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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

356 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 14 of 18

North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 2

Speaking at Maitland last week, the Premier said:—Everything in the world that could be concocted by evil-minded people were set free, not only…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 7

CThe Melbourne-Sydney cycle road record of 76 hours 5 minutes, standing to the credit of Mr. E. A. Pearson, since May, 1898, evidently takes some beating, for three…

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Milking a Motor-bicycle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Not long ago a farmer [?] shop in a certain town that not [?] sells farming implements, but [?] deals in bicycles. Alter he had [?]…

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Milking a Motor-bicycle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Not long ago a farmer entered a shop in a certain town that not only sells farming implements, but also deals in bicycles. After he had made…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 9

Speaking at Maitland last week, the Premier said :—Everything in the world that could be concocted by evilminded people were set free, not only…

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The Pittler Hydraulic Rotary Oil Motor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 9

It is stated that the Pittler hydraulic rotary oil motor is an accomplished fact. It has been tested from a commercial point of view, its first…

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Railway Smash in Victoria

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

A SHOCKING railway fatality occurred near Moranding, four miles from Kilmore, on Friday afternoon, when a goods train left the rails and fell into…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 6

During the lust two months there has been a considerable amount of excitement in Cycling circles throughout the Commonwealth and New Zealand over the test races…

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Train and Motor Car

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon a collision took place at a railway crossing at Guildford (W.A.), between the 3 o'clock train from Perth and a motor…

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Motor Car Accidents. Young Woman Killed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 3

A terrible fatality occurred on the Keilor-road, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon last. Miss Mary McMahon and Miss Katie Kiernan were driving…

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Gloucester Motor and Cycle Club Sports

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 7

The Gloucester Motor and Cycle Club's sports were held on Monday last in the grounds kindly placed at the disposal of the Committee by Mr…

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North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 4

Mr. Jamieson, head surveyor, in charge of the survey work between Taree and Woodside, has now got to within about a couple of miles of the…

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The Pittler Hydraulic Rotary Oil Motor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 17

It is stated that the Pittler hydraulic rotary oil motor is an accomplished fact. It has been tested from a commercial point of view its first…

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North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 3

MR. Jamisson and party are surveying tho line through Mr. Campbeil's paddock at Mount George this week, the distance being 23 miles from Taree, for which length the line has been permanently…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. From the Dunlop Rubber Go. of Australasia, Limited

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 October 1907 · page 6

A German officer, Lieutenant Graetz, is at present engaged in an effort to motor across Africa, via Gorman East and British Central Africa, Rhodesia, and Gorman…

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Our Roads

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 8

A correspondent, writing from Gloucester River, complains of the " wretched state of the Cobark road [?]eading from the Main North Coast…

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Gates on Public Roads

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

OVER in Harwood Shire hundreds of signatures are being attached to petitions in connection with the agitation for the Shire to do away with…

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Kellabakh-Comboyne Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

At the Shire Council meeting last Tuesday Cr. Fotheringham said he was going to ask for £300 grant for the Keilabakh-Comboyne road The…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. Wrecked Train on Fire. Sixteen Persons Killed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

Later details of the disaster to the express train from Crewe to Bristol state that the driver of a London and North-Western express with mails—…

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Another American Railway. Smash. 85 Killed, 21 Injured. Imprisoned Passengers Burned to Death

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

A collision has occurred (says Reutor's Topoka, Kansas, correspondent) five miles west of Alta Vista, between two passenger trains on the Chicago,…

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