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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

350 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 18

North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 3

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

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Overheard in a Motor 'Bus

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 9

First Passenger (continuing): "Yes; and I can assure you, when I first hand of it, it quite took my breath away."…

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Our North Coast Railway. Jumps From This End. Sydney, Tuesday

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 5

The Cabinet has decided to proceed with the Taree to Wauchope section by day labor AT ONCE…

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Our Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 4

The Secretary of the Railway League, Mr. W. N. Flatt, has had a communication from Mr. H. D Morton, M.L.A., telling him that when…

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North Coast Railway. Work to Be Proceeded with Immediately

Nambucca News · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 4

The following telegram, which war received from our Sydney correspondent on Tuesday afternoon, will without doubt be read with much interest…

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On the Road. [All Rights Reserved.]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 7

HE COLD wintry day was slowly drawing…

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The North Coast Railway. Taree to Wauchope. Immediate Construction Promised. Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

THE construction of the Worth Coast railway from Turee to Wauchope is to be proceeded with at once, and to be built by day labor. Wednesday…

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Dungog Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 5
Also in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer

Mr. Inspector Quinton of the railway department, was in Dungog on Thursday last, and informed ,our reporter that so far as he knew the…

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Comedy of Eloping Lovers. Duplicate Motor-car

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 6

Two Austrian lovers are lamenting the unhappy chance which led them to select for their elopement a motor-car painted yellow. That fact alone…

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North Coast Railway Work to bo Commenced at Taree and Grafton. Both Sections to be Constructed By Day Labor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 6

Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, replying to questions asked by Mr. H. A. Price, Member for Gloucester, with reference to the North Coast railway,…

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Railway and River

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 6

The route of the North Coast railway runs down the valley of the Manning, via Wingham, to Taree, to which latter place the line is almost…

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The North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 6

On Tuesday alteration, too late for the edition published that day, we received a wire from our Sydney agents to say the Government had decided to construct the…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Mangled Body Found Near Redfern

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 6

Shortly after midnight on Saturday the mangled remains of a man were on the down fast railway line at the western end of Redfern Station. One…

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Two Trains Held Up. Daring Robbery on American Railways

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 6

Three tales of robbery, accomplished with ridiculous ease, in places within a radius of a couple of hundred miles, are reported from the…

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Local and General North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 4

At the instigation of Mr. Jas. H. F. Waller, president of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce, the member for Maitland this week…

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Scientific Notes. Petrol Driven Train

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 9

The Great Western Railway Company have entered into an arrangement to experiment with a petrol electric rail motor-car. The car will seat…

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The New Railways

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 8

One point of the viceregal speech will gratify residents in tho northern districts, the expressed intention, namely, of the Minister for Works…

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Railway Aspect

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 9

sioners an exploration was mode of the country between Walcha-road on the Great Northern Railway, and Woodside on the North Coast line…

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North Coast Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 6

The following letter of deep local interest appeared in Tuesday's "Daily Telegraph":-- "Sir,--I notice in your Tuesdays issue a paragraph referring to the proposed…

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