Motor Car in Flames Causes Excitement in Queen Street
The usual quiet of Sunday afternoon at Berry was disturbed at about 4 oâclock last week-end when a motor car being driven…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
121 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 7
Aerodrome Is Again Delayed Starting Date Not Known Says Minister
The Acting Federal Minister for Works (Mr. Athol Townley) has stated that he is not in a position to indicate when the construction work on the projected Merimbula Aerodrome will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Aerodrome, Not Promises Fraser Demands Action At Merimbula
“We don’t want another year of vague promises and soothing assurances. We want an aerodrome built at Merimbula,” says Mr. Allan Fraser, M.P., Member for Eden-Monaro, in reply to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bemboka Road Criticised
For many years it was a well–known fact that at least local members of the Mumbulla Shire Council had good roads to their properties, but today even this is not so, declared an irate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport Loss Ruining Country Shocking Roads In Rural Areas
The Cahill Government’s debt-piling of £24 million of transport deficits in the last five years has hog–tied country development in New South Wales, declared Mr. Jack G. Beale, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Erring Motor Cyclists Fined for Their Indiscretions
A number of motorists were fined in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, for having contravened the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kent Hughes’ Curt T’gram Unsatisfactory Reply On Aerodrome
In a telegram to the Bega District Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Kent Hughes, Commonwealth Minister for Works, states that the construction of the Merimbula Aerodrome is a matter for Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Cycling Championships
The smallest rider in the field won the 125 miles professional road cycling championship at Nowra on Saturday last. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured on Bridge
Mr. Jack Wall, of Tathra, a bridge carpenter employed by Mumbulla Shire, was hit by a piece of flying bridge decking on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C. OF C. President’s Main Policy Will Urge For Better Roads In District
Mr. W. H. Balmain, who was elected president of the Bega District Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday night last at the annual meeting, said that his main policy for the Chamber would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Headlight Testing For Bega Cars Road Safety Council May Hold Campaign
Special equipment will be brought to Bega from Sydney, in the near future, to allow for a public headlight testing campaign, if arrangements, set in motion by the Bega Branch of the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorway Models
England, like the rest of the modern world, has experienced transport problems, and experts have been endeavouring to develop motorway systems to maintain a smooth and safe means of road tragic. This picture shows how the English ret about the task by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposal for Towamba Road Imlay To Approach D.M.R On Developmental Road
The Imlay Shire Council will submit a proposal to the Department of Main Roads, that a route from Mount Darragh to New Station in the Towamba Valley, be proclaimed a Developmental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Double Crk. Bridge Work Has Reached Final Stages
Mumbulla Shire Engineer (Mr. J. B. Trotman} reported to Mumbulla Shire Council on Monday that the work on the new bridge over Double Creek, to replace the structure burnt out during…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Jack Road Difficulties Imlay Shire Will Not Relocate Route
The Imlay Shire Council has decided that it will not relocate the Big Jack Mountain Road, but will persist with the present route, which, following heavy rain, has presented difficulties to its maintenance,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remarkable Coincidence Two Cars Through Bridge Safety Fence — Both Turned Somersaults — No One Was Injured
A remarkable coincidence was associated with two succeeding accidents on the approach to the Broughton Mill Creek Bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closer Check on Motor Vehicles Numbers to Be Examined by Police
As from September 1, owners of registered motor vehicles will collect their registration papers and labels from the police, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Semi-Trailer Leaves Road
The occupants of a large semi-trailer escaped injury yesterday afternoon, when it left the road between Bega…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train’s Record
The “Elizabethan” non-stop train headed by the stream-Hued Pacific locomotive “Walter K. Whigham” leaving King's Cross station. Landon, on its inaugural record-breaking run of 392¼ miles to Edinburgh. The time for the run six rours 40…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Train Creates New Record
The “Elizabethan,” a nonstop express train, on its inaugural run ream. King’s Cross, London, to Edinburgh…
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