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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 8

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is fitted up with…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 8

From New York on 15th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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The Road to Frederickton. (To the Editor.)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 7

SIR, -- I do not very often travel over this part of the Borough, but last Sunday felt disgusted driving through the slush and mud on Salmon's Plain. What…

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Celebrating the Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

WAUCHOPE was en fete on Friday last, the occasion being a pic-nic, sports, and banquet to celebrate the pairing of the North Coast Railway Bill, and also to pay a tribute of…

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North Coast Railway. Deputation From Wingham. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 5

The Wingham deputation consisting of the Mayor of Wingham, and Messrs G. S. Hill, D. Murray, and J. B. Richardson enterviewed the Minister…

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The New Railway Commissioners. an Appointment From England

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 5

The Government has determined what appointments shall be made to control the railways and tramways. Pending the receipt of advices from…

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Tram Horror at Randwick. Man Cut to Pieces. a Life for a Hat

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

A man whose name is supposed to be Ibbottson, met with a terrible death at Randwick on Wednesday. According to the information supplied, the…

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North Coast Railway. Dep Citation From Wingham. Sydney, Thursday night

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

A DEPUTATION, comprising Alderman Fotheringham, Mayor of Wingham, Messrs. J. B. Richardson and D. murray, representing the Wingham Railway League, and Mr. G.S. Hill, Secretary of the Upper…

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Exciting Time in a Motor-car

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

An exciting story of the escape of a motor party from what seemed certain death is given in "Motoring Illustrated."…

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North Coast Railway Route. WINGHAM v. TAREE

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 8

NOTHING has tended so much to retard the progress of the North Coast as local jealousy. On almost every river are two rival towns, the…

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North Coast Railway. the Wingham Deputation. Minister's Reply Tn Full

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 3

MR. J. H. Young, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the Upper Manning Progress Committee to the Minister for Works on Thursday, urging that a deviation should he made in the proposed rente of…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 7

The trans-continental cyclist, Francis Birtless, who is undertaking a pretty Stiff proposition in attempting to cycle at this time of the year across Australia from west to east, via Laverton and Alice…

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Inspector-General of Police Injured. a Fall From a Tram

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 7

Mr. Thomas Garvin, Inspector-General of Police, met with a serious accident on Tuesday, his right thigh being broken. Mr. Garvin, who resides in…

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North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 3

THE Hon. J. H. Young, M.P., writes to Mr. A. J. Wbitford, Hon. Soc., Taree Railwa League, as follows, under date, 25th January, 1907:-- "Yours duly to hand. I have only to say that, at their…

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A New Motor Launch. Arrival of the Myra

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 3

THERE was a little excitement at Croki on Saturday aftenoon when it became known that Mr. Tom Hughes' long-looked-for lauch Myra had crossed in at Harrington. Quite a crowd collected on the…

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North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 3

THE Secretary of the Taree Railway League (Mr. A. J. Whitford) in receipt of tho following letter from the Hon J. H. Young, M.P.: -- Sydney, 31st January, 1907…

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A Motor Device for Propelling Small Boats

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

An interesting device in the way of applying a motor to a small craft has been brought out by G. Trouche and Company and constructed at their Buchet works near Paris…

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Miscellaneous. Wooden Railways

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

THERE are still several wooden railways in existence in Canada and the United States. One of them is in the province of Quebec, and is 30 miles long. The rails are…

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Public Gates, Lansdowne Roads. to the Editor of the H. R. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

DEAR SIR,--Noticing a paragraph in your Wing- ham contemporary, stating that " an application from the Honorary Secretary of the Lansdowne Progress Association, regarding the removal of…

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Railway Mems

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. Ussher, from the Railway Commissioners Office, visited the Manning on Saturday last coming from Gloucester via Woodside. His business…

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