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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

324 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 17

Captize of a Motor Car. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Taylor Slightly Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 12

The Lord Mayor of Sydney and the Lady Mayoress had a very narrow escape of being seriously injured while, motoring on Monday afternoon of last…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 8

Mr. Whitehead, secretary of the Melbourne Labor Bureau, waited upon the representative of the North Coast railway contractors, Messrs…

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Flight of Army Aeroplane

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 4

Colonel Cody, the aeroplane expert of the British Government, flew a mile at Aldershot on the army aeroplane at a height of thirty feet from…

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The State Railways

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 5

SPEAKING at the railway men's annual dinner at Bathurst recently, Mr. Waddell, the State Treasurer, said it was fortunate for the people of N.S. Wales that many years…

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Bridge Over Bellinger River at Bellingen

Nambucca News · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. Briner stated that since the Minister gave his decision regarding the conditional grant of £800, the settlement in the district had largely increased,…

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Upper South Arm (Bellinger), Roads to New Settlement

Nambucca News · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. Briner said that the settlers and the Council had spent a good deal of money, in this direction, but the cuttings wire narrow and dangerous. One man…

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The Bridge at Toorooka

Macleay Argus · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 6

THE bridge over the Macleay River at Toorooka has been completed so far as the structure itself is concerned, but the approaches have as…

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Killed on the Railway. a Young Man's Terrible Death

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 10

At Cobar, on Tuesday, a young man, John Teirman, lost his life through being run over by a train. Deceased and his brother, Nelson Teirman had…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner has suggested that in order to take in the trade of the Manning River when the North Coast Railway is…

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Sticking Up a Train

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 4

Four masked men stopped n train at Chama, America, and secured seven registered mail bags containing thirty thousand pounds…

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A Through Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 6

THE Kyogle Examiner says:—On Monday last, Mr. Fred. Parker, editor of the Beaudesert Times [Q.], paid us a fraternal visit, and we…

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Ladies' Compartments. on Englich Railways. Male Intruders Fined

Nambucca News · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 2

As a result of the alarm caused by the Merst[?]am and Crick Tunnel tragedies, the Midland Railway Company have recently reserved special compartments…

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North Coast Railway. Description of Stations

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 14

We (says the " Manning Times") have been favored with a perusal of specifications of the various railway stations proposed to be erected along…

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Dorrigo Road Tenders

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 4

J. C. Smith's tender has been accepted for the Dorrigo branch road, Kempsey, contracts 56 and 62…

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North Coast Railway Stations

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 7

MANNING. Times last week published the following spe[?]ications of the various railway stations proposed to be erected along the route of the third…

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"Motorphobia."

Nambucca News · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 6

Dr. Thomas is possessed of a horse that is badly afflicted with what might be appropriately termed "motorphobia," and despite the…

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News by Wire. SYDNEY, Thursday. Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 11

Three cars of the paper train were derailed near Wingello (6about 180 miles from Sydney) yesterday morning. The accident occurred at…

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Transcontinental Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 3

THE Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Mahon) made available the report by Mr. H. Deane, consulting railway engineer, in…

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Shot in a Train. a Baron's Experience

Nambucca News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 8

The "Daily Mail" of 8th March writes:--Baron von Litzwic, a member of the Prusian Upper House, sixty-eight years of age, was travelling from Stettin to…

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Proposed Road Across Belmore Swamp

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 3

THE following petition is now being sent round the district for signatures: To the Honorable, the Premier, Attorney General, Minister of Justice, &c., &c…

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