ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

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tides and sometimes vehicles had to await the tide before they could
cross. Each flood threw it out of action.
16 1869 Opening of the first Post Office in Pyree.
1 1899 Opening of the lighthouse on Point Perpendicular. Kerosene
operated, the light was in a 44 foot tower. The original lighthouse on
Cape St. George (built in 1860) was closed. It was later demolished
by the Navy, using it for gunnery practice.
MAY 2
The Hon. H. F. Jensen, MP, Minister for Local Government and
Roads offically opened the City Administrative Offices in Bridge
Road, Nowra.
MAY 3
9 1932 The Shoalhaven took delivery of its first motorised ambulance in a
ceremony at the Country Women's Association grounds. The
ambulance was accepted by
Dr. Francis P Ryan in his dual role as Chairman of the Ambulance
Committee and as Mayor. The G.M.C. ambulance cost £500/-/-
replacing its horse drawn predecessor which had been in service
since 1912 (and originally cost £56/-/-).
The ambulance soon saw extensive use. Ambulance
Superintendant Dalton, in 1934/35, travelled 10,026 miles, attending
585 cases.
9 1980 The privately owned, Nowra Community Hospital, in Weerona Place
was opened by the State Minister for Health, Kevin Stewart. It cost
about $2 Million. Isabel Elliott was Matron.
MAY 4
26 1908 Cambewarra Shire Council (based in Kangaroo Valley) resolved that
"the speed of motor cars within town boundaries and on the
mountain passes be not more than 4 mph and that all motors be
compelled to stop until any horse or vehicle meeting them has
passed".
MAY 5
1 1902 The Nowra Co-Operative Dairy Company began operations as a
butter factory on the western side of the Shoalhaven River bridge on
the southern side of the river. The building originally cost £550/-/-.
1 1963 The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Bunberra Street,
Bomaderry, was opened by Bishop T McCabe of Wollongong.
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