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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

243 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 13

A Happy Easter (By the Deputy Commissioner for Road Transport)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

With the Easter holidays around the corner, the great majority of our citizens will be straining at the [?] of enjoyment of the few days…

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Fight for Car. at Araluen. Motor Dashes Into Fence

The Nowra Leader · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 9

Constable Burr, of Major's Creek, performed an exciting arrest in Araluen on Thursday afternoon last week. Word had been sent from Moruya…

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Road Safety the Cyclist (5)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 1

Probably greater care is called for on the part of the cyclist than the rider or driver of any other vehicle. His vehicle is almost noiseless, and…

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[?] Motoring Facts

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 3

"Since January, 1931, 40,350 people in Great Britain had been killed and 1,290,000 injured in road accidents," said Captain Hudson, Parliamentary…

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Fired Gun in Train Incident at Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

The train which left Nowra at 3.10 p.m. for Sydney on Monday last, and which was crowded with holiday makers, was held up while…

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A Shilling’s Worth of Tram Rides

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 6

As our boat was scheduled to sail at 6 p.m. that day we could not undertake any long distance tour, and so availed ourselves of a scheme…

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Railway Cruise for Schoolboys Cheap Educational Tour

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 3

Mr. Parker, station-master at Bomaderry, sends us a folder giving par­ticulars of a railway cruise for school boys that the Department is…

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Crooked River Bridge to Be Forgotten—for the Present Gerringong Council Disappointed Government Refuses Further Assistance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 5

The Civic Fathers of Gerringong, during the past ten years, cherished a dream of one day visualising a bridge stretching actress Crooked…

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Motor Tyres. Costly Rubber Entails Higher Prices

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

The announcement by the Motor Tyre Manufacturers of Australia of increases in the prices of tyres, on account of higher manufacturing costs,…

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Road Works and Clerk's Report. Cambewarra Shire Council

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

At the meeting of Cambewarra Shire Council on Tuesday the Clerk and ganger submitted their reports, both of which were adopted, as…

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Discharging Firearms in Railway Train

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 3

At the Kiama Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., Albert Charles Brace, 21, pastrycook, was charged with having…

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George's River Bridge Toll

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of representatives from the Sutherland. Shire Council, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, and other interested…

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Is It True ? Proposed Alteration in Time of Cooma Train

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 2

Rumors have been in circulation at Cooma and down here during the list week or so that a drastic alteration is contemplated by the Railway…

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Residential Qualifications Gerringong Dele- Gates Not Satisfied Threaten to Appeal to Group Over League S • Decision Main Roads Board Players

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 6

The Gerringong delegates (Messrs. L. Bissaker and H. Chittick) were not satisfied with the league's decision at the meeting at Berry on…

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Australian Motor Bodies. Science and Engineering Now Applied

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

"It can truthfully be said that the Australian motor body manufacturing industry is ahead of many internationally recognised manufacturing…

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New Map for Railway Users and Schools

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has issued a wall map, size 44 inches by 34 inches, showing the whole of the lines in…

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Railway Excursions in May

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 3

The Department of Railways has made extensive arrangements for excursion travel in connection with the celebration of the coronation on May…

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Motorists' Handbook

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 3

For free distribution to its members, the N.R.M.A. has produced a 1937 edition of the association's handbook. The book, which is of…

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New Map. For Railway Uses a Schools

The Bega District News · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr T. J. Hartigan [?] issued a wall map size inches [?] 34 inches, showing the whole of the lines in New South…

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Broughton Vale School Bridge (To the Editor)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 3

Sir,—Will you kindly grant me space to draw the attention of the Berry and Broughton Vale Councils to the slow progress being made in…

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