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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Minister Rejects Road From Cross Roads to Bomaderry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

The council was not so successful in its second application — the road from the Cross Roads to Bomaderry (Nowra) railway station, also…

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New Main Road

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

The road from Main Road No. 298 to the goods yard at the Nowra Station has been proclaimed a main road…

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Shovel Work [?] Co [?]Achinery for [?]A Roads

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

[?] must replace the [?]vel for future road [?] Municipality of [?]uncil has decided…

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Alleged Hit-run Motorist Ex-berry Man Injured

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 3

On Friday night last, at about 7 o’clock, while on his way home from work’, an ex-Berry man. Mr. Jack Wiley, was knock[?] down by…

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Road From Tableland to Coast

The Bega District News · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 2

Eurobodalla Shire a[?]ed Mumbulla Shire to meet th[?] in conference at Cobargo on Thursday next 4th April, to decide on the route of the…

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Bega River Ferry Councillors Favour a Bridge

The Bega District News · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 2

The Local Government Department notified Mumbulla Shire that the contract tender for the ferry, £288 per year, was considerably in excess of…

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Road at Tantawanglo Councillors Tired of It

The Bega District News · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 2

At Mumbulla Shire Council Mrs B. Adcock complained that Mr A. D. Targett was still using the road through her property, although the…

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Congestion at Railway Ticket Office Move to Establish Agency

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 7

Congestion and delay at the ticket windows at Bomaderry railway station prior to the departure of passenger trains caused some…

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Week-end Road Mishaps

The Bega District News · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 3

A crop of road mishaps occurred over the week-end, the worst being the falling over of one of the B.H.P. tar sprayers in the vicinity of…

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£1000 Per Mile For 13 Miles of Road

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

South Shoalhaven Municipal Council decided on the proposal to go into the matter of Bitumen Roads throughout the…

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Motor Pro[?]em

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

A serious prob[?] that will have to be solved in the not distant future by the servicing and maintenance section of Australia’s motor…

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N.s.w. Railways

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made to run a number of excursion trains…

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Conjola Bridge Tender Accepted

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 7

Very fine estimating Clyde Shire Acting Engineer, Mt. J. Thompson, estimated that the cost of building the Conjola bridge…

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Bridge Vibrations Cause Blackout Electrical Engineer Submits His Report to Council

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

To meet car parking arrangements in Egan’s Lane, a lighting pole and unit has been removed and placed in another…

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Shire Roads and Reserves Various Problems Reported On By Clyde Shire Engineer

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 11

Clyde Shire Council, at its April meeting, adopted all the recommendations made by its Acting Engineer, Mr…

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Shire Road Rough on Tyres Notes From Lake Conjola

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 2

Will the Clyde Shire Council kindly consider repairing the road to Lake Conjola. It is in very bad condition, and is…

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Two Clyde Shire Roads Are Dangerous

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 14

The College Road was so full of holes that it was now dangerous, the President of the Clyde Shire Council, Cr. F. W. O’Brien, said…

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Local and General This Will Interest Motorists

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2

The Bega Petrol and Traffic Office will not be open for business in future on Saturday mornings. The Authority to close the office has been…

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Electricity .Extension Berry St. - Braidwood Road to Prince’s Highway

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 12

An expenditure of £500 would be involved to give effect to supply Electricity to four persons residing in the vicinity of…

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Road Work to Continue Workmen to Be Transferred From Other Parts of Shire to the Work

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

If work on the construction of Balmoral Street, Burrill Lake is to be proceeded with, some men from other portions of the…

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