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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

97 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 5

Motor Car Drop Up- the- Coast

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 8

A car (Ford) one night last week (reports the " S. C. Times) at one of the turns in Macquarie Pass-road, which it was descending, owing to the bank…

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A Miraculous Escape. Mother and Children Under Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

An accident attended by an eacape of a most extraordinary nature, befel Mrs. Jane King, of Gamperdown, and her three children on Monday night…

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Nowra Numba Bicycle Road Race

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 6

[?] bicycle race on Saturday last was won by Wally Benny, with Allen Jones second. The handicappers were quite satisfied, that all of them were…

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The Boast of a Bad Road

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 2

I am the unimproved highway. My name is Mud. The feet that pattered in primeval slime gave me birth. Unchanged while the ages passed endured…

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Motor Hogs

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 7

Mr. Len Gilbert who frequently travels Bridge Baud with horse and dray--ginncing at the painted posts erected by Nowra Council on the…

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Road Maintenance. Day Labor v. CONTRACT

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Tallaganda (Braidwood) Shire Council, tenders were opened for the maintenance of the roads in the Shire by…

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Moss Vale Port Kembla Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 2

A conference for the purpose of collecting evidence to place before the Public Works Committee in connection with the proposed cross-country…

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Tortoise Train. 18 Miles in Two Hours

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 7

Passengers from Marulan to Goulburn by a mixed train on a recent Saturday night had an experience they will not soon forget…

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Cross-country Railway to Coast

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 1

At the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society's committee meeting, on Tuesday forenoon, a letter was read from the Wollongong Chamber of…

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The Aeroplane Again

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 6

The aeroplane in another extended light the other day reached the out skirts of Greenwell Point at a height of well over a thousand feet, when Peter…

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Mr. P. Walsh has purchased Mrs Jones' cottage in Moruya road

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 2

The salaries of the three nurses of Bega hospital staff have been increased by £25, £20, and £15. Hopkins Bros., Eden butchers,…

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Shoalhaven Roads

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 3

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication:-- Dear Sir,--Your suggestion…

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Bull Attacks Aeroplane

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 4

The King of the herd at Moruya during the week resented the intrusion of the aeroplane on a dairy farm and inpatient attack on it causing damage to…

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Bengelala Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 8

At Nowra Council meeting on Monday night, Ald. Holloway said some ratepayers out Bengelala way had spoken to him of…

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Road Grant

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 4

Mr. M. F. Morton, M. L. A. has secured a special grant of £00 for Broughton, Vale Council for benefit to their municipal works…

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Road Word For The Unemployed

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 4

At the meeting of Nowra Council on Monday night a communication was received from Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.L.A., intimating that he had male application to…

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Aeroplane in a New Role

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 4

One of the most convincing illustrations of the value of aeroplanes in helping to combat destructive plagues of insects is forthcoming in reports…

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£3000 Granted for Road Work

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 3

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, a telegram was read from the Minister for Labor, stating that the Government were prepared…

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Concrete Roads

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

Mr. Gowen, an American visitor who is now in Sydney, said that all roads that are called upon to bear heavy traffic should he [?]…

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Railway Report

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 3

In the course of a report, famished to the Public Works Department by the Secretary to the Railway Commissioners under date September 26,…

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