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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

226 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 12

Are Road Smashes Accidents? (Lasted “by the Road Safely Council)

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the roads of one State at the race of 31 a month,…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents ? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the roads of the State at the rate of…

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Bomaderry Metal Used Without Asking by Main Roads Department Discussion Regarding Payment

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 3

The Berry Council needs the money said to he owing by the Department of Main Roads. and stringent measures are to be taken to…

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Motor Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 1

Indications are mat the latest schedule under the petrol rationing plan will result in not a few owners of private cars allowing their…

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Bomaderry Metal Used Without Asking by Main Roads Department Discussion Regarding Payment

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 8

The Berry Council needs the money said to be owing by the Department of Main Roads, and stringent measures are to be taken to bring about…

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Rail Chief’s Northern Inspection Public Appreciation of Railway Staff

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 9

Interviewed on his return from an inspection of the Main Northern line extending from Hornsby to the Queensland border at Wallangarra,…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 6

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons —and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a…

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Rail Chief’s Northern Inspection Railway Saff

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 5

Interviewed on his return from an inspection of the Main Northern line, extending from Hornsby to the Queensland Border at Wallangarra,…

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Hampden Bridge Cottage Reduction in Rental Granted

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 25 June 1941 · page 14

Mr. F. H. Daley, whose lease of the Hampden Bridge shop and cotatge expires at the end of June, attended the meeting of the Cambewarra Shire…

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Lease of Council Property Hampden Bridge and Cambewarra Lookout Cottages and Reserves

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 5

At the meeting of Cambewarra Shire Council on Wednesday of last week, Mr. Frank Daley attended in person with the object of discussing…

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Those Conceited Drivers (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 4

There is a type of young man, particularly in the country, who rushes off to dances in nearby villages and who has the habit of…

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Railway Excursions For July

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 4

In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations within the Tourist Area, there will…

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Early Sunday Morning Train

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 1

At the District Chamber of Commerce meeting, on Wednesday night, Mr. P. Maguire asked how it was that the early Sunday morning train…

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Police Patrols Find Many Faults (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 14

Returns of the mobile police truck patrol and of other traffic officers show that during the month of May an abnormally high number of traffic…

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The Motorists’ Corner (Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon”). PETROL

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 9

It’s a pity that I’m not a woman—otherwise this would be appearing under a five or six column banner headline “I Told You So.” Since…

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Railway Excursions for July

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 4

In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations within the tourist area, there will be an…

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Additional Train Sunday Service

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 July 1941 · page 5

Mr. H. Parsons, Berry’s station master, informs us that an additional Sunday train wilt run in future, starting from Sunday next,…

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Frog’s Hollow Aerodrome Commonwealth Offer. Bega Council Will Control It

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 July 1941 · page 3

At a special meeting of Bega Council on Monday afternoon, a letter was read from the Commonwealth Government in reply to the requests…

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Police Patrols Find Many Faults (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 July 1941 · page 6

Returns of the mobile police truck patrols and of other traffic officers show that during the month of May an abnormally high number of traffic…

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New South Wales Railways Review of Eight Years’ Working

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 July 1941 · page 4

In a review of railway operations in New South Wales covering the period of his administration, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T…

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