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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1870

23 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Road through Oxley Island

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 2

MR. Dean has just received the following communication in answer to an application made some weeks since:— Department of Public Works…

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Road Near Hursley, Department of Public Works. Sydney, October 29, 1870

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 November 1870 · page 2

SIR :—With reference to your letter of the 5th ultimo forwarding a Petition from certain Inhabitants of the Hastings praying that a sum of thirty pounds might be granted to repair a…

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Leap from the Bridge over the Falls of Niagara

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 November 1870 · page 3

[?] Thorne, who has advertised that he will leap from the new bridge at Niagara, jumped by way of practice, from tho roof of the Watson Elevator into Buffalo River. A plank was run…

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