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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

279 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 14

How Railway Sharpers are Frustrated

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 2

The feud between the "R.P." or railway police, and the army of three-card tricksters has reopened. At Waterloo Station, for instance…

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The North Coast Railway. Wauchope to Kempsey Section. 580 Men Employed. Great Progress in Evidence

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

A RUN across the section of railway now under construction between Wauchope and Kempsey is calculated to modify one's opinion of day labor, and to force the conclusion that…

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Sabbath Observation. Trams and Trading. Methodists Seek Reform

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 7

A representative deputation of ministers, introduced by the Rev. J. E. Carruthers, President of the Methodist Conference, waited on the Chief…

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Inspecting Roads

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 3

It was decided on the motion of Or. Porrett, of tho Manning shire Council seconded by Councillor Irvine, that the council as a whole spend one day in…

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North Coast Railway. Progress of the Work

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

Great progress is being made on the fifth section of the North Coast Railway, upon which there are now 580 men emploped. Nearly the whole of…

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Mails by Motor

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 5

From Mr. John Thomson, M.P., we learn that, though the Postmaster General's Department does not except the railway to be opened to Wauchope…

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Motor Ploughing

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

A movement which has already gained great headway in the United States, and which has been tentatively experimented with in Australia, is…

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The North Coast Railway. Taree to [?] Sydney [?]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 7

THE [?] section [?] railway reached [?] to the [?] River. Three [?] point is a [?] old town and his [?]…

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Lanrieton North Coast Railway—fourth Section

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 5

[?] as to the result of our [?] asking for a train a day between [?]. Interest has been [?] in your district and even as far…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Works finds himself in a very serious difficulty with regard to the tenders for bridges for the North Coast Railway. Mr. Griffith…

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The Railway. How It Is Paying

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

When Air. Tebbutt, the travelling correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald" was recently along the Coast, he enquired into the railway revenue…

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Railway Timetable

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 3

We received information on Saturday that it is likely when the next rail time-table appears, a night train from Sydney and Trace will take the place…

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Macleay Railway Bridge

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 8

Mr. A. Love, the Engineer in charge of the fifth section of the North Coast Railway, arrived in Kempsey on Friday, and was staying…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Works finds himself in very serious difficulty with regard to to the tenders tor bridges for the North Coast railway. Mr…

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Taree=Kendall Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

A petition has been presented to the Minister for Works, through Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., asking him to give the Camden Haven residents one…

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Science Notes. French Armoured Aeroplane

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

It appears that the German War Department took the lead in protecting aeroplanes by armour plating, and after this the idea was taken up in…

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The Bridge at Kendall

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

Why has there been awakened, all at once, so sudden and unduly anxious an interest in the progress of the work at Kendall? There is about 200 feet of a…

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The North Coast Railway. Taree to Wauchope. Good Progress Being Made. the End in Sight

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

GRADUALLY are the iron bands linking the North Coast to the Metropolis being forged and extended. Though far from being a lover of that policy of centralisation that…

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Railway Platform. To the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

Sir—In commenting on the necessity for a railway platform at Forbesdale, in your issue of Saturday last, you place the residents of Stratford in a…

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Bottle Thrown From Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Harold Cooper, of Waratah, a fireman, working on a coal train running to Bellbird, on Friday evening was badly gashed in the wrist by a bottle…

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