Four Motor Accidents None Serious
During the holidays there four motor accidents reported to the Berry police, but none of a serious nature…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
97 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
Road Transport Will Be Restricted Shoebridge Issues An Edict For Far South Coast
Mr. A. A. Shoebridge, Commissioner of the Department of Road and Transport and Tramways, has announced that in order that ships will continue to operate to and from south coast ports it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Service to Motorists
What can only be a valuable service to the motoring public is the issue of petrol on a roster system on a Sunday from 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport of Concentrates Road Tax Exempt at Present
The [?] Farming League recently took up with the Minister for Transport, Mr. Sheahan the question of lifting the road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Road to Rotorua (Continued from Last Issue)
It was November 7, and our itinerary set us on the road to Rotorua. We left Hamilton at 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Walks Out of Moving Train Escapes with Minor Injuries New Australian’s Luck
Probably walking in his sleep[?] walked out a door of the [?] train [?] to Nowra on Thursday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Cycle and Motor Cycle Show
The annual Cycle and Motor Cycle Show was recently opened by the new Minister of Transport, Mr. J. S. Maclay, at Earls Court, London. Among the many exhibits was this new three-wheel car. The small car is powered by a 7½ horsepower, four cylinder side…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Causes Collapse of Important Bridge
This collapsed bridge over the Numerella Creek has closed the back road to Cobargo from Bega. During the height of the fire, on January 25, the limbers of the structure caught lire, and, despite the efforts of a bucket gang and the Mumbulla Shire Council’s water tank equipment, the fire continued to cause the destruction of the structure. This is just one of a number of bridges and culverts lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mumbulla Argument Over Road Repairs Handcock Wants Money For Mogilla Road
At a previous meeting of the Mumbulla Shire Council, the Engineer (Mr. J. B. Trotman) suggested a variation to the road repair programme by transferring £800 from the Wandellow Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One-way Traffic Broughton Mill Creek Bridge
Mention was made of the dangerous Bronghton Mill Creek [?] at Berry, at a meeting of the Road Safety Council at Now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bus Subsidy Interesting Case at Illaroo Road
The Member for the South Coast, Mr. J. G. Beale, is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Education, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road-rail Service to Be Inaugurated
After a meeting of the Transport and Highways Commission in Sydney on Thursday last, the Director of Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Rail-road Transport Is Not Enough" [?]ega Meeting Urges Use Of Open-Road To Sydney
A large meeting of local business men and transport operators, called, by the Bega District Chamber of Commerce, on Friday night, expressed in very definite terms that they did not want to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Firm Gets Aust. Contract Will Build Bridge at Liverpool
A tender by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company, Darlington, in County Durham, to build a bridge over the George's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Road to Palmerston North (Continued from a previous Issue)
Friday, November 9, at 8.45 a.m. we were scheduled to leave Rotoran and drive to Palmerston North; but before leaving our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freight Transport, A Serious Problem Tenders Being Called For Rail-Road System
The Director of Transport and Highways, Mr. Winsor, has stated that the discontinuance of South Coast shipping service for general cargo poses a very serious problem for people in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-ordinated Rail and Road Service for the Far South Coast
After a meeting of the Transport and Highways Commission in Sydney recently, the Director of Transport and Highways,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two More Motor Accidents Last Night No One Hurt
Two accidents occurred on the [?]nceâs Highway, near Berry last night, but fortunately nobody was [?] a dog being the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cites Cobb & Co. Road Tax Repeal Urged
It would have been just as sensible to have subsidised Cobb and Co's coaches by taxing competing railways as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Not Neglect Big Jack Road
“I am against neglecting the Big Jack Road as it is the only direct route the Rocky Hall people have with…
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