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Railways, roads & transport, 1939

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Road Safety Children

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 3

School vacation has now ended, and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of conveyance on the…

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Road Safety Children (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 6

School vacation will soon be drawing to a close, and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various…

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Another Car Over Bridge Victim Taken to Hospital

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

Another serious accident occurred on the Prince’s Highway on Saturday afternoon last, when a singleseater touring car failed to negotiate…

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Bridge Proposal. Over Mouth of Bega River .Deputation to Sydney

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 2

In Mumbulla Council a letter was read from Mr Bate stating that it would not be possible for Mr Spooner to visit Bega to receive a…

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Stock Routes Discussion of Difficulties When May a Road Be Used?

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 6

Questions which sometimes arise over travelling stock were discussed by Mr. S. Ick—Hewins, assistant general secretary of the Grazier’s Association, in a broadcast address…

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Car Crashes Through Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 3

Miraculous escapes from more serious accident and death for that matter. makes one wonder how so many happen without more loss of life. On…

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Ford Trucks Help New Guinea Development. Driven by Natives Over World's Most Gruelling Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 9

When goldfields were opened up in the mountainous interior of New Guinea transport of goods required there proved a difficult problem. The…

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Motor Ramps

The Bega District News · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 2

Mr J. A. Baldwin, Brogo, applied to [?]umbulla Shire for permission to remove gate on public road and erect a motor ramp…

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Huskisson Improvements Resurfacing of Road

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 13

At the Clyde Shire Council meeting. on Friday last, the question of surfacing the road from Falls Creek to Huskisson was brought up by the…

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Motor Notes. Motor Sales Buoyant

The Bega District News · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 1

Few motorised countries throughout the world maintained in 1988 their sales figures in new car[?] and commercial vehicles for 1937…

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X-ray for Motor Tyres

The Bega District News · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 1

A new X-ray machine has been devised in U.S.A. for use in motor tyre service stations. The outfit, which costs about £38 in America, detects…

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Car Over Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 10

Another serious accident occurred on the Pri[?]n[?]'s Highway on Saturday afternoon last week, reports the "S.C. Register," Berry, when a single seater…

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Road Safety. Children

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

School vacation has drawn to a close and may thousands of children throughout the State are travelling by various means of conveyance on…

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Cr. O'brien Out to Improve Huskisson. Road Must Be Re-surfaced. Striking a Special Rate of One-penny for Town Improvements

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

At the meeting of Clyde Shire Council on Friday the Engineer (Mr. Cowans) again brought forward the matter of re-surfacing the road, Falls…

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Road Safety. Education and Enforcement. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Bega District News · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 4

This month the flying motor patrol o[?] the State highways by the new traffic police corps will be in operation. The motor trucks which they…

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All About a Road

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

The question of a reserved road affecting Mr. Rollason and Mrs. Carter has been troubling the Cambewarra Shire Council for some time past, and…

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Road Safety Education and Enforcement

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 5

This month the flying motor patrol of the State highways by the new traffic police corps will be in operation. The motor trucks which they…

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Road Safety Vital Need for Care. (Issued by the Road Safety Council.)

The Bega District News · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 1

Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads. and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them are…

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Motor Accidents

The Bega District News · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2

On Friday night a collision occurred at Brogo between a car driven by Mr Gordon, of Milton, and one by Mr. Jessop, junior, of Quaama. Mr…

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Swamp Road Work to . Begin at Once

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 4

The Department of Public World has informed the Berry Council that it approves of tho tender of H. T. Turner, of Berry, to carry put the…

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