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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

356 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 18

North Coast Railway. Deputation to Mr. Lee

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 7

MR. J. M'FARLANE, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works on Thursday afternoon, representing residents of the North Coast district, from Newcastle…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6

At the ceremony of turning the sod of the Bellevue. Hill tramway, last week, Mr. Lattimer, who is the local Member and Mayor of Woollahra,…

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North Coast Railway. Expediting Its Construction

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 8

MR. M'FARLANE, M.L.A., introduced a large deputation of residents of the North Coast and Sydney business-men to the Minister for Works to ask that…

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Motor-car Lamps

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 14

Lamp trials are presently to be held by the Automobile Club, and a writer hopes to see some tests instituted for determining the comparative blinding effect of the powerful…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 3

The Central London Railway lost a million passengers last year, and £7000 in receipts owing to the competition of the motor omnibuses, of which hundreds are…

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The Fascination of the Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 8

" Sun up yet, Bill ?" came in a smotheted voice from under the blankets. " There he comes now!" answered Bill from the river bank below, where…

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Towards the Ideal Motor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 9

An Italian inventor, named Dobelli, has thought of a very ingenious method of saving a large percentage of power in petrol motors which up to now is lost with the…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 7

R is said that the output of cycles in Great Britain for the year 1906 totalled a million machines. No wonder the principal English cycle manufacturing concerns are…

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Canadian Railway Fatality. Terrible Disaster. Immigrant Train Wrecked

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 6

The victims of the disaster which befel a transcontinental train at Chaplean, Ontario, were immigrants, who had arrived under the auspices of the…

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Towards the Ideal Motor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 15

An Italian inventor, named Dobelli, has thought of a very ingenious method of saving a large percentage of power in petrol motors which up to now is lost with the…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 3

The Dresden Cycle Racing Track, one of the finest and fastest in the world and upon which many of the big motor-paced matches and contests have been held, has…

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Another Alpine Tunnel. New Railway Line Planned to Pierce the Bernase Alps

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 7

Consul Keene writes from Geneva that since the Simplon tunnel has been opened to traffic the subject of the lines of access to the new…

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Bicyles and Motor Cycles

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 2

The developments in travelling motive power during the past quarter of a century are truly marvellous. The manufacturing of…

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Odds and Ends. in a Tramcar

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 15

A CLERGYMAN who has just returned from a tour narrates an amusing incident which occurred one day in a tramcar. 'My complexion, as you know,' he said,…

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North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

Mr. W. Hutchinson, Chief Engineer Construction Branch for Railways visited the District last week, and on Friday and Saturday went over the…

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For Motor Airships. the "Daily Mail." Prize

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 7

There to now a "boom" in aeroplane making in this country, due to the "Daily Mail's" offer of L10,000, for the first successful flight from London to…

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The North Coast Railway Route. (To the Editor.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

SIR,—The question of the route for the North Coast Railway is one that has, as yet, received little attention at the bands of the general public of this District. In a…

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The Railway v. Harbor Works

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 4

Sydney " Bulletin" which always barracked for the North Coast railway, reckons that expenditure on harbor works is madness in view of the that the line is to…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 6

Mr. W. Hutchinson, Chief Engineer Construction Branch for Railways, visited the district last week, and on Friday and Saturday went over the…

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North Coast Railway. to the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 3

Dear Sir,—For the information of your numerous readers I desire to say that I saw Mr. Hutchinson (Chief Engineer for Railway Construction)…

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