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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

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Police Court Wednesday, January 21. (Before Mr. Chapman, S.M.) Breaches of the Motor Act

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

Wilson M. Huxley pleaded guilty to failing to deliver up an expired number plate. Fined 10- and 8- costs. Fourteen days was allowed to…

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Bomaderry Road

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, a letter .was read from the Main Board Board, acknowledging receipt of letter re Bomaderry Road,…

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Bays of Cobb and Co. Incidents on Lonely Roads

The Bega District News · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 4

The days of the man coach are popularly supposed to be with the past. The era when the name of Cobb and Co. was a household word is N.S.W. and…

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The Motor World

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 7

While travelling on a New Zealand road recently a motorist encountered a heavy dust storm blowing down the valley. He was compelled to stop on…

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Mid-summer Railway Excursions

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of February. These…

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Motor Notes. Fluctuations in Oil Pressure

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 3

There are many motorists who cause themselves endless worry by imagining that a falling off in oil pressure as the engine reaches the higher operating…

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Motor Cars Collide, Disappearance of Stranger Driver

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

In connection with the car smash on Elmgrove Hill last Sunday, when a stranger’s Essex sedan crashed into Mr T. Healy’s car, Mr Garnet Healy was…

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Bomaderry Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 7

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, a letter was read from the Main Roads Board, acknowledging receipt of letter re Bomaderry Road…

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Temporary Improvements to the Road Leading to Bomaderry Railway Station

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. H. J. Bate, M.L.A., phoned us on Wednesday from the Metropolis to say that he had been successful in interviewing the authorities and…

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Road To The Coast. Referred to M.R. BOARD

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

Representations, made by the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce concerning the proposed road from Tallong to the South Coast, have been referred…

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Midsummer Railway Excursions

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…

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Motor Ships

The Bega District News · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 4

That Scandinavian countries are making a bid for world supremacy in motor ship building is evident from the latest statistics given in Lloyd’s Register,…

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Bomaderry Road Arrangements Complete

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

The visit to Berry of officials from the head office of the Main Roads Board ha resulted in something being dine to put the Bomaderry Road…

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Remarks Resented Albion Park-Kiama Road

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

At Jamberoo Council meeting on Thursday last a letter was received from the Municipality of Shellharbour regarding the road from Albion…

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Motor Column

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

Although there have been great improvements in various components of the automobile as we know it to-day. little alterations has been…

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Railway Excursions

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a scries of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms Price of Milk

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 1

Mr. Bate : Is the Minister for ways aware that the railway refreshment rooms are charging 4d. a glass for milk, for which Is, a gallon is…

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Serious Motor Smash

The Bega District News · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 2

The school bus from Candelo, in charge of G. Edwards, jr, dashed into a mob of 70 Jersey heifers, owned, by Mr H. Wiles, and in charge of Jim Hinde,…

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In a Train

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 3

It was a s[?]ggery hot day, and most of the travellers were feeling more or less Cayenne pepperish as the train bore its way towards the Blue…

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Motor Notes. Tyre Wear Warnings

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

Petrol and tyres are the two necessities of motoring which require most of the money spent in keeping the car on the road. Tyres to-day wear much…

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