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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

217 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 11

Responsibility of Motor Owners

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

It is not commonly known that owners of motor vehicles are responsible for certain breaches of the traffic regulations committed while such…

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Teamster Fined for Damage to Road

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 2

In the Goondiwindi Police Court, Queensland, Oliver Green, a teamster, was prosecuted by Sergeant Reynolds for damage to a recently constructed…

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The Road Resumptions

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 2

The Land Board sat at Bega on Tuesday and yesterday, the main business being the assessment of land taken for the new Prince’s…

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Motor Notes and Hints

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 5

Few rattles and squeaks are So deficit to eradicate as those which, will occur la the bonnet of a motor car. Sometimes the trouble is mainly…

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Motor v. Rail. a Protest From Young

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 2

A protest comes from Young this time against motor lorries competing with the State Railways. "The motor lorries pick the eyes…

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The Road Resumptions

The Bega District News · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 4

The hearing of compensation claims in respect to land resumed for the new Bega Eden road was continued on Wednesday morning and lasted…

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State Control of Railways

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 7

Rightly or wrongly the principle ownership of the means of communication was early incorporated as an intergral part of State policy in this…

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Bridge Built Like a Watch

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 7

Building a bridge up in the air, half of it at a time, then lipping the two halves together and ranking them meet within a fraction of an…

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A Plea for Road to Currarong Actual Residents v. Holiday Makers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 3

At the Clyde Shire Council meeting, on Wednesday, a discussion took place regarding a recommendation made by the engineer to spend £100…

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Motor Notes and Hints

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 August 1928 · page 5

The annoyance caused by the loud squeak which proceeds from the brakes of some cars when they are applied [?] generally be provided…

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Abominable Roads

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 4

A resident asked us why the Council athows the [?]and along king hern street. We[?] saying, we thought…

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Safety For Pedestrians Crossing Nowra Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 7

The Mayor (Ald. Quinn) put the case, before Mr. Farrar (Minister for Labor) at Nowra on Friday last, for the necessity and urgency of an outrigger…

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Better Farming Train

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 1

The secretary of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association is in receipt of the following letter from the Department of Agriculture:—…

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Successful Motor Salesman

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 2

Mr H. Fanning, Bega agent for Whippet and Willys-Knight cars, has received the following tribute from the general manager of the Company…

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Motor Notes and Hints

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 6

The petrol line is one plane on a car where water is absolutely [?] If not taker care of it will eventally find is way to the carburettor,…

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The Nowra-Nerriga Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 7

Clyde Shire Council at present has a gang of men effecting repairs to the Nowra-Nerriga road, but that body has good hope of big…

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South Shoalhaven By-Roads Personally Inspected By The Mayor

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 6

On Friday last a general inspection of the by-roads of the South Shoalhaven Council was made by the Mayor (Ald. W. Ryan), accompanied…

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Motor Transport Need for Uniformity in Legislation

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1928 · page 3

Action was recently taken by the committee on mechanical transport to bring under the notice of the Commonwealth Government through the…

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Road, Canberra to Jervis Bay

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1928 · page 8

Mr. J. A. Perkins, speaking on the Estimates in the Federal Parliament the other day, said:—Canberra has been established, and if it is to…

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Producer Gas Motors

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1928 · page 8

"The Country party is keenly interested in the investigation being carried out by the Development and Migration Commission regarding the…

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