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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

97 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 5

Concrete Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 4

Mr. Gowen, an American visitor who is now in Sydney, said that all reads that are called upon to bear heavy traffic should be of a permanent…

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The Suspension Bridge. Builder Gets Great Kudos. Swinging It Six Feet High. Offenders to Be Prosecuted

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 3

Ald. Bennett, at the Council meeting on Monday night, said in view of the fact that there was such an export who supervised and assisted in the…

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Our Letter Box the Bombala-eden Railway. (To[?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

Dear Sir,—1 have been informed that renewed interest regarding the above railway is prevalent throughout the southern districts. 1 am…

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Editor's Notes. Cross Country Railway Goulburn to Nowra Via Tallong

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 1

The Goulburn Penny Post" of a recent date gave two diagrams showing a proposed railway from Goulburn direct to the coast via Tailong…

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Federal Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 5

The Bateman's Bay 'Progress Association decided at its last meeting to ask the Braidwood Progress Association to agitate for the proposed…

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Bombala-Eden Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Perkins M L.A., has been advised as follows by the Under Secretary, Department of Public Works,: “With reference to your…

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Canberra to Jervis Bay Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 3

Mr. Irwin, manager of the Bank of N.S.W., Braidwood, is in receipt from the State Railway Department of surveys of the various proposed routes…

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Need For Good Roads

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 2

The following appeared in the publication "Good Roads": -- Man never is but always to be blest. One of the characteristics of a British…

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Good Roads. by Improved Methods

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 1

Tomki Shire can set an example to other local governing bodies on the North Coast, and most others throughout the country districts of the State,…

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Proposed Railway From Goulburn Direct to the Coast

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 10

The above block illustrates how Goulburn could be connected with Nowra by a line branching off from Tallong on the Main Southern…

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Improvements at Railway Station

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 6

Mr. M. F. Morton,. M.P., is in receipt of the following letter:— Dear Sir,—With reference to your letter of 17th June, regarding…

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High-Priced Land on Ferry Road. At The Rate of £210 To The Acre

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 August 1922 · page 1

On Saturday last Messrs Stewart & Morton submitted to public auction at their rooms, the quarter-acre land, Ferry…

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Improvement to Entrance at The Railway Station

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 August 1922 · page 1

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A, is in receipt of the following official communication from the Office of the Railway…

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Depasturing on Public Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 2

For some time past there has been considerable doubt regarding the power of a Shire Council to permit stock to depasture on public roads…

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Railway Conference

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 1

Following are the resolutions carried at the railway conference at Bombala last week: That in each centre interested…

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What Passengers Saw. Lady Mid Nothings on Tries to Rack Train

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1

Passengers proceeding to Sydney by a South Coast train on Monday last week, that were looking through the windows admiring the scenery,…

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Road to the Tablelands. the Long Suppressed Report. Seventy Years Fight for a Road

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 3

Some time in the early fifties the people of Goulburn, tired of the long, weary road via Bargo to Sydney, and knowing that they were almost in…

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Railway Carriages on South Coast Line

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 2

Mr. M. F. Morion in the Assembly last week:—I desire to ask the Minister for Railways whether his attention has been called to the shocking…

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Tathra Road

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Bega P.P. Union on Tuesday the following resolutions were carried : That the Government be asked for…

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"The Road to Perdition." Parson's Prattle

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

Some Kangaroo Valley people arranged for the holding of a plain and fancy drees juvenile ball on Wednesday last. On the Sunday previous…

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