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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

543 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 14 of 28

North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 6

At the big deputation to the Minister for Works in Sydney arranged by Messrs. Briner aud Morton, M's.L.A., and others, asking the…

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North Coast Railway Construction Scheme

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 12

MR ARTHUR MAYOH, representative of Griffiths & Co., contractors, Ltd., during an interview with reference to constructing the unfinished…

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The Railway Deal

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 10

The tentative agreement with the firm of Griffiths Norton and Co. in regard to the completion of the North Coast Railway and other…

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Road Problems

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

The coming of the petrol motor has accelerated progress and created problems in many directions, but no administrators have been more harassed…

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A Great Scheme. Bridge and Steel Works. £3,000,000 for Railways

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 4

It appears from the statements made a. few days ago by Mr. Arthur Mayoh, C.E., representative of Griffiths and Company, contractors, Australia, Limited, and by Mr…

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Tramcar Talk

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

The lady in the offside corner seat of the tramcar possessed a truculent air and a discoloured eye. Fenny thing anyone can't take a…

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The Railway Scheme

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 7

BEARING upon the report in our last issue of the deputation that waited upon the Minister for Works in reference to expediting the construction of the North Coast railway…

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Railway Scheme

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 5

The Minister of Works (Mr. Griffith) was asked whether any further steps had been taken regarding the proposed arrangements with Norton,…

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Explorer Tramps 2,000 Mile Desert. South African Travels Alone Through Fiery Zone. Three Days Waterless

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

Travelling on foot and alone through the heart of the terrible, Kalahari Desert, Mr. Tom Bowker, a South African traveller, tells of…

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"The" Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

A good memory is required by Cabinet Ministers as well as hy loss reputable persons. Mr. McGowen However does not seem to be well…

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Cablegrams. LONDON, Wednesday. Old Time Train Robbery

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 11

Two masked men held up a special train near Springfield, Illinois (U.S.A.) and forced the trainman to uncouple the engine, tender…

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Namoi Shire and a Motor Car

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 13

NOT to every Shire engineer in New South Wales is the privilege extended to travel round his district in a motor car, but the Namoi Shire Council has…

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Our Roads

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 6

The condition of the main roads in this [?] is becoming a serious problem, and [?] many points that ought to be given [?] attention in the near future. The…

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[?] Fatal Mari[?] the Mark of the Road Arrow. Part 7. CHAPTER XVII—(Continued.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 9

"She was free, too-free to marry Why should she [?]? At her request, he sat beside her, and then for a moment or two…

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North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 3

A REPORT furnished to the General Secretary of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association by Organiser Con. Hogan deals with the labor outlook in the…

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Odes to Motoring. Entertaining Compositions About Local Experiences

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 5

Recently Mr. Brennan, manager of the Government Labour Bureau, came to the fourth section of the North Coast Railway in connection with an enquiry. He was…

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Road Making Plant

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 4

Prior to the sudden slump. in subsidy Macleay Shire Council thought of buying a road plant, but judging by Inlay Shire and Wingadee Shire they…

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North Coast Railways Debate at Sydney School of Arts

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 5

The Sydney School of Art Debating Club at its last at its meeting carried the following motion:—"That the [?] State Government to…

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Germany Has 825 Subsidised Road Trains

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 4

According to figures which have just been issued by the German Government, 120 motor "road trains" have been subsidised for the year 1913 by the…

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Congarinni Road. Eungai to Bellingen. Saving of Ten Miles

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 4

Some people, who evidently are not seized with the true facts of the case concerning the question raised by President Black, during the visit of…

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