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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

367 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 19

News in Brief. Road to Ruin

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 7

Begins when constipation and biliousness Fasten themselves on you, and drag down your health. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tables cure these disorders, and…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. From the Dunlop Rubber Co. of Australasia. Ltd. 108 Flinders street, Melbourne

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 7

A fine tong distance road record was established from Goulburn to Sydney by an amateur rider named L Larsen. Goulburn was left at 8 o'clock in the morning, the record breaker being by…

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Railway Revenue. Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 4

The report of the railway commissioners states that the earnings of the railways for the twelve months was £4,234,791; the expenditure was £228,384; and there was an…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 6

The Grafton Chamber of Commerce recently had some information before it respecting the Grafton Casino railway. The Railway Construction Branch submitted an estimate…

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Road Contracts

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 3

THE following were the lowest road tenders opened at the Court House, Taree, yesterday (Friday):--11, Tinonee Read to Possum Brush; J. H. Allen, £53 15s 2d…

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The Coming Storm. Russian Peasants Incited. "Judgment on the Trai[?]ors." Revolutionaries Wreck a Train

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 7

Details of a manifesto have been issued by all the revolutionary bodies to the peasantry, Hocusing the Government of an intention to employ…

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New Railway Commission

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 5

The Government has decided that the salary of the new Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways shall be £3000, and that of the two…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 7

Motorists who have not yet obtained a copy of the Dunlop Rubber Co's. beautiful motor tyre and accessory catalogue should make a point of obtaining a copy of this fine booklet. Valuable and…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 4

Petitions were received in the Assembly yesterday, on behalf of Mr Kirkoaldie and Mr. Fehon, asking to be heard at the bar of the House. The petitions were received,…

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Comboyne Road to the Manning District

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 8

We publish the following, by request, as sent:—Let Thomas Tones, the uncrowned king. Blow his trumpet and line up all his men…

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Road--Cedar Party to Mooral Creek. Public Works Department, Sydney, 8th August. 1906

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

SIR,--With reference to the letter of the 12th ultimo, presented by you from Mr. James Stitt, Hon. See., Cedar Party aud Keilabskh Progress Association, Wingham, asking for a grant to open…

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Newcastle Visitors by Motor-car

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

The motor car as a vehicle for getting about the North Coast has been the means of many leading Sydney and Newcastle people being able to see…

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North Coast Railway. Questions in Parliament. Dorrigo-coff's Harbor Line

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly last Tuesday evening Mr. Briner asked the Minister for Public Works if it was his intention to connect the Dorrigo and…

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A Wave Motor

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

Ever since man first sought to render useful the various sources of nature, the question of how to use the wonderful power in the waves of the…

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The North Coast Railway. Questions in Parliament

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

AFTER answering a couple of questions about the proposed Dorrigo and the Casino-Tenterfield railways in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, the Minister for Works was asked by Mr. Griffith…

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Railway Accident to Czar Alexander Iii

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

On October 29, 1888, a perilous accident happened near Borki, in South Russia, to the Imperial train by which the Emperor Alexander III…

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The New Railway Station

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

THE new Sydney Central railway station was formally opened for traffic by the Premier on Saturday last in the presence of members of the Ministry, and of both…

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The Railways

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 2

The railway accounts of the year, which ended on June 30 last, reflect in a very vivid manner the joint effects of a good season and rising prices for staple articles of…

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The North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 3

SOME questions relating to the North Coast Railway proposal were addressed to the Minister for Works, in the Legislative Assembly last week, by Mr. W. W. Young, who asked:--1. What is the nearest…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 7

P. Dickentmann, the crack motor pace follower, who visited Australia with T. Robl and a team of motor pacers some three years back, and was beaten by the Australian rider Frank Beanchamp in a…

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