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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 7

Bad Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 3

Rev. H. G. Chivers is not enthusiastic, except in an adverse way, about the condition of the main road under municipal control, and has become a…

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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 21 September 1918 · page 1

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

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"John Bridge." WAYBILL (1918)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 3

The "John Bridge" Waybill has always been something more than a mere drab pamphlet of stereotyped information. This is because it is…

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Nowra's Portion of M.S.C. Road in Good Order. Aldermen Say It Is That of Other [?]

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 4

At Nowra Council meeting on Monday night last. Ald. Shepherd asked if the Mayor had noticed in the press remarks by the Rev. Mr. Chivers…

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Inter State Coastal Railway Proposal. the Time for Action

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1918 · page 4

The public meeting convened by the president of the Eden District Chamber of Commerce to consider the…

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Railway Meeting

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1918 · page 3

A meeting convened by Mr A I Nicholson, President of the Eden District Chamber of Commerce, was held in the…

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Who Owns a Road ?

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 October 1918 · page 1

Council are apt to [?] on the [?] that the road belonging to [?] does not. Sir Edward Cok[?] given in the day [?]…

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Eden. South Coast Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1918 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by Mr. A. J. Nicholson, President of Eden Chamber of Commerce, with the object of fomenting and…

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Motor Cycle Club. Hill-climb Accleration Test

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 2

The Motor Cycle Club r[?]eld its first hill-climb acceleration test Saturday afternoon under pleasant conditions. A particularly…

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South Coast Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 October 1918 · page 3

A public meeting, convened by Mr. A. I. Nicholson, president of the Eden Chamber of Commerce, with the object of fomenting and securing…

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The Train Wreck

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 4

I RECENTLY had an experience. Life is made up of experience. Some make impressions that are only momentary—they [?] be called thrills Others, though, may…

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Main Roads. State and Inter-state. Their National Importance

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 3

It has come to be generally recognised in the light of universal experience that the making of the main roads of…

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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 October 1918 · page 1

The Chronicle is the only Paper published within the Shire of Mumbulla, and circulates in Co[?]argo, 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 26 October 1918 · page 1

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

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Train Tactics

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 4

A contempt having thrown out much advice as to travelling on crowded trains and dealing with the rush, a few additional points which have been overlooked may not…

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Motor Trucks As Freight Cars

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 3

One enterprising truck line pioneer, with headquarters in Caldwell, New Jersey, makes a business of transporting household goods from one city to another…

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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 November 1918 · page 1

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

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

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

The Railway Commissioners, when on their tour of inspection of the South Coast line on Tuesday, were Interviewed at Berry by the Mayor and…

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M.s.c. and Braidwood Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 8

At Nowra Council meeting on Monday night the Mayor said ho had escorted Mr. Allen (the Chief Roads Engineer) over 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 9 November 1918 · page 1

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

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