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Railways, roads & transport, 1923

114 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 6

Tathra Road Bega Council to Assist in Maintenance

Southern Star · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 2

At Bega Council meeting on Tuesday night the Mayor, Ald. Pell, [?] up the matter of Bega-Tathra road. and the [?]-factory reply…

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Motor Smash. Narrow Escape

The Nowra Leader · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

A car containing a couple of gentlemen, two ladies and a child, returning to their home in Sydney' (reports the Illawarra Mercury") had a…

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No Smoking in Motor Buses

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 2

Motor bus conductors have been notified by the police that smoking on their vehicles, or permitting passengers to smoke, is a breach of the…

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High Speed On Bridge Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 3

Last week Nowra Council complained of scorching by motorists on Bridge Road and went so far as to direct the notice of the Sergeant of…

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Road to Jervis Bay

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Public Works Department, under date 20th Feb. 1923 :--…

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Roads Expenditure

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Perkins, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter:— Public Works Department, Sydney, 20th February, 1923…

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Road Machinery

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 1

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, correspondence was read from Noyes Bros., re road-making machinery and plant, and from…

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Cross-Country Railway. Commissioner at Robertson

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

On Monday morning, 5th instant, Mr. Fraser, Chief Commissioner for Railways, who was accompanied by Mr. Kennedy of the Railway Survey…

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Motor Lorries v. RAILWAYS

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 4

A motor lorry transport has been running for some time from Sydney to Moss Vale, and (says the "Scrutineer") is taking much business from…

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Easter Holidays. Excursion Train Arrangements

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 3

In addition to the announcement already made by the Railway Department of special cheap trains during the week preceding the Easter…

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Easter Holidays. Excursion Train Arrangements

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 3

In addition to the announcement already made by the Railway Department of special cheap drains during the week preceding the Easter…

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Easter Holidays. Excursion Train Arrangements

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 2

In addition to the announcements already made by tho Railway Department of special cheap trains daring the week preceding the Easter holidays, the…

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South Coast Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

It is a notorious fact that travellers always know where they cross the boundary into a municipality. The wretched state of the roads supplies the…

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The Good-Roads Herring

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

IMITATION is the blessed gift which saves the monkey's life from being a blank, but it isn't the best stock-in-trade for a…

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Grant Not Wanted. Nowra Council Peepers Bad Road to Good One. Peculiar Conduct

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 1

The following correspondence, received by Mr. C. Ranch, secretary Tourist Association, through Mr. Austin Chapman, Minister for Trade and…

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Motor Smash

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

Monday's Sydney papers gave a more or less sensational account of a motor collision, which occurred that day at the intersection of…

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Wild Cow. Takes Charge of Road

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 4

A wild cow took charge of the Wilson’s Creek Road, near Mullumbimby. The animal was being diven from Cooper’s Creck…

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Railways & Primary Producers. (To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 4

Sir,—Col. Bruxner, in a recent speech, saud the primary producer was directly taxed to keep the railway sysem working for the benefit of the…

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Motor Car Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, Mr. B. McTernan received word of a motor car accident that had occurred the previous evening at Queanbeyan, in which…

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Buying a Motor Car

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 3

A common feature of every Insolvency Court is the debtor whose wife insisted on having a motor-car. In the rare cases…

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