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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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News Items. Timber on Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 November 1907 · page 6

Many settlers may not be aware that under the Local Government Ordinances those who fall timber along roadways…

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Railway and Tramway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 November 1907 · page 6

UP to June 30 the amount spent on lines open for traffic in this State was £44,700,230. The net earnings after paying working expenses for the year ended June 30 amounted…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 November 1907 · page 3

Cyclists will be interested to learn that the tack case, in which the Dunlop Rubber Co. have laid an information against a Terang blacksmith, named A. A. Buckler,…

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Bullahdelah Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 10

Mr. McFarlane (for Mr. Price) asked the Secretary for Public Works,—1. Is it a fact that the Bullanhdelah Bridge is at Present in a dangerous…

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Bridge Over Williams River

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 7

Mr. Brown, M.L.A., to-day introduced to the Minister of Works a deputation which asked for the construction of a bridge over the Williams…

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Question in the House. Booral Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 10

Mr. McFarlane (for Mr. Price) asked the Secretary for Public Works,—1. Is it a fact that the Government Resident Engineer, of Stroud, Mr…

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A Modern Tubal Cain. the Triumphs of Sir William Arrol, Empire Bridge Builder

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 5

Romance and success unite in the career of Sir William Arrol, the builder of the Tay, Forth, and Tower Bridges, who has just secured the…

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The Imperial Motor: an Omen

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 5

For an the distractions of high politics, the Kaiser still finds some time to devote his attention to the really important concerns at life. He…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 10
Also in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales

Mr. Price asked the Secretary for Public Works,—1. How many camps of surveyors are engaged on the Railway between the Manning' and…

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The Railway Crisis. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 11

As a result of the conference between the President of the Board of Trade and the British railway employees representatives a…

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British Railway Dispute

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 11

The Daily Express states that a satisfactory settlement of the dispute between the railway companies and their employees is likely to be…

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Adventure of a Railway Engineer

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 19

The late Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil once gave audience to a young engineer who came to show him a now appliance for stop[?]ing railway…

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Coff's Harbor - Dorrigo Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

THE Minister for Works has informed Mr. Briner that the Dorrigo-Coff's Harbor railway proposal cannot be submitted to the Public Works Committee this short session…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 7

Mr. S. F. Edgo, the well-known English Motorist who astounded the world by covering the almost incredible distance of 1581 miles; 1310 yards in 24 hours (equal…

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Comboyne Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Hastings River Shire Council, the President intimated that the Manning Shire had voted the sum of £350 for…

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A Motor-car for £40

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 3

In fifteen years from now Edison prophesies that the horse Will be a curiosity. The modern Wizard of Orange has, we are assured by the…

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A Motor-car for £40

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 3

In fifteen years from now Edison prophesies that the horse will be a curiosity. The modern Wizard of Orange has, we are assured by the…

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News by Wire. SYDNEY, Thursday. the Tramway Disaster

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 14

The official report on the shocking tramway disaster, which occurred on the Burwood to Mortlake line on Monday last, was tabled in the…

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Correspondence. a Motor Trip. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 12

SIR, -- I had occasion to visit Port Macquarie yesterday, and being pressed for time I engaged Mr. Jos. Walker to run the journey by motor bus. We left…

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