-western Canada. Several letters, telling of the…

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Motor Notes

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 4

Before any man or woman can buy a motor car intelligently he or she must first acquire a primary knowledge of motor car mechanics. This…

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Motoring Notes

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1917 · page 1

Owing mainly to the entry of the U.S.A. into the war, several of the speedways in America where all the great motor races take place, are…

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An Exciting Chase. Hunting the Coyote in a Motor CAB.Five Miles of Cross Country Driving

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

Coyote chasing is rapidly becoming a favorite outdoor sport, with a number of Dodge Brothers owners in North-western Canada, Several letters, telling of the…

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Motoring Notes

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 1

Before any man or woman can buy a motor can intelligently, he or she must first acquire a primary knowledge of motor car mechanics. This…

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An Exciting Chase. Hunting the Coyote in a Motor Car. Five Miles of Cross Country Driving

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 4

Coyote chasing is rapidly becoming a favorite outdoor sport with a number of Dodge Brothers owners in North-western…

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The Strike. Train & Tramway Men Out Conference Abortive. Government Firm. Strikers Given Till Friday to Decide. Sydney, Tuesday, 9 a.m

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 7

All train and tramway men ceased work at midnight, and 30,000 men are now idle. A lengthy conference between the…

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Strike Extends Railway and Tramway Mex Come Out. Possibility of the Strike Becoming General. Sydney

Southern Star · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2

All railway and tramway men ceased work at midnight, and 80,000 men are now idle. A lengthy conference between the strike committee and…

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The Railway Deficit

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 3

“The statement of revenue and expenditure for the year lately closed shows that there is a deficit la the railway accounts. What the deficit will…

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Trams and Train Services Improving. Sydney, Friday. 1 p.m

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 3

The Commissioners report that 500 loco men were back at work at 10 o'clock. Forty three men returned in the electrical branch…

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Motor Notes

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 4

The fact that America is to take & part in the war has had its influence on automobile racing aero [?] the Atlantic. According to a cab[?]…

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An Exciting Chase. Hunting the Coyote in a Motor Car. Five Miles of Cross Country Driving

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 2

Coyote chasing is rapidly becoming a favorite outdoor sport with a number of Dodge Brothers owners in North-Western Canada. Several letters, telling of the…

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Railway and Tramway Strike. Sydney

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 20 August 1917 · page 4

The Federated Seamen's Union deputation demanded the executive should call them out, and accordingly the men ceased work on Saturday…

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Penny-in-the-slot Train Speedometers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 8

Several of the observation cars of the limited trains of a railway system in England have been equipped with penny-in-the-slot speedometers…

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1000 Miles by Car and Train Bega to Brisbane

Southern Star · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 2

Here we are, over a thousand miles away from good old Bega, and like the immortal Johnny Walker, still going strong. Stealing a…

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Motor Car & Cyclist

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 5

Mr. Con. Bennett, of Nowra, met with a nasty accident on Sunday afternoon last on Bomderry Road near the railway bridge, through colliding with…

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Motor Notes

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

It, when inflating an empty tyre, the valve be arranged at the top dead centre, the closing of the plunger will be assisted by gravity, thus allowing…

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Railway and Tramway Strike. Sydney

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 4

The Government proposes to commandeer horses and carts to maintain the food supply in the city and suburbs…

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Railway and Tramway Strike. Sydney

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 1

Kavanagh Willis and Thompson, leaders of the Strike Committee, were arrested on Saturday night under a warrant issued by the State…

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Motoring Notes

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 1

Most of the carbon deposit in most engines which suffer from it is due to overheating of the lubricating oil. Quietly gloating over the prospect…

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