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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

305 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 16

Concrete Roads in America

The Bega District News · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 4

Motorists in America will have about 5900 more miles of concrete road to travel over during 1926 than they had in 1925. Added to the…

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A Begaite at the Railway Smash

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 June 1926 · page 1

Mr Jack Wilson writes us from Manilla on Friday last. “I wired you about the big railway smash, which i hope you received. It was…

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Motor Notes. Too Rich a Mixture

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 June 1926 · page 4

Whist the motorist who is beat on petro: economy is prone to tinker with his carburettor in such a way that is yields a mixture that is‘…

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Callous Motorists. Nowra Man Knocked Down

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

Late on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Jack Phillips, of Nowra, was riding his bicycle back to town from work, crossing Nowra bridge where he…

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Motor Taxation

The South Coast Register · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 3

A proposal to have motor taxes distributed proportionately amongst councils and shires has found favor with many local governing bodies,…

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Nowra News And Notes Motor Cyclists Have a Day Out

The South Coast Register · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 1

Under the captaincy of Mr. Parkes, a party of motorists left Nowra on Sunday morning last at 9.30 a.m. for Moss Vale. The…

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The Manning Street Tram Again

The South Coast Register · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

“How long would the heads of the State Quarries live in the vicinity of Maningstreet with the noise and the dust of the steam trams?” asked AId. Carton at last Wednesday’s meeting if Kiama Council, when that subject was revived by the receipt…

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Overhead Bridge Wanted

The South Coast Register · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 5

The growing need of the Illawarra township are such that the Shellharbour Council has decided to Approach the Railway Commissioners and ask that on overhead bridge be built at the Albion Park Station…

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Oh! That Coolangatta Road

The South Coast Register · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 1

Lulled into n sense of false security by the Berry Aldermen’s assurance of good roads, one of our readers —in all his simplicity of…

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Seven-mile Beach Road

The South Coast Register · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 3

Visitors to Seven Mile Beach via Berry Municipality speak highly of the work done on what is known as the sandy portion by the…

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The Great While Train Is Coming

The South Coast Register · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 6

THE South Coast [?] on the map after all. The Great While Train, which has been on a four of the State for some months past, and which has attracted so much interest is, after all, to pan over the South Coast line in Bomaderry…

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How the Swamp Road Swamps the Metal

The South Coast Register · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 1

“It is it pity,” wrote Mr. A. .1. Beazer, school- teacher, of Maeyan, “when the Government is encouraging education. that children should…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, June 23. (Before Mr. Scott, S.m.) Motor-car Damages

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 4

Ethel Ada Goodsell sued Colin Brown for £5. being amount claimed for damage done by defendant colliding with her motor-car. Mr. Marriott…

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Motor Notes. Inflation Pressures

The Bega District News · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 4

The importance of correct inflation pressures is one that has been hammered home by motoring authorities for many years past but even today…

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Distance Dished. Across Continent By Train

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 2

Another route to Australia, which, before the war, was a most interesting way to return, will shortly be reopened when the Soviet Government…

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"Great White" Train. North And South Coasts Tour

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 2

The "Australian-Made" Preference League has received advice from the Premier, Mr. J. T. Laug, intimation that he has agreed to provide a…

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New Motor Regulations

The South Coast Register · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 7

The new motor regulations adopted by the council have drawn forth comment from motor drivers, who claim that the regulations should…

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Diamonds and the Motor Car

The Bega District News · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

Enough diamonds to stud a queen’s coronet are worn out every year in the manufacture of Ford cars. Contrary to the popular guess, they are…

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Diamonds and the Motor Car

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 8

Enough diamond's to stud a queen's coronet are worn out every year in the manufacture of Ford cars. Contrary to the popular guess, they are…

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Nowra Council's Traffic Regulations. Conference with Motor Men. "A Storm in a Tea Cup."

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 6

A few weeks ago Nowra Council, at the instance of Ald. Johnson, carried a series of resolutions to regulate the traffic in the principal streets…

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