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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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The Main Road Not Considered Stoney Hill Deviation

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 3

It is stated with authority says the “Milton Tunes” that the Main Roads Beard has not even considered the projected deviation of the Prince’s…

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Motor World Leaks and the Water Pump

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 3

One very usual source of Leakey o the circulation system of the car is at the water pump in those models which are final with such an…

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Motor Notes Oiling the Springs

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 5

Broken springs are usually caused by lose spring clips which permit sufficient strain to reach the centre of the spring, which is its weaken,…

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Railway Cheque

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 1

Receipts amounting to £1227.9 were received from the Railway Commissioners for electricity and water supplied to them for the recent…

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M.R. Board v. Councils New Provisions for Minor Roads

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 3

When the amendments to the Main Roads Act, proposed by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) become law, secondary roads will not…

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The Road to Utopia Quite Easy to Follow

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

Mr. Davies, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, addressing the Constitutional Association in Sydney on Monday, argued that the…

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A Motor Mating

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

Mr. Morris Cowley met Lizzie Ford at Albion. He had been a Rover and had travelled a good deal Overland. He played a good game…

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Nowra Bride and Bridegroom in Motor Smash. Bride's Leg Fractured, and Her Face Cut

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 5

Sailing along as happy as the proverbial marriage bell Mr. Peter and Mrs. Anderson; of Nowra, at Unanderra, on Easter Monday…

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Loan Monet Foe Permanent Roads

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner), opening the Local Government Engineers Conference, said that, under the Main Roads…

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Big Increase in Workmen's Wages Harbor Bridge Construction Hazardous Task

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 3

"A community which asks such unusual service must he prepared to offer unusual wages, said Judge Beeby in the Commonwealth…

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Main Roads

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. Weir) asked whether the councils had any say in the control of the main road. Mr. Timbs (town clerk) replied in…

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Reconditioning Kiama-jamberoo Road

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 3

In reply to the Jamberoo Council’s letter asking whether it was possible to submit an estimate of cost for the concreting or bitumening the main…

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The Cow Upon The Road

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 4

Should cows be allowed to graze upon roads? The motorist who, driving along a road at night, finds his headlight suddenly shining upon…

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Terrors of the Motor

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 3

The British Home Office, in a return of street accidents for 1928, reveals the following figures:—England and Wales, killed 5489, injured…

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Broughton Village Farewell Social Easter Motor Traffic

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 1

Changes have taken place in Broughton Village. Mr. Stan Stevenson, who has occupied the farm at Broughton Village belonging to Mrs…

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Motor Notes

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 5

There are over 4660 bridges on New Zealand’s roads. This total does not include the innumerable small bridges of less than 25 feet in…

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Nowra Motor Cycle Club

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 3

The Nowra Motor Cycle Club was reformed on Friday night last. The officers elected were : President, Mr. K. Harrison ; vice presidents, Messrs…

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Bandy-Legged Motorist

The Bega District News · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 1

Two men well known ill Australian sport are possessed of the physical disability known as "bandy-legs." Each is scornful of the other on the…

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Cambewarra Shire Bridge Tender Too High Road to Robertson

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 1

On Thursday last the regular monthly meeting of the Cambewarra Shire Council look place at the council chambers, Kangaroo Valley,…

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Repairs 70 Mill Road

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 1

J. Walsh, Woodhill, wrote that be was prepared to put on a gang of men at his own expense to repair the Mill Road, Bellawongarah, providing…

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