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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

421 stories in South Coast's papers · page 9 of 22

Nowra Motor Cycle Club

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

At a meeting of Nowra Motor Cycle Club, held on May 1st, it was decided to held a week-end reliability trial to Wollongong, Bolli Pass…

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New Road

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 3

The Robertson Progress Association wrote it would advise the council when the survey of the proposed Robertson-Kangaroo Valley Road via…

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Road Making Methods in America

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 4

In a paper read before the Sydney division of the Institute of Engineers recently, Mr. R. Wilson, A.M.I.E. (Aust.), dealt with the methods…

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Motorists’ Column Impromptu Wheel Puller

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 6

A wheel puller substitute is very handy when a puller is not to be [?] When the wheel is very tight on the axle it cannot be pulled off by hand…

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Tapitalli Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 5

Cambewarra Shire Council is constructing a new bridge at Tapitalli in lieu of the structure damaged by the terrific bush fires during the…

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Main Road Mileage

The South Coast Register · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. endorses the decision of the Main Roads Board not to proclaim further main roads until the existing main roads have been…

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Road to Robertson Deputation Proposed

The South Coast Register · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3

On Friday of last week a meeting of the Upper Kangaroo River Progress Association was held at the post office. In addition to a…

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Goulburn Railwaymen Alarmed at Motor Transport

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 4

Delegates from Goulburn railway industrial organisations formed an organisation, known as the Railway Transport Protective Association…

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Big Saving of Time by Use of Aeroplane

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Hassard, railway station master at Bomaderry. has just returned front a trip to the northern riven.' During his holiday tour he had a…

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Right of the Road Pedestrians' Position a Mistaken Idea

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 3

The risk to which people who walk along public roads at night time expose themselves was emphasised by Mr. 1. M. Cook, P.M., in the Bendigo…

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Tramp Optometrists

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 3

The Institute of Optometrists of N.S.W. has drawn attention to the fact thai its members are not allowed to canvass, or to employ canvassers…

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Deserving of Censure Expected Demand for Resignation of the Council Main Roads Board Causes Stir

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 2

The method of banking up the sharp corner of the Prince’s Highway at the Memorial Hall, Gerringong, by the Main Roads Board was responsible for some lively statements at the meeting of the Gerringong Municipal Council on Monday…

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Motor Guide for the Prince’s Highway

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 2

Advice has been received from Mr. Geo. R. Broadbent, Tourist Officer of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria that the sixth edition of the…

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Creeping Railway Lines

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 6

It is not generally known that railway lines creep. They do, however, and an American authority tells us that “on lines running north and…

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Motor Notes

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 4

A new device known as the “satellite” has been introduced on the British market. Its function is to switch on the car light at any…

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A Road Matter

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 2

What appears to the lay mind to be a big mistake has been made by the Imtay Shire engineer in the deviation through Mr O. H. Blacker’s…

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Motor Spirit Quality Explained

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 3

To those often asked motoring questions, “How can I get as easy start, sweet running, more knuckles miles to the galloa ? ” a booklet…

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Dedication of Road

The South Coast Register · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 5

Mr. W. Davies. M.L.A., is in, receipt of the following communication from the secretary in the Railway Commissioners on behalf of the…

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Pike’s Hill Road

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 3

The Main Roads Board informed the council that to date they had not received any information from the council regarding the proposed works…

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Main Roads Board “Malicious Criticism”

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 3

Addressing delegates to the Shires Association of N.S.W. Conference on Wednesday, the deputy-president of the Main Roads Board (Mr. H. H…

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