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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

280 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 14

North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 12

THE Daily Telegraph is doing all that lies in its power to prevent the construction of the North Coast railway. It expresses surprise that a…

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Grafton to Casino Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 6

THE Grafton to Casino line will be banded over to the Commissioners about November 1. Trains have been running for some months past but the…

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The North Coast Railway. THE following letter, from Mr. T. Jones, Comboyne, appeared in the Daily Telegraph last week:-- to the Editor

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

SIR,--Your leaders upon this subject have been read with interest on the North Coast, and also the reply of Mr. R. Davidson, M.L.A. As one who is very much interested in the opening up of the North…

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The North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 October 1905 · page 4

THE discussion now centered on the North coast Railway is not a little remarkable. Four or five years ago, when residents of the coast combined, almost as one man,…

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Murdered in a Train

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 5

At the inquest upon the body of Miss Mary Money, who was murdered in a train in the Merstham tunnel, on the Brighton railway, on September…

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Grafton to Casino Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 10

The Grafton to Casino line will be handed over to the Railway Commissioners about November 1. Trains have been running for some months…

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High-speed Railways

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 7

Berlin and Hamburg are about 155 miles apart in a straight line, with level country between presenting as good a field for a high-speed railway as an; to be found in…

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The North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 3

THE following sub-leader appeared in a recent issue of the Sydney Morning Herald:-- It would be unreasonable to discuss the cost and prospects of the North Coast railway without taking…

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The North Coast Railway. the Daily Telegraph's OPPOSITION

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 12

THE Sydney Daily Telegraph is making a dead set against the North Coast railway, and the opposition appears to be bearing fruit in the fact of the…

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North Coast Railway. THE S.M. Herald in Support

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 13

THE Herald in the course of a leading article on the North Coast says, "It would be unreasonable to discuss the cost or prospects of the North Coast Railway…

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The Government Railway Policy. Criticisms From Armidale

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 12

THE Armidale Express, in a leading article, severely criticises the North Coast Railway scheme, and after referring to the representative, conference recently held in…

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Road Work

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

Contractor Brock and his men have for the past week been engaged in removing the metal from off Church-Street. It is the intention to raise…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 5

ON Wednesday afternoon last a bicycle road race, from Taree to Cundle and back, arranged by Mr. H. Staples, of Taree, was run off, when there were 12 competitors. A very strong south-west wind was…

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The Terrible Motor Car Was of the Future

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 7

As an instrument of destruction the automobile may be considered by some people as being already at the height of its popularity ; but the…

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Tweed Heads Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 9

The Queensland railway authorities recently petitioned the New South Wales Railway Commissioners to extend the present railway line at Tweed…

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Road Tenders

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

THE following were the lowest tenders for the undermentioned contracts, opened at the Court House, Taree, on Monday last:-- No.26-- Taree to Coolongolook: B. G. Perrin…

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A Necessary Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 4

Mr. Briner, M. P., has been informed by the Under-Secretary of Public Works as follows:—"With reference to your letter of the 1st October instant, urging the opening…

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Opposition to the Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 4

The Political Labour League has adopted a resolution requesting the Parliamentary Labour Party to oppose the construction of the North Coast Railway by loan money…

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Rainbow Reach to Stuart's Point Road

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 8

With regard to a letter sent by Mr. G. S. Briner, M.P., urging the opening up for traffic of a road from Rainbow Reach to Stuart's Point along the…

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Road up Bobin Creek. Public Works Department. Sydney, 28th Oct., 1905

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 5

SIR,--With further reference to letter of 1st July, presented by you, from Messrs G. T. and J. P. Green, J Wallace, A, Moore and Mrs. D. H. Lewis, of Bobin, urging improvement of the road up Bobin…

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