Motor Car, Horse Collide
A motor car which was travelling from Tathra to Bega in the early hours of last Sunday morning was badly damaged…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
118 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 6
Tuross Bridge Fiasco
The collapse of the Tuross Bridge, on Saturday, must come as a shock to the travelling public who have placed their faith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collapse Of Tuross Bridge Causes Serious Disorganisation
When a number of spans of the large and ancient timber bridge over the Tuross river collapsed into he stream just before 1 p.m. last Saturday, a most serious break in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Road At Jellat Could Cause Problem
The Department of Main Roads has Informed Imlay Shire Council that its officers are aware that floodwaters cover the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Query On M'bulla Plant For Brogo Road Job
Some Councillors were doubtful of the ability of the Mumbulla Shire's road making plant to cope with the type of country which will shortly be experienced in the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minister’s Reply To Beale On Tuross Bridge
With a view to coping with the situation which has arisen on the Prince’s Highway since the bridge over the Tuross River Collapsed last Saturday, the Department of Main Roads has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegram to Cahll From Bega Chamber Of Comm. Protests On Bridge
The Bega District Chamber of Commerce, Friday afternoon, resolved to send to the Premier of the state ('Mr. J. J. Cahill) telegram expressing concern that the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome Clearing Tenders, April 24
Mr. Kent Hughes, Minister for the Interior, has stated that the Commonwealth Department of Works will be inviting tenders for the preliminary clearing of the flight strip and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PPU Protest On Bridge
Stressing the serious dis[?]cation of transport to the Far South Coast caused by the collapse of the Turees River bridge, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We Should Protest; Ald. Howard Calls For Action In Bridge Collapse
“We are a young and progressive nation, and it is a poor state of affairs if we, as the leading Local Government body of the area, are sufficiently gutless as to allow a bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power For New Tuross Bridge
The Bega Valley Country Council, seeking to aid in the speedy construction of the new bridge over the Tuross River, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier Tells Fraser About Tuross Bridge
The Premier (Mr. Cahill) has replied to representations by Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., concerning the crossing of the Tuross River following the collapse of the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Collapse Brings Action At Bega Meeting
A meeting called by the Mayor of Bega (Ald. Chas. Ayres) in the Bega School of Arts, yesterday, resolved almost unanimously to protest strongly that the Tuross River Bridge was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Off Bridge Collapse Cause Not Known To D.M.R. Engineers
“We know why the bridge collapsed, but we don’t know what caused the collapse. There was deterioration of the piles which wasn’t apparent to the divers who made inspections…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome May Be Nearer Than Expected
Steps, which have been taken by the Federal Department of Works during the past few days, would make it appear that the proposed new acrodrome at Merimbula might become an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Bailey Bridge Unsuitable For Tuross Crossing"
A Bailey Bridge, suggested in an alternative to the collapsed bridge at Tuross River, in [?] with a specific purpose and is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabbit on Road Near "Shannonville"
Mr. Ern Wetherell , Minister For Transport , has written to Mr. E. H, Graham, Minister for Agriculture, concerning representations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Brogo Road Brought To Standstill
Mr. J. B. Trotman, Engineer of the Mumbulla Shire Council, reported at last Friday’s meeting of Council, that work is now practically at a standstill on the developmental road…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Claims For Road On Mt. Darragh
Assistance in maintaining the Mt. Darragh Road, now being need extensively by heavy traffic since the collapse of this Tuross…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Wait For Road Continues
The fame[?]s Targett’s Read incldent this [?]ted over 20 years [?] when Mr. A. D. Targett app[?]ted for a [?] of ac[?] to…
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