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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 7

Motor Car Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 1

A motor car laden with people travelling from Sydney to Nowra on Xmas Day capsized on the Broughton Village Road near Mrs. Thompson's. The…

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Aeroplane Slang

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

The unquenchable youth and vitality of our airmen, says a writer in the Globe, is reflected in the slang which they invent with regard to their work. It is well…

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Motor Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

A motor car laden with people travelling from Sydney to Nowra was capsized on the Broughton Village road, near…

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New Idea for Railways

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

The long list of accidents, due to spreading rails and breaking wheel flanges, on both electric and steam railways, constitutes the reason for…

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The Cobargo Chronicle. (Established 1899.) Published Every Saturday Morning At the Registered Printing Office, COBARGO, (Bermagui Road)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

The Chronicle is the only Paper published, within the Shire of Mumbulla, and circulates in Cobargo. Quaama, Verona, Upper…

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The Cobargo Chronicle. (Established 1899.) Published Every Saturday Morning At the Registered Printing Office, COBARGO, (Bermagui Road)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 1

The Chronicle is the only Paper published within the Shire of Mumbulla, and circulates in Cobargo, Quaama, Verona, Upper…

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Henry Ford’s New Motor Tractor

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Twenty four years ago. Henry Ford, of Detroit, U. S A, built his first motor car. He now turns out 3000 cars a day, employs a staff…

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The Cobargo Chronicle. (Established 1899.) Published Every Saturday Morning At the Registered Printing Office, COBARGO, (Bermagui Road)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 1

The Chronicle is the only Paper published within the Shire of Mumbulla, and circulates in Cobargo. Quaama, Verona, Upper…

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Border Road Connections

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 3

For some time past there has been correspondence between the Victorian. Country Roads Board and the various Ministers' who have administered…

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Eden-genoa Road

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 3

The recent visit of the Minister for Local Govt to Eden and Genoa to confer with the Victorian Country Roads Board in, reference to the proposed…

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Border Road Connections

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Fitzgerald, Minister for Local Government, and his departmental engineer have recently visited Eden and met the…

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Melbourne to Sydney via the Boast Trip Recommended to Motorists

Southern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

Mr J. B Clarkson, of New Zealand, representing the Swift Motor Co., of Coventry, England, and Mr G. R. Broadbent, of Melbourne, have…

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Good Roads

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

On a recent journey through from Orbost to Melbourne, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. FitzGerald) had the…

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The Cobargo Chronicle. (Established 1899.) Published Every Saturday Morning At the Registered Printing Office, COBARGO, (Bermagui Road)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 1

The Chronicle is the only Paper published within the Shire of Mumbulla, and circulates in Co bargo. Quaama, Verona, Upper…

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Good Roads

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 4

On a recent journey from Orbost to Melbourne, the Minister for LG (Mr Filzgerald) had the advantage of inspecting some of the new main roads…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked. Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 6

John Bridge and Co. Ltd., write:—"We have never failed, when the true interests of the wool growers have been assailed, to utter timely…

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Border Road Connections

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 8

For some time past there has been correspondence between the Victorian Country Roads Board and the various Ministers who have…

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Sad Motor Fatality at Moruya. (Per favor “Examiner” by phone.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

On Wednesday morning, Mr. Jermyn, wife of the Eurototal a Shire Clerk, was driving a party out to a Sale of Work, at Bodalla, in aid of…

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Border Road Connections

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 4

For some time past there has been correspondence between the Victorian Country Roads Board and the various Ministers who have administered…

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The Cobargo Chronicle. (Established 1899.) Published Every Saturday Morning At the Registered Printing Office. COBARGO, Bermagui Road)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 1

The Chronicle is the only Paper published within the Shire of Mumbulla, and circulates in Cobargo. Quaama, Verona, Upper…

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