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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Rain on the Motor Class

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 5

Frequent source of trouble to drivers of motor cars with fixed windscreens is the collection of rain on the glass in small globules, which are very…

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Scenery on the North Coast Railway Line

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 5

SPEAKING of the scenery on the recently opened section of the North Coast railway line to Taree, the "Maitland Mercury" says —After leaving Dungog the long tunnel…

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North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 6

THE North Coast line, of which the section just opened is an important part has been the subject of much advocacy and controversy for some 30 years. The North Coastal…

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The Railway Portrait Gallery

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 9

The portrait gallery of the two elder Planning papers in connection with the railway opening would be amusing were it not for the…

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How "Bill Adams" Got the North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 5

As everybody is aware the Duke of Wellington, in command of the English army, assisted by Marshall Blutcher late in the afternoon, won…

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Barefoot Tramp on Ice

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 11

Terrible details of a missionary's barefoot tramp of two days over on icefield are related in connection with the arrival, at Sydney, Novia Scotia…

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More Railway Trucks

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 10

The attention of the Treasurer and Minister of Railway (Mr. Cann) was directed to complaints about a shortage of trucks in the South Coast…

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Taree-kempsey Railway Works

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 10

Now that the railway line is opened to Taree, work on the fourth section, that from Taree to Kempsey, will come into more prominence. A…

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Railway Transit

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

Now that, we have railway communication to Sydney, with a daily service our farmers and dairymen may Hook for an income from the…

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North Coast Railway Extension

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 6

Messrs. H. D. Morton and, G. S. Briner have hail interviews during the past week with the Minister of Public Works and have, urged more…

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Special Road Grant

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 8

At the Council meeting last week a letter was read from the Valla Progess Association asking for maintenance men to be sent to repair…

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Bradley's Bush Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

A letter was read from the Bowra Progress Association at the Council meeting asking if the Council was prepared to clear even a bush track…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 10
Also in Macleay Argus

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., in an interview with the Minister for Works, was informed that nine miles of the proposed railway at the…

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Miscellaneous. Gigantic Railway Station

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 17

The New York terminal station of the Grand Central Railway is an immense structure covering seventy nine acres, and having within its area…

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Main Roads

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

The Wingham Muncipal Council has decided to ask that the following roads be treated as main roads, and that grants be made as shown…

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Special Train

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

The Secretary of the Wingham Show Committee has been informed that the Commissioners will agree to run a special train on show day if a…

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Hanged in a Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 12

A millionaire cattle-raiser named Berger has been found dead in mysterious circumstances in a train near Chemnitz, Saxony. When the train…

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Straw As Road Making Material

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 9

It is claimed that staw is proving remarkably practical as a road-making material on the extremely [?] road in Missouri. Its practicality…

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North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 6

A WRITER in the "Sydney Morning Herald," under the pen name of "Kendall," says:— Since the opening last week of the second and third sections of the North Coast…

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