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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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The North Bank Road. an Important Meeting. Petitioning the Shire Council

Nambucca News · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

OUR Taylor's Arm correspondent informs us that pursuant to an advertisement which appeared in the last issue of the " News," a meeting was held on…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca News · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

The Minister for Works (Mr. A. Griffith) after his return to Sydney, while refusing to definitely commit himself regarding his intentions in connection with the…

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Dorrigo Railway

Nambucca News · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

The Minister for Works states that the railway to Dorrigo will be pushed on as expeditiously as possible. Rudyard Kipling's "[?]annelled fools"…

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Railway Matters

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 4

It is very hard for the railway contractors to get railway rivetters with experience. A gang recently arrived, but some got giddy when out on the bridge, and others showed…

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A New Motor Car

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 5

The first silent worm-drive Wolseley motor car to be imported into N.S. W. has been purchased by Mr. Lindsay Wilson, of Milton, near Nowra. Mr. Wilson has had…

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News of the World. Motor-cars Prohibited

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 6

It is stated that indications point to the repeal by the Provincial Legislature of Prince Edward Island of the present law which prohibits the…

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The Selfish Railway League

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 4

THE Kempsey Railway League may congratulate themselves that at their last meeting they, as the Yankee expresses himself…

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Railway and Tramway Returns

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 6

Railways for the quarter ended March earned £97,587 more revenue than for the corresponding period last year, while the increase in…

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A Tramp's Mistake

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

It Was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed a sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards…

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Buying a Motor Car

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 6

When buying a motor car certain paints should be borne in mind. For instance, any make that sets the design of the world, and leads the way in quality and consequent…

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Laverty's Bridge v. North Bank Road. to the Editor

Nambucca News · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 8

SIR.--The long spell of wet weather just past, has been the cause of rousing the residents of Upper Taylor s Arm into action, in order to obtain…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca News · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 6

The Works Department has undertaken a trial survey to connect Woolgoolga with Glenreagh, also Woolgoolga with Coff's Harbor. The…

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The "Duck" Aeroplane

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 9

Louis Paulhan, who is one of the best known of tho French airmen has designed an aeroplane which is called the "Duck," because, like the duck, it…

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North Coast Railway. Will It Be Pushed on North of Taree?

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 7

The following notice, dated May 1, over the signature for the Minister for Works, appears in the "Government Gazette":—…

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Railway Resumptions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 7

Mr. W. D. E. Tonks, the Government Valuator and adjuster in connection with resumed properties, arrived at Wingham on Thursday to see the properties concerned by…

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Railway and Water

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

Mr. R. A Price, M.P., has received the following, which has been handed to us by the Mayor (Aid. F. Dennes:— Public Works Department, Sydney…

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That Special Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 3

There has been a great deal of speculation as to wherther a special train will run between Newcastle and Dungog on the second day of…

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The Bulga Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

Most satisfactory progress is being made with the work of constructing a road to the Bulga lands. At the present time about 30 men are…

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North Coast Railway. Work Still Going On

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 6

Within a month or six weeks (says the "Mercury") the contractors for the first section of the North Coast Bailway, connecting Maitland…

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Cost of Railway Construction Laborers' Wages

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 5

Giving evidence before the General Laborers' Wages Board in Sydney Mr. J. D. Simpson, a member of the firm of Carson, Carey and Simpson,…

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