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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Original Correspondence. (We do not necessarily identify ourselves with his opinions expressed by correspondents under this heading.] Glenrock Road Deathtrap. To the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

Dear Sir—Kindly allow me short space in your columns to respectfully place before the Macleay Shire Councillors a fact which I can not believe they have not yet noted,…

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Aeroplane V. Submarine

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 17

The French Government has recently been conducting some experiments to learn the availability of the aeroplane as an agent of defence against…

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Glenrock Road Death Trap. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 9

DEAR SIR,--Kindly allow me short spaee in your valuable paper, to respectfully place before the Macleay Shire Councillors a fact of which I cannot…

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North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 4

OUR member, Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., writing, to us under date 19th May, tays:—As the early completion of this railway is urgent, and in view of the public announcement made by the Minister…

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Automatic Railway Signals. First Section Opened

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 3

Th first section of the automatic system of railway signalling has been opened. The innovation marks an Important event in railway progress…

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North Coast Railway. Commissioners to Visit Taree. the Deep-wate Connection. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 6

Mr. R. A. Price member for Gloucester, interviewed the Railway Commissioners are a visit of inspection, also regarding the proposed cessation of the train service between…

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Burnt Bridge School

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 8

Burnt Bridge school pupils had the treat of their lives on Empire day at the hands of the teacher Miss Johnston who, after putting them…

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The Senlis Motor Bandit Paris, May 22

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 6

Duvignon, a Belgian deserter, aged 19, alleged to be the motor robber who murdered M. Dardenc, manager of a motor works near Senlis, has…

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Railway League Meeting. Deputation to Wait on the Minister

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 6

IN the School of Arts on Friday night the above League met to consider a communication from Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., to the effect that it was…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 5

The head office of the construction branch of the North Coast railway, No. 4 section, was transferred from Taree to Kendall on Monday. The…

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North Coast Railway. Arrangements for the Deputation

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 9

A MEETING of citizens was held at the School of Arts on Monday evening last to make arrangements to send delegates to the deputation in…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 14

A young man named Bert. Bingham, aged 23, the night officer at Kingsvale station, was coming into…

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Lion and Train

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

The following remarkable incident in described in an article on the "Cape to Cairo Railway" in the Empire Magazine":—A construction train was…

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Thrilling Adventure a Blazing Aeroplane London, May 27

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. Pizey, with Mr. Fellowes as a passenger, ascended at Salisbury Plains yesterday to a height of 1200 feet in a Bristol biplane…

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The North Coast Railway. [To the Editor of the Port Macquarie News.]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

SIR,—Your member, Mr. Morton, has arranged with the Minister for Works to receive a deputation on Monday, the 2nd of next month, to urge Mr. Griffiths to have the North Coast Railway…

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Railway Collision in Auckland Miraculous Escapes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

A sensational collision occurred in the bridge near Auckland (N.Z), on Wednesday morning between a goods and a passenger train. The third…

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Deputation to Railway Commissioner

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 6

A deputation composed of Messrs. W. N. Laurie (Shire Councillor), J. R. Ross, B. J. Brown, S. Bignell and Jas. Sheddon, waited upon Mr…

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Taree Municipal Council. Railway Commissioners' Visit

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

The alderman of the Taree Municipal Council met on Monday evening last to consider What matters should be brought before the Railway Commissioners on their visit to…

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Chief Railway Commissioner at Taree. Early Deputations. Deep Water Connection & TIME-TABLE

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 8

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. T. R. Johnson) and Mr.' John Harper. Assistant Commissioner for Railways, visited Taree on Wednesday morning last. They arrived by…

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Neglected Roads. To The Editor

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 June 1913 · page 4

DEAR SIR.—Kindly allow me space in your columns over open for any just complaint, especially from the pioneer, who toils in many ways, unknown and foreign…

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