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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

241 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 13

The North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 4

A PARTY of railway officials from Sydney Visited the Wauchope to Kempsey section of the North Coast line last week for the purpose of inspecting it, prior to its formal…

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Railway Opening

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 November 1917 · page 4

On Monday night Mayor Lane presided at a well amended meeting of the committee in charge of the district preparations for the celebration…

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Railway Opening Celebration

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 4

The committee in charge of this function met in the Marconic Hall Monday night, in goodly number, Mayor, Lane being chairman…

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Railway Re-inspection

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 4

Messrs. Nalder and Chrystal, honorary secretaries of the railway opening committee have had word that the Railway commissioner, in…

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Green Hill Bridge

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 4

Michael Laverty, Taylor's Arm, in a letter to the Council on Tuesday, enclosed his cheque for £26 as his contribution towards a bridge at…

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Fencing a Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 4

Mr. Gossip, agent for Morton & Hays, wrote to the Council on Tuesday, asking to have the fences erected on both sides of the road passing…

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The Railway Celebrations

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 4

The celebrations in connection with the official opening of the Wauchope to Kempsey section of the North Coast railway promise to attract a record crowd to the…

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The Railway Opening

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 November 1917 · page 8

Some 35 citizens, under the chairmanship of Mayor Lane, attended Monday night's meeting of the committee in charge of the forthcoming railway…

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Damage to Shire Roads. Application for Special Grant

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 2

Mr. Patterson, Acting Engineer, in his report to the Council last week made reference to the damages caused by the flood. The roads, culverts and…

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Kempsey Railway Opening

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 4

GIVEN fine weather, there will be a large passenger list from Wingham and Upper Manning to Kempsey Railway Opening on Wednesday next,…

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Kempsey Railway Opening

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 7

Some 35 citizens, under the chairmanship of Mayor Lane, attended Monday might's meeting of the committee in charge of the forthcoming…

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" Sorry Railwaymen."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 8

The official organ of the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, referring to the recent strike, says that a man's wrong actions bring unto him…

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The Railway Opening

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 4

Latest advices tend to show that there will be no bitch in the opening of the Wauchope to Kempsey section of the North Coast railway, ami the event will…

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The North Coast Railway. a Few Facts in Connection Therewith

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 2

THE opening of the Wauchope-Kempsey Section of the North Coast Railway forms another link between the main Northern Line and the Grafton Tweed…

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Temacoc Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 November 1917 · page 4

For over a mouth Temagog people have been unable to cross the river except by boat, and necessarily suffer much inconvenience in getting…

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The Train Goes North

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 November 1917 · page 2

Wednesday, November 28, the fifth section of the railway, from Wane[?]ope to Kempsey, will be officially the establishment of a line of railway to pass through [?] river districts and connect with Sydney was…

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The Railway Celebrations

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 November 1917 · page 6

The celebrations in connection with official opening of the Wauchope to Kempsey section of the North Coast railway promise to attract a…

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Hie Railway Opening. Final Arrangements Toasts, Talkers, Telegrams: and the Finical Foibles of Fretful Souls

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 November 1917 · page 8

ON Monday night, in the Masonic Hall, some 27 members of the Rail opening Celebration Committee attended the filial meeting prior to…

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An Aeroplane from the Manning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 4

IT was mentioned in a previous issue of the CHRONICLE that a suggestion had been made to organise a fund in the Manning District wherewith to…

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Kempsey Mail Train. the New Time-table

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 5

Important are in time-table alterations are announcement. The now mail train will leavy Kemps[?]y at 6.25 p.m., arriving in…

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