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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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North Coast Railway. Labour Organiser's Report

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 3

A report furnished to the General Secretary of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association by Organiser Hogan, deals with the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney, Thursday night

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 14

A fatal accident occurred on the railway near East Maitland this morning. An old man named Charles Dwyer, aged 69 years, was…

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The North Coast Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 4

The condition of the main North Coast Road between the Manning and Port Macquarie is now in a deplorable condition; so bad that traffic is not only difficult, but so absolutely dangerous that every vehicle that passes along runs a risk. The way in which…

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Hastings Shire Council. Serious Financial Position. No Money for Roads. Practically a Sinking Ship. Heavy Administrative Expenditure Local, Government a Delusion

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 6

THE regular meeting of the Hastings Shire Council was held at Wauchope on Tuesday last. President Healey occupied the chair, and there were also present—Crs. McKay, Gamack, Downes, Rowsell…

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The Railway Engines

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2

The tardy resolution of the Government to import the eighty railway locomotives which have been urgently asked for by the…

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The Taree Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

The following extract from the "M.R. Times" goes to show the condition of the road to be Traversed in motor cars by those desirous of…

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Bellingen -Congarinni Road. (Per favor of "Nambucca and Bellinger News.") to the Ratepayers of the Bellingen Shire

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 3

I was more than surprised in reading your last issue to think that in advocating the claims of the Bellingen -Bowra- Congarinni road to…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 4

In a private communication to a resident of Bowraville, Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., states :--"With regard to the North Coast Railway…

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McHugh's Creek Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. A.G. Hebblewhite, representing residents of McHugh's Creek, attended the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday. He pointed out that there were four selectors on the…

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Visit of Local Government Engineer. Report to Council. Councillor Wallace's Opposition to Congarinni Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 4

At the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday President Black reported the visit of Local Government Engineer Jones to the Nambucca with…

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Metalling Barrington Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 6

Mr. D. Beaton is in receipt of the following letter from the member for the district in reference to metalling Barrington Bridge…

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That Tinonee Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

At the Shire Council on Monday the Tinenee Road, which is now reaching a point at which the Council should emphatically close down—was again…

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The Bulga Road Works

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 6

The announcement which we published in our last Saturday's issue of the stoppage of load works on the Bulga and Pappinbarra closer settlement areas came upon the…

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Shot in a Train. a Baron's Experience

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 2

The "Dally Mail" of 8th March writes: —Baron von Litzwie, a member of the Prusian Upper House, sixty-eight years of age, was travelling from Stettin to…

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The Tinonee Road Matter. Still Undecided

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

The following letter from the Rev. S. P. Stewart was read at the Shire Council meeting on Monday last:-- The Manse, Tinonee,…

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A Gem From Avalon. the Bundook Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 6

The local Shire Councillors receive deal of correspondence through their Clerk. The requests from ratepayers for a bridge to bo made, a…

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Glen Ore Road. COUNCILLOR McKINNON and Reports

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 12

At the Manning Shire Council meeting on Monday, the President reported that since their last meeting the matter of the Glen Ora road had been deal with by the Land Board…

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"Gobble Government." the Shire Council and Bundook Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

At last Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council, the Clerk stated that in sending his rates Mr. S. G. Wright, of Avalon, had asked for…

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The Tinonee Road Matter. To the Editor of the "M. R. Times."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 6

DEAR SIR,--Allow me space in your journal to support Mr. Robinson's statement in your issue of the 5th instant; re our interview with Mr. Gollan. Also to state that the late Mr. Hooter M'Lennan…

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What Is a "Tramp" Ship

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

A tramp steamship is a "tramp" because she wanders the world over, carrying the most advantageous cargoes she can. procure, and proceeding…

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