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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 7

Nowra-Greenwell Point Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

The road near Penny's, on the Greenwell Point Road, is in a deplorable condition, and undoubtedly is not fit for traffic, yet travellers in that, direction…

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

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 29 March 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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United States Army. 300,000 Motor Vehicles. 12,000,000 Tyres

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 3

Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.—Next to food, guns and ammunition, rubber is the fourth great necessity for the war. Thousands of motor trucks, automobile…

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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 6 April 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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Good Roads

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

On a recent journey through from Orbost to Melbourne, the Minister for Load Government (Mr. Fitzgerald) had the advantage of…

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Motor Cycle and Snake

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

While proceeding homeward from Goulburn the other day on a motor cycle, Mr A. McShane had a rather excising experience with a snake…

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Country siders in Sydney. Entertained by "John Bridge."

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 7

For the past fortnight John Bridge and Co. Ltd., in accordance with their annual Easter practice, have been running a series of daily excursions…

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Yass-Canberra to Jervis Bay Railway League. Branch Formed at Huskisson

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 5

A meeting was held at Huskisson on Monday night to form a branch of the Yass-Canberra to Jervis Bay Railway League. Notwithstanding that…

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Yass-Canberra--Jervis Bay Railway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 4

There was a representative attendance of residents at the meeting at Huskisson on Monday night last, called for the purpose of forming a League in…

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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 13 April 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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A Bridge of Ships

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 1

"Make a bridge of ships to France," was the message from General pershing to the American people, conveyed by Major…

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Bad Road to Pyree. Civic Mismanagement

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 3

Just now the road to Pyree is, in places, in a shocking state of disrepair. Mud and slush abound to such an extent that vehicular traffic is only…

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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 27 April 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 4 May 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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Main Roads Grant

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 4

In replying to a request from the Casino Shire Council for an increase in the main roads grant, Mr. Fitzgerald (Minister for Local…

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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 11 May 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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Jaw Worked by Motor

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 3

Form a form of lockjaw in a young girl, New York surgeons performed an operation affecting the muscles of the lower jaw, and then, to restore function, applied a spring…

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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 18 May 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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Suction Gas for Motor Lorries

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

Users of power driven vehicles who [?] the Sydney Snow war must [?] in a [?] the [?] of Mr. Hill of [?]…

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Brundee Swamp Trust Embankment. South Shoalhaven and Clyde Shire Councils No Road, No Say

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

At the South Shoalhaven Council meeting, on Thursday, a letter was read from Clyde Shire Council, re road across Crookhaven River and…

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