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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

286 stories in South Coast's papers · page 13 of 15

Road Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 2 November 1936 · page 2

Alfred Pickett, aged is a resident of Balcman’s Boy, died in Bega District Hospital at midnight on Friday as the result of shocking injuries…

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The Pioneer. King of the Road, Nowrabega

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 1

Now book you a seat In He Luxe “Pioneer,” It’s a trip you’ll remember For many a year…

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Railway Annual Report Deficit Less Than £700,000 Against £4,500,000 Four Years Age

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 5

The report of last year’s operations by the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has been tabled in Parliament. It tells…

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Photographs in Railway Trains

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 5

Earlier in the year the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, appointed a special committee to revise the display of…

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Crushed Beneath Logs. Railway Officer's Death at Wollongong Goods Yard

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

Randall Foreman (40), of Thirroul a sub-traffic inspector, in the Railway Department, died from a crushed chest, on Thursday last week, as he…

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COST £200,000. General Motors Add to their Research Laboratories

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 6

Construction of an eleven-storey addition to the General Motors research laboratories at Detroit, U.S.A., costing £200,000, has been started…

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Nowra Railway Station

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 1

The undermentioned particulars represent the station business at Nowra railway for the month of September, 1936…

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Motor Notes. Pontiac Popular

The Bega District News · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 1

Official figures show that 12,600 new Pontine cars were delivered to buyers by American dealers in August. The Pontiac is fifth on the…

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Proposed Loan Clyde Shire Arranges to Go Straight Ahead with Road Works

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 1

The President (Cr. Boag) of Clyde Shire Council explained that he had called the special meeting on that day (Friday) with the object of finalising…

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Australianities Along the Road

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 6

“Caution I Men at Work, Drive Slowly.” I was much impressed by a road notice to that effect when motoring in the west of the State recently…

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Federal Aids Roads Bill

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 November 1936 · page 8

Mr. Bate (South Coast) : This bill is merely to ratify an agreement under which New South Wales will receive 27 per cent, of the total…

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Creed of the Open Road

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 November 1936 · page 5

An admirable creed which should be followed by every motorist is passed Son by the N.R.M.A.:—The beauty of the open road is not…

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Beach Road Work to Begin Next Week

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 November 1936 · page 2

The Berry town clerk this morning received a communication from the Local Government Department, seating that the plans and…

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Australianities. Along the Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

"Caution: Men at work. Drive Slowly." I was much impressed by a road notice to that effect when motoring in the west of the State…

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The Pioneer King of the Road Nowra--bega

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

The following appeared in the Nowra "Leader," and is dedicated to Mr. Bart Haig--the well, known motor proprietor--whose…

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Motoring Industry

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 1

Figures revealed last week at the official opening of General Motors' £433,000 new motor factory near Melbourne, provide eloquent…

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Nowra Bridge Footway Beery Council Repudiates Obligation

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 1

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, a letter was read from Nowra Council, asking if it would contribute its quota towards the…

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Motor Traffic Precautions

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 4

Amongst several suggestions made at recent meetings of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers' Union with, regard to the control of…

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Nunnick Road

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 November 1936 · page 2

The name [?] has become anuth[?] to Mumbulla Shire Council, and the end is apparently not yet Some [?] back Council and the…

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Bemboka’s Troubles Another Road Blocked

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 November 1936 · page 2

For months past much of the time of Mumbulla Shire Council has been taken up with troubles over roads at Bemboka, and it Monday’s meeting a…

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