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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Bicycle Road Race

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 4

The bicycle road races took place on Monday last. Owing to the holiday, there were very few spectators, and no vehicle was on the road during the contest. The 2 mile…

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Bicycle Road Race

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

The bicycle road races took place on Monday last. Owing to the holiday, there were very few spectators, and no vehicle was on the road…

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Road--Chatham to Lime Kiln Wharf. Public Works Department, Sydney, 3rd January, 1905

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 3

SIR,--With reference to petition presented by you, from Messrs. H. Beeton, B. Lipscomb, and other residents of Chatham, asking for repair of road from Chatham to Lime Kiln Wharf (North-street), I have…

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The Grafton to Casino Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 10

A hope was at one time felt that the North Coast line from Casino to Grafton would have been completed by the end of 1904. The plate-laying is…

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£100 for Kerr'8 Selection Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

Public Works Department, Sydney, January 17th, 1905, Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that the Minister has approved of £100 being…

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Official Correspondence. £500 for the Com Boyne Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

Public Works Department, Sydney 23rd January, 1905. Sir,—Adverting to previous correspondence and to your personal representations,…

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Up-to-date Railway Travelling. Doctor's Carriage on the Rhodesian Line

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

A sign of progress in South Africa is to be noted in the fact that the medical officer attached to the Rhodesian railways has been supplied…

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Utilising Railway Telegraph Wires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 6

A discussion recently arose as to the merits of the "condenser" system in connection with telegraph wires. The extension of the system of the Public…

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The North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

TO THE EDITOR OF THE M. R. TIMES. Dear Sir,--Mr. MacFarlane, member for the Clarence, has arranged with the Premier to receive a deputation of members and others interested in the…

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Land Settlement and Railway League. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 8

SIR,--When last visiting the Manning I made some effort to form branches of the " North Coast Land Settlement and Railway League," but from causes over which I had no control those movements…

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

Mr. John M'Farlane, M.P., for the Clarence, is arranging for a monster deputation to the Premier regarding the proposed North Coast railway. It…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 4

It is stated that before leaving for Tasmania, the Premier informed the Member for the Clarence that be would receive a deputation of residents of the North Coast…

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Maintenance of Public Roads

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 13
Also in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer

THE Full Court last week laid down an important general principle in a case in which the Government was sued in respect of an accident on the road between Gunnedah…

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Science and Invention. Cas Turbines for Motor Cars

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 7

THE possibilities of gae turbines formed the subject of an address delivered by Mr R. M. Neilson, of Manchester, at the Institute of Mechanical…

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Worth Coast land Settlement and Railway League

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 6

A meeting was held in the Federal. Hall, Wingham, on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of forming a branch of the above league, There…

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Macleay Railway League

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 8

A meeting of the Macleay Railway League was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday to arrange for delegates to attend the deputation…

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Road Tenders

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

THE following were the lowest tenders for the undermentioned road contracts, opened at the Court House, Taree, at noon on Monday last:-- No. 36--John's River up Stewart's River; equal…

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North Coast Land Settlement and Railway League

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

During the past fortnight Mr. Eugene Rudder has attended a number of meetings on the Manning, and in each Centre branches of the above League have been formed. At…

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The North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

To-MORROW a deputation, headed by Mr. McFarlane, Member for the Clarence, will wait upon the Premier to again urge the claims of the coast to the construction of a…

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