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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1869

6 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Correspondence. the Avon Bridge. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 January 1869 · page 3

SIR,—Will you allow me a small space in the NEWS to cell the attention of the Trustees of the road between Tinonee and Gloucester to the fact, that the bridge known as…

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The New “Road Steamer.”

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 January 1869 · page 4

THE advantages of drawing loads on common roads by steam instead of horse power are, under certain circumstances, so great that efforts have been frequently made to…

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The Oyster Bank Road. To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 March 1869 · page 2

SIR,—Seeing two or three paragraphs in your paper concerning this road I think I may say a few words about it. In the first place, some person remarked at the meeting…

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Bridge over the Dawson. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 September 1869 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of the 21st ultimo, appears a paragraph, stating that the sum of six hundred [?] twenty-six pounds will be placed upon the Estimates, to cover the cost of providing a punt…

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Road to New England

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 September 1869 · page 3

We extract the following from last Saturday’s Armidale Express :— ON Tuesday evening, the 24th August, a public meeting was convened, at Mr. Hill’s, Walcha…

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Obstructing the Roads. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 December 1869 · page 2

SIR,—Some time ago I noticed an article in your paper entitled “Work for the Police”—referring to the swinging gate across the road trom Taree to Tinonee. It seems the police are not up to…

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