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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

356 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 18

Bridge-- Ferrin

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 2

At the Woodeide Union Church, on Wednesday, the 15th instant, the Rev. E. H. Wright united in the bonds of holy matrimony Mr. James Bridge, of Craven's Crock, and Miss Elizabeth Perrin, of Reedy…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 May 1907 · page 6

The Premier Annual Road Event of Australia, the Dunlop Road Race from Warrnambool to Melbourne (165 miles) is this year set down for holding on…

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Opening of Bridge at Cameron's falls

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

A PUBLIC MEETING was held at Beechwood on.May 18th, to consider the advisability of celebrating in a suitable manner the opening of the bridge at the abovenamed place, which…

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North Coast Railway. Public Works Department. Sydney, 21st May, 1907

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 3

SIR,--With reference to your letter dated 13th instant, forwarding copy of a resolution passed by a recent Conference of Progress Committees held at Taree, urging that thorough investigation be made…

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The North Coast Railway. Inflated Land Values

Macleay Argus · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 13

THE Sydney Morning Herald in a leading article dealing with North Coast progress and railway extension, says: " Railway extension, if properly pursued…

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The Alphabetical Tramp

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

I think S chap must B A J In KC cannot C A life like mine's the best--that is, Unless U. M. T. B…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 5

Road riders who have not yet seen the new skin sided special road racing tyre made by the Dunlop Rubber Co., are invited to send for a specimen section of the new…

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Change of Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 3

Mr. John Murray, jun., of Waterloo Creek, Krambach, wrote to the Manning Shire Council, stating that prior to the inauguration of the Shire he…

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Miscellaneous. an Ice Motor-cap

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 9

THE development of the steamship, the locomotive, and the motor-car would seem to have exhausted the field of novel means of transportation on land or water…

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John's River Roads

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 2

TO THE EDITOR OF THE M. R. TIMES. DEAR SIR,--Kindly allow me a small space in your valued paper to say something about the present state of our roads. We are allotted one…

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North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 3

Mr. A. Griffiths, M.P., speaking Lismore last week, said :—" The Labor Party had opposed the North Coast railway expenditure of .£8,000,000…

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Miscellaneous. an Ice Motor-car

Macleay Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 15

THE development of the steamship, the locomotive, and the motor-car, would seem to have exhausted the field of novel means of transportation on land or water…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 4

The World's Championships for 1907 will be decided at the Pare des Princes track, at the end of the present month. The only Australian representative will be O. H…

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The Comboyne Road. a Breeze in the Shire Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 4

At the Shire Council meeting on Tuesday, Cr. Fotheringham moved that the Engineer be empowered to expend portion of the £300 voted…

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Railway Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 5

There was a serious railway accident at Werris Creek on Tuesday morning to the North-Western mail train. By some miraculous means no lives were…

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The North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 3

A perusal of the following report by persons of a reflective disposition will present the inconsistency of the economy preached therein by Mr. Lee,…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 3

Francis Birtles who recently established a meritorious cycle ride across Australia from West to East, informs the Dunlop Rubber Co. that he intends making an…

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The Broken Road

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 11

THIS new story by A. E. W. Mason, the author of " The Four Feathers," will arouse general interest. It deals primarily with India, and Mr. Mason has…

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Married a Train. Minister Performs Hasty Ceremony Standing on Railway Platform

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 2

With her trunk packed ostensibly for a visit to her sister in Omaha, Miss May Boulware, of Madison, Missouri, recently covertly joined her…

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Manning Shire. Road Up the Barnard River

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 7

The following letter, was received from the Gloucester Shire Council:— Gloucester, 15th June, 1907. Sir,—I have the honor, by direction,…

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