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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

120 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 6

Took Motor Car Two Men Fined

The Bega District News · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 2

At Bega Court on Wednesday of last week, before Mr A. J. Bryant, Police Magistrate, Athol Raymond Blanchard, 21 years motor mechanic, of Gerringong,…

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Use of Road Slide Prompts Application for Dedication of Road

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 10

When it received an application for the dedication of portion of Loosemore’s Road, on Lumsden’s Hill, at its meeting last…

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Dry Weather Retards Shire Road Work Reports Cambewarra Shire’s Ganger

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 14

“No more grading is possible till further rain comes,” the Ganger (Mr. H. Sharman) told the Cambewarra Shire Council at its meeting…

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Fined for Negligent Driving Sequel to Collision on Bridge

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 12

At the Nowra Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. A. J. Bryant P.M. Edgar Weir was fined £2 and 8 - costs on a charge of driving…

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Railway Ouiz

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 30 October 1946 · page 7

The Department of Railways has issued a 56-page illustrated booklet entitled “RAILWAYS QUIZ” which sets out, in non-technical…

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Terara Road Re-sheeted with Bitumen Ganger’s Report to Council

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 11

The re-sheeting of Terara Road from the boundary to North St., approximately two miles, has been completed. Ganger Ashton told…

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The Thailand Railway Local Ex-p.o.w. Tells His Experiences (By Rotarian)

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 13

The club rooms of the Nowra Rotary reverberated last week with echoes of recent years—of the times when human stories clothed…

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Main Road to Nowra Railway

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 6

Following representations by Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A.. the Minister for Transport has taken up with the Commissioner for Roads the…

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Favours Main Road to Station Business Discussed at Regional Committee Meeting

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 14

Nowra Municipal Council is in favour of the road from the Cambewarra turn-off to Bomaderry station being declared a…

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£15,000 Loan for Road Progressive Action By The South Shoalhaven Municipal Council

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 6

The South Shoalhaven Municipal Council at its meeting on Wednesday last, authorised the Mayor. (Aid. M. Ryan), proceed with the matter of raising a loan of £15.000 for the purpose of having the roads from Greenweli Point to Worrigee…

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How to Steer a Motor Car (By “Rotoarian”)

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 13

Mr. Alex Paterson. engineer, of Nowra, very kindly rushed into the breach at last meeting of the Rotary Club and gave a lecture on…

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Trouble Free For Quarter Century Re-Conditioned Conjola Bridge Discussed By Clyde Shire Council

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 6

“The trouble free life of a new bridge at Conjola would be twenty-five years. The trouble life of a…

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Bomaderry Not Nowra Correct Name for Railway Station Wanted

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 1

The railway station at Bomaderry should be recognised by the Department of Railways as “Bomaderry” instead of…

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N.s.w. Government Railways Summary of Annual Report for 1945/46

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

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the…

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Main Roads Board to Control Sussex Inlet Road

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 11

“I am pleased to inform you that the Executive Council has given approval for the proclamation of the road from Prince’s Highway…

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Dedication of Road

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 13

At the Cambewarra Shire meeting, held at Kangaroo Valley last week, more was heard re the mad sometimes referred to as “Lumsden’s…

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Motorist Fined for Failure to Report Accident

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 15

At Wollongong Court on Monday Norman P. Smythe was charged with failing to report an accident and with being an unlicensed…

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Motor Bike on Fire Survivor Interviewed

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 5

The Assistant Editor’s. motor bike caught fire the other day in Church St. The carburettor back-fired and . ignited the petrol…

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More Than £3000 Spent on Roads Big Achievement by Cambewarra Shire Council

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

“By the end of this year over £3000 will have been spent on forty-one roads and eight bridges within the Shire of…

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Requests to Council Roads — Lights — Transfers

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 7

A Street Light will be eercted in Dalway St., Bomaderry, when fittings are available. This was one of the requests…

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