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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

356 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 18

Shocking Railway Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 4

Annie Millen aged 16 years was fearfully injured between Erskinville and Redfern Railway stations on Wednesday morning. She was a…

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Correspondence. We are in no way identified with the opinions expressed by Correspondents. North Coast Railway. to the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—Your up-to-date report of North Coast Railway scanned with much interest. I note you are of opinion that the line is surveyed from…

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Remarkable Motor Car Invention

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 9

A novel French touring map, the road being travelled is shown upon a band of paper, which is mounted on the splashboard of the motor-car, and by automatic unrolling…

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Railways in Winter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 9

In countries where the railroad reaches high altitudes great trouble is experienced in keeping the track free from snow. In a very special degree this is true of the…

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North Coast Railway. to the Editor of the M. R. TINES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 6

DEAR SIR,--I note by a report in the M. R. Times re the North Coast Railway survey, that you are of opinion the survey between Taree and Glucester is…

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North Coast Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 5

MR. A. J. Whitford, Secretary of the Taree Railway League, has received the following letter with reference to the North Coast Railway:-- Sydney, 1st May, 1907…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 5

A net profit of £179,334 was made by the English Dunlop Rubber Co. for the year ending last September. Francis Birtles, the plucky overlander…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 5

THE Wingham Chronicle has the following upon the railway :— Mr. W. Hutchinson, Chief Engineer Construction Branch for Railways, visited the…

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Science and Invention Concrete Railway Sleepers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 9

RE-INFORCED concrete is much in evidence at the present moment, and one of its latest applications is to the corstruction of railway sleepers. The concrete,…

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Lower Manning Railway League

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 3
Also in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales

A meeting of the above league wm held in the School of Arta, Coopernook, on May 6th. Mr. T. Johnson, J.P., vice…

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Odds and Ends. a Tramp Who Asked for a Bath

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 9

THE village grocer (the only one, happy man !) in the sleepy little community, stood at hie shop door one morning, when a wonderfully ragged and dirty…

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Remarkable Motor Car Invention

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 15

A novel French touring map, the road being travelled is shown upon a band of paper, which is mounted on the splashboard of the motor-car and by automatic unrolling…

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Worth Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 6

Mr. A. J. Whitford, Secretary of the Taree Railway League, has received the following letter with reference to the North Coast Railway :--…

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Comboyne Roads. to the Edtt[?] of the M. R. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 4

SIR,-- May I beg a small space in your well-filled paper to refer to a paragraph, contained in your issue of the 8th instant, concerning Comboyne roads and a meeting held in connection therewith…

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North Coast Railway. Important Statement

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 3

Mr. Walter Bennett, Member for Durham, for Durbam, informs us that he had an interview with Hon. C.A. Lee (Minister for public Works), on Tuesday last re…

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The Railway. to the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 3

Dear Sir,—I understand that it is practically decided to ran the railway along the river bank from Karaak Flat to Woodside, and by doing this some…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 3

An idea of the tremendous rubber business done by the English Dunlop Tyre Co. can be gathered from the fact that 70 tons of rubber goods leave their factory every…

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The Railway. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 4

She,-- I was very pleased to read the paragraph in your last issue, to the effect that Mr. Lee intended to let the construction of the North Coast Railway in sections, between Maitland and Taree, so as to push…

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Science and Invention Concrete Railway Sleepers

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 15

RE-INFORCED concrete is much in evidence at the present moment, and one of its latest applications is to the construction of railway sleepers. The concrete,…

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