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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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A Relic of The Horse and Sulky Days Shoalhaven Bridge, Nowra

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 9

Members of the Chamber of Commerce learned this at their quarterly meeting last week, when Mr. P. Calopedis…

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Vandals Smash Water Main Valve Illaroo Road Service Interfered with

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 7

“Some destructive person or persons deliberately smashed the spindle of the Lamer and Johnson valve in Illaroo Road…

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Public Works Engineer Not Available to South Shoalhaven for Road Inspection

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 5

“It is not customary for Departmental Engineers to be made ava[?]able to investigate proposals this nature and furnish advice…

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Improvements to Roads 70 Drums Bitumen, 194 Tons Metal on Pyree Road

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 16

While re-sheeting the Pyree Road, Council was told, 70 drums of emoleum (bitumen) and 194 tons of 5/16th metal…

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Road Metal Stolen Engineer’s Report To Council

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 13

Road metal is being stolen in large quantities from stock piles on main roads 267 and 312, and from Huskisson…

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Want Road Dedicated Deputation Waits on Cambewarra Shire Council

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 11

A deputation consisting of Messrs. N. J. Wilson, N, Graham and E. Cook, of Barrengarry, met the Cambewarra…

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South Coast Transport Road v Rail

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 4

“It is the policy of the Government in accordance with the State Transport (Co-ordination) Act. 1931-45, to protect the railways…

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12.55 P.m. Train to Be Continued

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 2

“The 12.55 p.m. train from Sydney to Nowra on Saturdays [?] proved popular and arrangements are being made to…

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History of a Bridge (By Rotarian)

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 6

The local Club met the two last occasions in their club rooms at the C.W.A. and enjoyed themselves immensely…

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Re-sheeting of Bitumen Roads Good Progress Reported

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 13

“The re-sheeting- of Terara Road is progressing, and approximately one mile has already been completed, Ganger…

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12.55 P.m. Train to Be Continued

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 12

“The 12.55 p.m. train from Sydney to Nowra on Saturdays has proved popular, and arrangements are being made to retain, it when…

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Toll of Road

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 3

The increasing toll of the road is being attributed in certain quarters to a greater volume of automotive traffic, but, says the Dunlop Bulletin, that assumption is…

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Strafing the ’Hopper Attack on Grasshoppers by Aeroplane Department Carries Out Spraying Tests

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 3

Referring to the control of locusts, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr E. H. Graham) has said that arrangements had been completed for his Department to…

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Prince’s Highway Progress The Road Moves South

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 1

The Prince’s Highway from Sydney to Bega and notably from Nowra to Bega is our main artery for business and for tourist traffic. The length of road from Sydney to Bateman’s Bay is a highway of which any…

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Motor Cars Collide. on Prince’s Highway

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 2

On Saturday last two motor cars collided on the Prince’s Highway, at Toolijooa, when both cars were very much…

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Clear Roads for Ambulance

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 5

This week the State Government will gazette the regulation giving ambulances, hurrying to patients, right of way on roads. This…

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Road Work Pleases Aldermen

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 11

At the meeting of South Shoalhaven Municipal Council on Wednesday last, Aid. J. Robertson reported that Ganger Piercy had…

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Spring Bank Bridge Renewed South Shoalhaven Cleaning Up Municipality

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 12

The Spring Bank bridge, which has been regarded as a bad bridge for many years, has at last been renewed…

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D.M.R. Engineer To Inspect Roads South Shoalhaven Alder- Men Pleased

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 5

South Shoalhaven aldermen expressed pleasure on receipt of a letter, at their meeting last Wednesday, informing them an…

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The Aerodrome Still in the Air

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

With Douglas airliners poised and ready to land on a new Bega aerodrome, there is still no news from Civil Aviation regarding any possible site. The…

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