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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

278 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 14

Bega Motor Funerals

The Bega District News · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

J. MOMSEN wishes to inform the people of Bega and district that he has purchased Bega Motor Funerals’ service, and is prepared to conduct…

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New International Motor Truck Plant Will Produce 700 Engines Per Day

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 6

News has been received that a new plant exclusively for the manufacture of engines for the entire new line of International trucks is under…

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Motor Notes. Bedfords Triumph in Big British Move

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

Fifty-three Bedford trucks are engaged upon the task of moving within 12 months nearly a million tons of slag alone in one of the greatest…

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Mammoth Motor Press

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

One of the biggest steel motor body-building presses in the world is included in £135,000 worth of new equipment to be installed at the…

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Timber Cutters Aggrieved. Railway Commissioner Refuses to Increase Rates for Cutting

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 7

In our previous issue we chronicled information concerning meetings held by timber cutters, supplied us by Mr. G. Jackson, who forwarded the…

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Hampden Bridge Reserve

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 7

At the Cambewarra Shire Council meeting, last week, a letter was received from Mr. Frank Daley, in which he asked for a renewal of his…

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Big Works at Berry Broughton Creek Bridge

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

At the Berry Council meeting, on Wednesday, two tenders were received for the erection of a new bridge over Broughton Creek. The…

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Use of Motor Trucks

The Bega District News · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Evidence of the increasing use of the motor truck in industry and agriculture in Australia is the fact that more than 20,000 new trucks…

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Motor Notes. the Accident Problem

The Bega District News · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Despite the fact that the figures covering fatal accidents in Australia in 1936, recently issued by the Commonwealth Bureau of Census…

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Big Works for Berry. Bridge and Road. Construction

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

At last Berry Council meeting, the tender of Walter Bailey was accepted for the erection of the Wharf Road Bridge, at a cost bf £15002-. Also…

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Aerodrome

The Bega District News · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

Bega Council has for a long time been agitating for Federal assistance for the establishment of an aerodrome at Bega. At last…

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Kangaroo Valley Items Road Inspection

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 16

On Thursday last all the members of the Cambewarra Shire Council set out on their second and final day of inspection of all the roads within the…

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Demand for Better Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 9

At Clyde Shire Council meeting on Friday, a communication was received from one Graham, of Yadboro, asking that a reasonable amount be…

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Kerbside Bowsers. Main Roads Board Refuses Request at Cobargo

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

The Main Roads Board advised Mumbulla Council that the application of Mr Storen, of Cobargo, for permission to instal a kerbside…

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Is It Wanted ? Bridge Over Bega River Between Moran’s Crossing and Bega

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

At Mumbulla Shire a letter was read from Bimbaya P.P.U. asking that Mumbulla and Imlay Shires construct a bridge over Bega River…

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Bridge Over Bega River

The Bega District News · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2

The request made to Mumbulla Council by the Bimbaya P.P.U. for a bridge over Bega river between Moran’s Crossing and Bega is hard…

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The Hospital Road (To the Editor)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 4

Sir,—May I crave space in your valuable paper to ask our Berry aldermen if any of them have noticed the state of the road between…

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Motor Notes. General Motors’ Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 1

Growth of an overseas market for both open and closed motor bodies made in Australia is indicated by an order now being fulfilled [?]…

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The Buckajo Bridge. (To the Editor.)

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

Sir,—I have read your remarks with regard to the Buckajo bridge, and I wish to say that you are wrong, utterly and hopelessly wrong,…

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The Swamp Road Mr. Bate’s Disappointment

The South Coast Register · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

Mr. H. J. Bate, M.L.A., who has taken a keen and active interest in the agitation to have the much discussed Swamp Road properly…

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