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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

386 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 20

Glenreagh--Dorrigo Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 8

The following questions were put by Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., to the Secretary for Public Works:-- (1.) How many survey camps are…

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Railway Sleeper Plantations

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

The South African Railway Administration has embarked on a scheme for growing timber for sleeper purposes. An area of 30,000 acres of…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. Government and the Railway Commissioners

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 11

In discussing yesterday's Cabinet consideration of the relations between the Government and the Railway Commissioners,…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 9

Messrs. Briner and H. D. Morton, Ms.L.A., have for some time been endeavouring to induce the Government to abandon its present day…

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The North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 3

We have been reliably informed that an important proposal has been placed before the Government by a well-known English firm of railway…

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2000 Families Can Be Brought Out for Railway Construction. Will the Government Accept

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 6

For some time the Government has been confronted with a very serious problem with regard to some of its incompleted railway undertakings…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 3

Mr. Price asked the Minister for Works in the Legislative Assembly if it was a fact that negotiations had taken place with certain gentlemen in…

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Sandford and Motor Cars

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 5

The name of Mr. Roy W. Sandford is nowadays as closely identified with the Motor-car trade as waws that of his respected father, Mr. William Sandford, with the…

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Automatic Aeroplane Guns

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 5

The Osaka Mainichi (Japanese newspanese military aviator, is experiment- panese militar yaviator, is experimenting with an automatic gun of his own…

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Railway Crossing, Chapman-street, Dungog

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. W. Brown asked the Secretary for Public Works,—(I.) Was Chapman-street, Dungog, closed by the construction of the railway line, and have repeated…

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Death from Tram Injuries

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 4

It will be learned with regret that Mr. Leslie Gaden, a well-known barrister and former tennis champion of New South Wales died at…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 5

Seven hundred and fifty men are now employed on the fourth section of the North Coast railway. The rate of wages for navvies has been…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 7

Mr. Price asked the Minister for Works in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday if it was a fact that negotiations had taken place with…

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North Coast Railway. Alleged Secret Negotiations

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 11

MR. Price asked the Minister, for Works in the Legislative Assembly if it was a fact that negotiations had taken place with certain gentlemen…

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Road Through Racecourse. [To the Editor of the Poet Macquarie News.]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

SIR,—Would you allow me space to say a few words concerning the closing of the road through the racecourse at Wauchope? I am very sorry to say that I supported Cr. Rowsell on both occasions…

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Railway Strike

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 8

On Monday come hundreds of men on [?]ection of the North Coast refused to [?] were…

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Railway Deviation

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

Though it may seem like counting chickens are they're hatched, talking about deviating a railway that's crawling north at the rate of a mile in two…

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[?]verty's Bridge. [?]Ning Ceremony

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

[?]last was a red letter day [?]s Arm when the newly over Laverty's cross[?] officially opened. On…

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The Worst Road

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 2

A deputation, representing the Hexham Progress Association, and fanners living in the district, waited on Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Works, at the latter…

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Motor Cyclist's Fearful Death

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

W. Bearpark, a well-known figure in the cycling and motoring world, was killed on Saturday evening last at the Sports Ground while having a…

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