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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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A Motor-car for £70 Prospects Op a Cheap "Runabout."

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 12

The "man of moderate means" will be sorry to hear that for him the prospect of possessing a reliable motor-car is as yet a very faint one…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 7

Little Wills, the crack English pace follower, who recently startled the cycling world by riding o[?] 61 miles [?] the [?] has already [?] a [?] on…

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Macleay Railway League

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting called in connection with the above eventuated on Thursday night at the Good Templars' Hall. The Mayor (Ald. Marrack),…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 7

THE Member for the Clarence writes to the Examiner as follows :— A survey party will arrive at Grafton in the course of a few…

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Motor Legislation

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 6

IN the Legislative Council the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Mr. J. Hughes) gave notice of his intention to move for leave to…

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Railway Disaster Swiss Tourists Trains. Four Killed; 39 Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 12

The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes from Paris on the 7th September:—Four persons have been killed and…

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North Coast Railway. Tenders for Third Section

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 13

Tenders are invited in the Government Gazette of 28th October for the undermentioned railway contracts:— Manufacture, supply and delivery…

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The North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 7

On Wednesday, October 28th, the Government invited tenders for the third section of the North Coast Railway, the link connecting Gloucester…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 5

An idea of the great demand for rubber, principally for cycle and motor tyres, can be gathered from the fact that over £11,000,000 worth of crude rubber was…

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Movements of the Railway Surveyors

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 8

MANNING Times last week wrote as follows:—The surveying of the North Coast railway line between Maitland and Taree was completed on…

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Little Manning Roads. [To the Editor]

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 8

DEAR SIR,—I should very much like to know what has, become of our Gloucester Shire Council? Are they asleep or dead? One would imagine it…

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How I Train My War Docs

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 8

Perhaps the article among a galaxy of splendid articles in this month's "Pearson's Magazine" is a paper by Major E. H…

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Railway Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the Beechwood Railway League has been called for to-night to discuss matters connected with the final survey of the North Coast Railway line between Taree…

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North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 9

FAVORED with fine weather of late, the contractors for the construction of the North Coast Railway have made excellent headway with the work; but have been handicapped…

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The North Coast Railway. Satisfactory Progress

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 3

According to late reports from West Maitland, favored with fine weather of late, the contractors for the construction of the North Coast railway have…

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Correspondence. We are in no way Identified with the opinions expressed by Correspondents. Lansdowne Roads. to the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 3

SIR.--Your "District News" correspondents write about our roads. What chance have we of getting money spent on repairs, when we have been waiting…

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The Tramway Board

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

The Tramway Board has delivered judgment in the recent dispute. The Board said it had no jurisdiction to deal with the present system of issuing…

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New Tramway Award

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

It is stated that the extra payments under the new tramway award amount to £20,000 a year…

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Railway Earnings

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

For some weeks the average earnings of the railways reached to over £100,000 weekly…

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Coffs Harbor-Dorrigo Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

THE Coffs Harbor-Dorrigo railway has been advanced an important stage. The Government has requested the Chief Commissioner to furnish a…

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