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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

324 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 17

Educated Horse Burnt to Death. Thinking Mare a Victim of Railway Collision

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 7

Seven post office clerks and train hands were killed or burnt to death in a collision which took place on the Pennsylvania railroad, at Demar,…

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 6

THE route of the North Coast Railway has now been cleared through the bush from Taree to Woolla, where the line will cross the road…

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Labor Troubles on North Coast Railway Works

Macleay Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 11

The trouble with the navvies employed in constructing the North Coast Railway has been amicably settled. The contractors conceded…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 11

A sailor named John Dodds was knocked down by a tram in Sydney yesterday and both his legs were completely severed. The unfortunate…

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A Popular Knight of the Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 7

The Northern Rivers have probably seen the last of the wellknown and popular commercial traveller, Mr. Fred. H. Thiel, who for the past 14…

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Boy Awarded 1800. Injury by Motor-car

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 8

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London Sheriff's Court on February 17 (says the "Daily News"). Harold Victor Tibbles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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North Coast Railway. Strike of Navvies

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 3

A TELEGRAM published in the Herald from Paterson stated that all the navvies employed on the first section of the North Coast railway, Mcitland…

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North Coast Railway Navvies. Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 4

The contractors for the North Coast railway are engaging unemployed in Melbourne to work on their contract…

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Only a Tramp

Nambucca News · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 7

A well-known Buchan agriculturist was paying a visit to his son, a well-known minister in Aberdeenshire. Being a noted fancier of buff Orpingtons, he was taking a setting of eggs to…

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Motorist and Horseman. a Parliamentary Candidate

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 9

"Will you do your best, in Parliament or out of Parliament, to preserve the use of the highways for all classes of persons, and to prevent the highways…

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North Coast Railway. Further Tenders Called

Macleay Argus · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 3

TENDERS are called, returnable on June 21, for the construction of the second section of the North Coast Railway. The first and third…

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Toorooka Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 4

ALTHOUGH at present not much has been heard of it, the completion of the low-level bridge at Toorooka is an event of more than ordinary interest…

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Special Grant for Bridge at Bowraville

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 7

The Minister referred to the previous decision regarding this matter, and said that the question of a grant would have to stand over until the ensuing estimates as he had…

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Bridge Over Bellinger River at Bellingen

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 7

Mr. Briner stated that since the Minister gave his di[?]ision regarding the Conditional Grant of £800, the settlement in the district had largely increased, especially along Pine…

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Upper South Arm (Bellingen)— Roads to New Settlement

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 7

Mr. Briner said that the settlors and the Council had spent a good deal of money in thin direction, but the cuttings were narrow and dangerous. One man had lost his life,…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 7

The working of railway traffic has been greatly improved by the duplications that have already been opened. The Chief Commissioner is a strong…

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Special Grant for Bridge at Bowraville

Nambucca News · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 5

The Minister referred to the previous decision regarding this matter, and said that the question of a grant would have to stand over until the ensuing estimates,…

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Only a Tramp

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 14

A well-known Buchan agriculturist was paying a visit to his son, a well-known minister in Aberdeenshire. Being a noted fancier of buff Orpingtons, he was taking a setting of eggs to…

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Railway Employment. As in Great Britain

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 14

How many persons find employment on British railways? According to the census of 1901. the number is 320,514, but this total, Mr Charles H. Grinling…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 12

The following telegram from Wingham appeared in Saturday's S.M. Herald:—"The contractor is macking good progress with the railway. Great…

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