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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

315 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 16

Round the World. the Motor Race. a Car Sunk," Midnight Vigil

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 9

In the "Daily Mall" of 21st March Senor Antonio Scarfoglio wired from Rawlings (Wyoming) on the previous Tuesday:—…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 3

A PARTICULARLY fine cycling road performance has been recorded in England by T. A. Fisher, a well-known English long distance road…

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General News. "Road Hogs" Roped In

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 10

The New York police have adopted a new plan to trap motorcars which will add considerably to the sensations of automobilists. The plan consists…

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40,000 Motor-Cars

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 13

Paris still holds its own as the motoring metropolis of the world. There is ocular evidence of the fact, even to the casual visitor, in the…

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The North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

THOSE who are sincere in their desire to have land settlement successfully carried out, and to see the resources of the North Coast districts adequately…

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Found on the Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 4

The doctor's evidence at the inquest on the death of the newly-born infant found on the railway line near Orange shows that the child was born alive,…

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Cycling And Motoring Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 5

Cycling is becoming very popular in Japan judging by the imports of cycles and cycle parts. In 1907 a total of 34,500 machines, valued at…

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Kyogle to Casino Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 5

THE Public Works Committee have arrived at a decision respecting the proposed railway from Kyoglo to Coraki, via Casino, affirming the…

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The Tramway Trouble

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 4

A deputation of tramway employees interviewed the rail way commissioners demanding the abolition of the special officers system. W. W. Johnson…

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The Tramway Crisis

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 7

THE Sunday Times publishes the following:—From the results of enquiries made among members and officials of the Tramway Employees'…

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Road Work

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 10

Tenders for road work will be received by the Stroud Shire Council up to noon on Wednesday, August 5th, 1908, for the following contracts:—…

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Road Matters. [To the Editor.]

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 7

SIR.—Kindly allow me a little space in your valuable paper to discuss road matters. In your issue of the 11th instant J…

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Tramway Men Strike

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 7

Friday. At a mass meeting of the tramway men last night it was decided by 1420 votes to 32 come out on strike at noon to-day, when the men will leave the cars wherever they may be on all lines…

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The Tramway Strike. Special Wire, Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 9

The whole of the Tramway Service was stopped at ten o'clock this morning. Two hours before the…

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The Tramway Troable

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 7

A deputation from the Tramway Employees' Union respecting the special officer system waited on the Railway Commissioners…

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Murrurundi Railway Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 4

Dwyer and Gibson were acquitted on the charge of negligent omission, arising out of the Murrurundi railway collision…

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The Tram Strike. Street Disturbances. Business Paralysed. 26 Arrests

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 4

ON Friday last our Sydney correspondent wired as follows:—The whole tram service stopped at ten [?]clock this morning. Two hours before the…

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Cycling and Motoring Nobs

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 6

The two great French road races for 1907, of Paris to Roubaix and Bordeaux to Paris were both won on Dunlop tyres. These world-famed,…

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The Late Strike. Re-instating the Men. Busy Scene at Bridge-street

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 9

When the Superintendent of Tramways, Mr. Kneeshaw, left his office at midnight on Wednesday, numbers of men who had waited all the evening…

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The Tramway Strike. at an End. Lawton "Entertained." with Blue Metal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 7

Mr. Wade promised the strikers that they would be reinstated, with the exception of about twenty. The Labour party urged the men to…

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