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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

350 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 18

Motor Fright

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. Lipman, the well-known commercial traveller, and his son had an unpleasant experience at John's River, while journeying Kempseyward last week on one of Slatter's…

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Kempsey Railway Bridge

Nambucca News · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

A party of workmen under the supervision of Mr. Jones are now engaged in boring in connection with The foundations of the bridge which is to…

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The Deep Creek Road

Nambucca News · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

A correspondent complains bitterly of the scandalous condition of the road to deep Creek. £250 has been spent on a portion which, virtually…

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Motor Scootering

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 7

Some years ago an amphibious craft was invented abroad which could be manoeuvred on ice as well as in the water. It was in reality…

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Visit of the Attorney-General. the North Coast Railway to Be Completed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

THE Hon. W. A. Holman, Attorney-General, arrived in Port Macquarie on Wednesday afternoon, and the same evening delivered an address in the School of Arts to a packed audience. The…

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British Railways. a Suggested Economy. the Nationalisation Question

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

H. G. Archer wrote in the London "Daily Mail" of [?] February:— There is an alternative to the complete nationalisation of our railways…

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Railway-tickets From Old Newspapers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 11

This is essentially the age for the commercial utilisation of waste products. Upon the Belgian Government railway system newspapers left in the train are…

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A Good Motor Gar

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

During the past few weeks we have been pointing out the wisdom of only buying good motor cars, in fact cars of repute only, and mentioned the Renault car as propably…

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Double-wheel System for Railways

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 9

The long list of accidents, due to spreading rails and breaking wheel flanges, on both elctric and steam railways, constitutes tho reason for the…

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Sawdust Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 4

We have before heard of roads being made of sawdust, and could scarcely realise that such a proposal was worth consideration, but we now hear that the Engineer of…

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North Coast Railway. Completing the Survey

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 7

The final survey of the North Coast Railway is drawing to a close. Mr. Surveyor Jamieson and party recently shifted camp from Unkya Creek to…

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The Ministerial Visit and the Comboyne Roads. to the Editor of the Port Macquarie News

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

SIR,—I take this opportunity of expressing our rood grievances in anticipation that should the Hastings Shire Councillors feel they are unable to cope with the above-mentioned roods satisfactorily…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 9

With reference to the continuation of the line from Taree northwards, the prospects of an early start are bright. Speaking at the opening of…

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Our Letter Box. Laverty's Crossing Bridge. to the Editor

Nambucca News · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 8

SIR, -- With reference to the notes of warning sounded by your correspondents of the 10th inst., may I be permitted to state my experiences in…

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At Bridge

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 2

She still sits at bridge at midnight, As the clocks are striking the hour; No thought of her home or her family To move her have the power…

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Rules Op the Road for Airships

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 2

The Aero Club of France has prepared for the French Government a set of aviation rules of the road to be used as a basis for the formation…

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North Coast Railway. Completing the Survey

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 3

The final survey of the North Coast Railway is drawing to a close. Mr. Surveyor Jamieson and party recently shifted camp from Unkya Creek to…

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A Good Motor Trip

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 6

The country traveller of The Perdriau Rubber Co., has just completed a trip, which is probably one of the severest tests a car could be put to. The car, which is a…

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North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 7

The final survey of the North Coast railway is drawing to a close. The section between Kempsey and Macksville will be completed in about three…

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Mr. Griffith and the North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

The Minister for Works declares his Government is in duty bound to see the North Coast railway completed, as he looked upon it as a national…

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