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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

350 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 12 of 18

North Coast Railway. First Two Trains. From Maitland to Dungog. Preparations for Monday's Opening

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 4

Officials from the Railway Department were busily occupied on Friday making arrangements on the first section of the North Coast…

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The Newey Creek Road

Nambucca News · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 3

Trouble and delay has marked the progress of the road under construction at Newey Creek. The engineer while in Sydney a few days ago,…

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The North Coast Railway. Maitland to Dungog

Nambucca News · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 4

The closing scenes in connection with the construction of the first section of the North Coast railway, from Maitland to Dungog, so far as the…

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Terrible Aeroplane Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 6

A large crowd assembled at the aviation field in Budapesth to await the arrival of Lieutenant Bier, who is competing for the Zeit prize…

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A Novel Wind Motor

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

An Inventor in Philadelphia has been experimenting with wind motors of a peculiar type. As shown in the drawing, the motor consists of a…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 14

All along the line in the vicinity of the Dungog station was noticed on Monday a tremendous number of railway sleepers, some 300,000, it…

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Poison on the Railways. Death of a Swagman

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 9

Lack of precaution in the use of poison by the Railway Department has resulted in the death of a swagman. Two men travelling along the…

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North Coast Railway. First Section Opened

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

"All things come to those who wait," had its exemplification at Dungog on Monday. For 30 years residents of the picturesquely-situated town of Dungog have been pushing…

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Railway Managers' Determination

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

The railway managers after interviewing Mr. S. Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, decided not to meet the Board of Trade officials…

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State of Railways

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

The express was held up in South Wales for ten hours. Two signal boxes in Monmouthshire were fired and thirty-seven miles of sidings at…

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North Coast Railway Traffic

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 3

In conversation with Mr. M. Thomson, stationmaster alt West Maitland, it was learned that traffic on the North Coast Railway—Maitland…

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Suspended Railway Services

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

The West of England is isolated from the Midland. The railway services at Fishguard. Swansea, and many industrial centres…

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Great Strike In England. the Railway Men. Ominous Military Preparations. an Army in London. London, Aug. 18

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

After the abortive Board of Trade-conference the Railway Unions' executives met the Parliamfetntry Committee of the Trades Union Congress…

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Our Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 4

Had it not been for that disastrous landslip at the Spout, the completion of the third section of the North Coast railway would now have been…

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Railway Crossing Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 2

What might have proved a very serious accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, at the railway crossing on the Dingo road. The contractors' small…

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Town Topics. Motor Mishap

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 4

It is reported that Mr. R A. Bell, Managing Director of the North Coast Coy., simply met, in the vicinity of Croki, with an accident that gave him…

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The Newly Creek Road

Nambucca News · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 4

Sir,--With reference to your report of the Newey Creek road and the dairy factory site, the motion as stated by you as being carried is…

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One Touch of Genius. Complete Short Story. a Hero in Tramp's Attire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 7

"Hello, 'bo!" "Hello, there, "brakey!" "What are yer doin' in there?" A face, dirty, unshaven, and…

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Blown to Atoms. Explosion on Motor Launch

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 9

A remarkable escape from injury was experienced by three men, Baxter, Habberly, and Gillicei, while sleeping on a motor launch used for…

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Paying From the Start. Maitland-dungog Railway. Remarkable Differences in Freight

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 15

The first week's traffic on the Mainland to Dungog section of the North Coast railway has proved very satisfactory, and there is every…

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