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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

314 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 16

Maize v. Motors

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 14

THE maize growers along the Clarence, the Richmond, the Macleay, and sister northern rivers are vitally interested as to the extent to which it…

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Decentralisation Scheme. Proposed New Railway Route

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 15

THE following telegram from Dubbo appeared in the S. M. Herald of Tuesday, last week:--"Local people are convinced that a new route for a…

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Train Robbers Punished

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 11

At San Francisco two men named Bishop and Brown, who held up an express train at the Suisum Marshes; have each been sentenced to 45 years…

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North Coast Railway. Sydney

Nambucca News · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

It is probable that tenders will be invited for the fourth section of the North Coast railway at the end of September, and tenders for the fifth…

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Victorian Railway Smash. Melbourne

Nambucca News · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

The inquiry into the cause of the Richmond (Vic.) railway disaster by the Special Board has been concluded and it is expected that the report…

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North Coast Railway. Deviation Via Bowraville

Nambucca News · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 7

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., accompanied by Messrs. A. Graham, S. J. Raymond and C. J. Rogers, interviewed the Minister on the morning…

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North Coast Railway Navvies on Strike

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 11

About 1000 men are on strike on the North Coast Railway works between the 24 mile peg and Gloucester. The men object to the…

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Told by a Railway Guard

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 7

On a London and North-Western Railway the down North express thunders past a little wayside station at a speed which is seldom less…

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Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 3

The locomotive engine which has been running between Maitland and Paterson, now passes through the Wallarobba tunnel. The work of laying the…

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Strike on the North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 3

The acting secretary of the Trades-hall Council, on Monday, received a telegram from Woodside, N.S.W. stating that a strike had occurred on the…

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Camden Road Murder

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

Crippen and Le Neve appeared at Bow Street yesterday. Inspector Dew said Crippen informed him that the girl knew…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

Fine weather has of late favored the contractors for the first section of the North Coast railway, with the result that they have been enabled to push…

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Local and General News. Bridge for Turner's Flat

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 10

On Wednesday last Mr. Robert Davidson, M.L.A., wired Mr. Albert Edward Crossman as follows:-- Two thousand pound (£2000) has been noted on the…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. the Camden Road Murder

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 11

Accused Crippen, who is charged with the murder of his wife, is in Brixton Prison infirmary. His illness is not serious, but he is…

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Perth Tramway Strike

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 11

In the cases arising out of the strike of tramway men at Perth, Western Australia, William St. John, President of the Tramway Union,…

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Attack on Railway Official Foiled

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 11

A man named Charles Welsh, a discharged railway employee, fired five shots from a revolver and hurled several dynamite bombs at Mr. Alfred…

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Railway Workers' Strike

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 13

The trouble on the third section of the North Coast line is not finished yet. Mr. Joseph Timms, of Messrs. Smith and Timms, left Sydney on…

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Straying Cattle on Public Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 4

SIR,—Will you allow me a short space in your columns to give voice to a matter over which I think sufficient vigilance is not gives, and which in my judgment is a…

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Motor Car Destroyed

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 4

The ill luck that has recently dogged Mr. James Averell in connection with his splendid Humber motor car culminated on Thursday night, when the machine was…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. an Ill-fated Train

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 11

Two terrible accidents occurred to the same train yesterday. A suburban train for Sydney had just left Hornsby when it dashed through a…

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