Macleay Railway League
A MEETING of the Committee of the League was held on Wednesday last at the Council Chambers. The Mayor presided. There was only a small attendance, apologies being made for the absence of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
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The North Coast Railway
A public meeting was held at Taree last week when the local league was revived. A resolution was carried to the effect that the Manning League would be carried on as a…
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AT the last meeting of the Macleay River Progress Association, the following correspondence was read and adopted:—"From the Taree Council, re proposed deviation in the mail route. The letter stated…
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THE near completion of the bridge ever the Manning River at Killawarra brings before us the fact that the Hastings river will now be the only river unbridged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge for Blackman's Point, to the Editor of the P.M. News Yours Progress
Sir,—A competent engineer, well versed in all the surroundings at Blackman's Point, has expressed his [?] to construct a suitable bridge over the Hastings at this point…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Plough
THE veteran inventor, Dr. R. J. Gatling, of Hartford, Connecticut, has perfected a motor plough, which he claims will enable a man to plough 30 acres daily. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →North Coast Railway. Latest Statistical Information
THE Grafton Examiner -- the premier journal on the North Coast -- published on Tuesday last a most useful article in advocacy of the North Coast Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Tenders
THE following were the lowest tenders received by Mr. S. M. Cummins, for road contract in the Port Macquarie district, on Thursday last:—Ballengarra Wharf to Glen Esk, T. Maher, £128…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bonus for Railway Sleepers. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners have agreed to a bonus being paid for railway sleepers up to December 31st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. 36 Persons Killed. 28 Bodies Cremated. London, Sunday afternoon
A FREIGHT train at Montana broke in halves on a steep gradient, when eighteen of the trucks ran 16 miles to Nyack, and crashed into a passenger train…
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The Railway Commissioners hare agreed to a bonus being paid for sleepers up to December 31…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting re Killawarra Bridge Opening
The meeting convened by the Mayor (Mr. W. Fotheringham), for Wednesday last, to consider what steps should be taken with regard to the official…
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The near completion of the bridge over the Manning River at Killawarra brings before us (Port Macquarie News) the fact that the Hastings River…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Port Macquarie Road
Lately we have received a number of complaints regarding the bad condition of that portion of the Port Macquarie road on the Kempsey side…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General News. Persia has not a single railway
The British Navy has now 486 ships, France 429, Russia 306. Over 20,000,000 passengers are carried weekly by the railways of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →From London to Edinburg in Two Hours. Travelling on Aerial Railways
Edison's sanguine prediction of ten years ago that this generation will be able to travel on aerial railways at incredible speeds appears likely to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Coast Railway. Some More Figures
IN continuation of the information extracted from the Grafton Examiner are published by us last week, we give the following facts culled from the same…
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A MEETING of the Nabiac Progress Committee, under the Presidency of Mr. Hugh McKinnon, discussed the North Coast Railway question amongst other matters. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Killed by a Tram
A child named Amy Chatwin going to school this morning was run over by the Camperdown tram, death being instantaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From London to Edinburg in Two Hours. Travelling On Aerial Railways
Edison's sanguine prediction of ten years ago that this generation will be able to travel on aerial railways at incredible speeds appears likely to be…
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