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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

324 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 14 of 17

The Absent Motor. a Lost Vote

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 12

"Is it comin' ?" said the old man. The girl poked her head further out of the cottage window; then stepped hack into the room…

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 19

LAST week Messrs. Smith, Timms & Co., contractors for the construction of the third section of the North Coast Railway, acquired a special…

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Narrow Roads

Nambucca News · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 4

In the face of the numerous subdivisions that have been made, in this shire, and which are still to be made the following par from the October magistrate should…

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More Train Robbers. Lost L20,000 in Two Months

Nambucca News · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 7

Two fashionably dressed men and a young woman have been arrested by the Austriau police force at Feldkirsch, on the Zurich-Vienna line, near the…

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Mrs Yerkes Criticised. Motor Accident Sequel

Nambucca News · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 8

Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes, widow of the London "Tube" railway magnate, is being publicly criticised for her refusal to recognise the verdict of a German…

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New Motor for Airships

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 3

A new motor the invention of Charles Godlove, a St. Louis boy, which combines the best features of the standard motors at the United…

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Motor Boats. Their Machinery

Nambucca News · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 7

It is only a little more than two years ago that the possibility of the internal combustion engine as applied to marine purpose was brought…

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Grand Lama As Motorist. March Over the Himalayas. First Car to Enter Tibet

Nambucca News · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 8

Not even the sacred land of Tibet is to escape the power of the motor-car. Across the Himalayas, in the heart of the Forbidden Land, the motor horn --…

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Motor Smash. Another Victim

Nambucca News · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 8

According to the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," while Mr Schmidlapp, a wealthy banker of Cincinatti, was motoring recently with his…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 14

About 300 men (says the "Chronicle.") ara busy on the second section, Dungog-Gloucester, and the whole route from Cherry-tree Hill to the…

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State of the Roads. [To the Editor.]

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 4

SIR,—If you will grant me space in your valuable columns I would like to make a little comment on the state of the roads which some of the farmers of…

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Motor and Express. a Disastrous Race

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 6

A rash attempt of an automobile to race an express train in the vicinity of Kaiser-slautern has resulted in a terrible accident, which, according to the…

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Grassy Bridge

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 3

The question of constructing a road from Grassy Bripge to Bradrley's Hill came before the Bellingen Shire council last week…

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Laverty's Crossing Bridge

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 4

For intensity of purpose and unconquerable determination commend us to Cr. M. Wallace. He is a fighter every inch, and although, we do not always agree with…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 7

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is fitted up with…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 8

Mr Justice Shuster's decision on Saturday condemning a hostess to pay a fine on the ground that her bridge party, violated an ancient anti-gambling law…

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Late Telegrams. North Coast Railway. Kempsey Coff's Harbor Section

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Minister for Works has informed M. Briner, M.L.A., that surveyors will be available about the beginning…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 8

The Minister for Works stated yesterday that the work on the North Coast Railway was proceeding satisfactorily. The third section ends at…

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Railway Workers' Union

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 14

The organiser for the Railway Workers' Union, Dan O'Sullivan reports that great dissatisfaction exists amongst the men employed on the…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 11

An express train on the Canadian Pacific Railway was derailed owing to a switch breaking. By a marvellous-chance no lives were lost,…

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