Self-righting Aeroplane
A resident of Washington, U.S.A., has obtained a patent for an aeroplane which he declares cannot be capsized in flight. A [?] 3ft. long,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
386 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 20
New Road-making Plant
As will be seen from our report of the Shire Council oil [?] it has been decided to purchase a road-making plant for Hastings Shire, and, viewed in the light of practical experience of these plants…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train on Fire Four Trucks Ablaze Fire Brigade. at Work
When the train from Narrandera to Finley was within three miles of Jerilderie, two trucks of lucerne hay, consigned 'to Berrigan and Finley,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Bridge and Co. and the Royal Show
It is safe to say that no country histors felt more at home at the Royal Show than the chants of the popular and listorce firm of John Bridge and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Workers
If one had the time, quite a respectable volume of plain tales could be compiled in connection with railway works both north and south of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Case for " Cadillac " Motor Cars
DOES not the fact that there are to-day in existence, in various parts of the world, no less than 50,000 "Cadillac" motor cars (many of these nearly ten…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →400 Motors for Panama Canal
To drive the elaborate machinery now being installed in the locks of the Panama Canal for the purpose of operating the ponderous gates and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Novel Railway Journey
Among the many entertaining events that have happened during a twenty years' stay in South Africa, the train journey as a refugee at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway Plant Purchased by the Government a Good Bargain
Persistant statements (says the " Telegraph ") having been made to the Minister for Works that his department had made a bad bargain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Motor Brigands. Ringleader Captured. Desparate Resistance. Battle Near Paris
Bonnot, the notorious motor apache for whom the police have been searching for complicity in several murders, was captured on Monday. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and General (A Card.) J. M. Hooke, Solicitor & Conveyancer Park Road, Gloucester. (Near Royal Hotel.) Gloucester Railway Station
Progress is being made with the erection of the Gloucester railway station premises. The weighbridge office is finished and the framework…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hexham to Miller's Forest Railway
On Tuesday last Mr. Brown, M.P., had an interview with the Minister for Works, Mr. A. Griffith, aud requested him to bring before the Public Works…
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The "Gloucester Advocate" says-- The steam navvy has cleared roadway at the Slip right through, about half-a-chain wide. She was, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Between Cofl's Harbour and Bellinger. the Commission Contract System
THE Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) is preparing to let a contract for the construction of that section of the North Coast Railway between Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wauchope-Comboyne Road
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PORT MACQUARIE NEWS. SIR,—I see by your report it was decided at the last sitting of the Shire Council to complete the remaining section of this road…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In a Train Wreck
A special train carrying Confederate veterans to a reunion, held at Macon was wrecked. Four veterans were killed and four…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The North Coast Railway
THE leader of the opposition, Mr. C. G. Wade, was on the Manning the other day and this is what he it reported to have said about the North Coast Railway:—"When the Liberal Party…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Railway Station Building to Be Completed. at a Cost of £165,000
The Central Railway Station, commenced during the currency of the late Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan's term at Minister for Works, is now to be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local and General (A Card.) J. M. Hooke, Solicitor & Conveyancer Park Road, Gloucester. (Near Royal Hotel.) Pedigree Bull Sale
We direct attention to sale of Gloucester Estate pedigree bullls advertised by Meissrs. Carlton and Abbott to take place at their yards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. (We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents under this heading.) Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor of the Mackay chronicle
SIR,—Would you kindly allow me space in you valuable to voice a request that I think would be endorsed by more than two-thirds of the community using the…
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