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Railways, roads & transport, 1928

217 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 11

Blood Spilt at Tomerong Road Camp. an Italian Uses the Knife in a Drunken Brawl

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 6

On Monday afternoon, at Nowra Police Court, two Italians--employed at Tomerong on the deviation in connection with road work being…

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Better Roads All Over the State. Relief to Shire and Municipal Councils. Mr. Bate, M.P., Explains the Policy. Great Benefit to the Prince's Highway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 8

Through the instrumentality of Ald. Leatheam Mr. H. J. Bate, M.P., paid a visitation to the last meeting of Nowra Council and…

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Motoring Notes

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 1

Never run your engine in a closed garage. Exhaust fumes are deadly poison, and a man is likely to collapse in them before he realises that…

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Studebaker Hints to All Motorists

The Bega District News · Monday 2 July 1928 · page 4

Studebaker and Erskine servicemen pass on the following timely hints to fawners of those cars in particular and motorists in general…

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" Better Farming Train"

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 1

According to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) the cost of equipping" and maintaining the "Better Farming Train" so far as it…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 5

A lecture of more than ordinary interest was given in Manchester England recently by captain Malcolm Campbell, the famous driver…

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Motor Lorry Not Favored by Clyde Shire

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 6

At the Clyde Shire Council meeting, on Monday, Cr. Condie, pursuant to notice, moved that when funds are available the Council purchase a motor…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 5

In a great many cases automobile [?] acture[?]s have located the compartment for the tools under the front seat, with a hinged or loose…

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Employment and Road Work

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 3

The Slate Publicity Officer of the Country Party writes:— Day after day the Ministers of the Government are asked to find…

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An Advocate For The Purchase of A Motor Lorry. Cr. Condie Fights a Lone Hand

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 4

Paranant to notice of motion Cr. Condie, at Clyde Shire Council meeting on Monday, moved that a motor lorry be purchased, when…

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Bridge Built Like a Watch

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 6

Building a bridge up in the air, half of it at a time, then tipping the two halves together and making them meet with a fraction of an…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 5

To make a compression gauge, take a spark p[?]ug she I and the [?]ve stem from an old inner tube. Use rubber washers (cut from an inner tube)…

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The Sydney Harbor Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

Recently it was my privilege to go over Dorman, Long and Co.'s workshops, and I spent a very interesting morning amongst the steelwork for…

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Defies the Elements Waterproof Motor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 7

All motorists have driven in bad weather at some time in their motoring life. And most of them have had the unenviable experience of hearing…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 5

When an engine is started in the morning one may often notice water dripping from the tail p[?]pe of the muffler. There is no need to get…

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Like A Geyser on the Bridge Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 6

On Monday last people may have imagined that a geyser had belched forth on Bridge Road, or that the Council had commenced an…

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Fox Hunting by Motor

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

Motoring at dusk, we spotted a fine fox on the road, about a hundred yards ahead. We slowed down, and to our surprise, Reynard waited…

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Tramps' Haven. Shelter and Food

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 3

A plea for tramps journeying on the Great Western road in search of work had a sympathetic bearing at Katoomba Council…

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Maxphalie for Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 4

The Victorian Roads Board are still actively pursuing their policy of better roads. Asphalt surfaces on their highways are gradually…

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Road Federal Capital to Port

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.H.R., was in Nowra yesterday. To our editor, who discussed with him the matter of improving the road between Canberra,…

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