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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Railway Rates. Further Increases Threatened. Farmers and Graziers' Co. Enters Strong Protest

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 August 1920 · page 8

With characteristic vigilance, the Managing Director (Hon. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C.) of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. has, we…

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Main Roads. What the Minister Considers Should Be Done

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 4

Mr. T. D. Match, Minister for Local Government, writes as follows to Mr. Davies, M.L.A.:-- Your letter tinted the 4th was only…

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East Coast Railway. As the Case Stands. Educate, Agitate, Organise

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 3

We turned the starting handle over one sunny morning last November, and took the forested trail flint lends from Mallacoota to the world. I had been…

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Crane & Weigh Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 2

Mr. C. R. Woodhill, at the [?]awarra Development League meeting at Nowra School of Arts on Tuesday last, put before the Minister for Works the…

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Improved Train Service

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 2

Mr. Henry F. Halloran has written to the Secretary Railways, Sydney, suggesting that when the summer time table for the South Coast line is being…

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An Evening Train Wanted

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 4

Mr. H. F. Halloran has written the Railway Commissioner, asking for an additional train on Friday evenings, and has received a very favorable reply…

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Our Letter Box East Coast Railway (To the Editor.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 4

Dear Sir —On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Australian East Coast Railway Construction Loague, I have the pleasure to…

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East Coast Railway. Nowra to Orbost. Making Australia Settled and Safe. a New League with a Definite Object

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 3

If our first colonists had possessed a more accurate knowledge of the country between Sydney Cove and Port Phillip, an Australian East Coast…

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The East Coast Railway. a Development Necessity

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 6

In a well-reasoned article contributed to the "Sunday Times," Mr. P. C. Evans, one of the candidates for this division at the last State election…

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Motor Roads

The Bega Budget · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 2

In his usual report to the Imlay Council, the engineer, Mr. Withrington drew attention to a rumor that a siding was being built on…

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The Coastal Railway

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 4

A good friend of this paper, who usually has a thoughtful view of things, recently expressed surprise that we…

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Motor Roads

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 2

In his usual rep[?] Inter Council, the engineer, Mr Willington drew attention to a rumor that a siding was being built on…

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Prince's Highway. Road to Melbourne. Official Opening

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 2

The Prince's Highway--the road to Melbourne, via the South Coast--was officially opened and named last week by the Minister for Local Government…

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Better Railway Service Wanted

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1920 · page 4

At a meeting of the Illawarra Development League at Bulli, on Wednesday, Mr. Chaseling, representing the Railway Commissioners, was…

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Tall[?]ng to South Coast Railway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 8

The following letter has been handed to [?]s for publication by Mr. J. J. Clesry, M.L.A.:-- " Public Works Department, N.S.W., Sydney, 1st Nov…

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3½ Hours in a Handley-page Aeroplane. London to Paris

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 1

The lift from the ground Was gradual and without any sense of upward motion—fields and houses appeared to be leaving us. The noise of…

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Primary Producers' Union. Weighing Railway Trucks System

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1920 · page 3

The question of variations in the weights of railway trucks was, discussed at last sitting of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers'…

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Damage To Roads. Should the Forestry Department Pay?

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 2

Dorrigo Shire, which is desirous of imposing a royalty on timber hauled over its roads, is strongly of opinion that the Forestry Department should…

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Motor Vehicle Prices

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 2

We have been requested to give publicity to the following extract of letter from Dodge Brothers to Standardised Motors Ltd., Sydney:—…

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The City Railway

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 2

The members of the State Cabinet, in response to urgent representations by the Railway Commissioners, ore giving favorable consideration to…

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