The Roads
Lack of money and back of public spirit are reducing the roads of the State to a condition worthy of the dark ages. Men will travel a road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1917
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Our Roads
Mr. D. Maxwell Cooper, who advocate of a road loan for the improvement of main roads writes to the "Daily Telegraph" :--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Letter Box. Roads! Roads! (To the Editor.)
Sir,--A very assertive gentleman, "Hat Pin," writing in your last issue, is loud in his praises of the benefits to be derived from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Letter Box. Roads! Roads! (To the Editor.)
Sir,--I do not lay claim to be much of a letter writer, but I can say I know a bit of bad road when I see it. I simply said in my letter of 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gas Coal for Motors
Attempts are being made to employ illuminating gas for internal combustion engines, the gas being compressed in tubes at a high pressure and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mondrook Road
The Mondrook road proposal came on for consideration at the Shire meeting on Monday. The Editor of this paper has now heard both sides of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Western Progress. the Allied Advance. French Drive Back Foe. Aeroplane Activity. Paris
A French communique states:—"We repulsed, with loos two German raids west of Seissons. "We raided a German trench near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mondrook Road. the President's Motion Defeated. a Vigorous Debate
In the shire council on Monday the standing orders were suspended to allow certain motions, of which notice had been given, to be discussed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads! (To the Editor)
SIR,--Under above, heading, and over the nom-de-plume of "Hard Gravel," a letter appeared in your issue of 2nd inst. in which I am…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Letter Box. Roads! Roads! (To the Editor.)
Sir,--No doubt you, Mr. Editor, are getting fairly tired of this matter but as bad roads are ever present I again crave your indulgence for an…
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In the Shire Council on Monday the standing orders were suspended to allow certain motions, of which notice had been given, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Delayed
The train from Wan hope was a couple of hours late arriving at Taree on Wednesday, the engine having "jumped the points" when coming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Road Protest
Thomas H. Fuller, Burrapine, wrote to the Council in reference to the old road near Namah's property which it was recommended to close…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reduction of 50 per cent. Main Roads Vote
The Department of Local Government has informed the Council that the main roads vote for the year has been allotted, and the sum of £1400…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Submarine Motor-car
One of the most curious vessels ever devised is being constructed for Mr. Simon Lake, the well-known American submarine engineer and inventor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →McKay's Bridge, Burrapine. Opening Ceremony
On Saturday, March 10, the ceremony of opening the bridge at Burrapine was performed, and, favoured with a fine day, practically the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important to Motor Car Owners
The business announcement in [?]lumns in connection with [?] Tyres is of unusual interest to motor car owners, for it carries with it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mending Roads with Old Boots a Fortune Was Made Out of the Discovery
The first man to hit upon the idea of utilising old boots for-mending roads made a fortune out of it. He tore the leather to pieces by mechanical means, and treated it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The [?]Ndrook Road."
This Shire matter, which has suffered from a policy of "drift," will be resurrected in the Council this week. The people of Mundrook can thank their own want of public, business push for the present position of what seems to be their shiral aim in life. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal Easter Show. at Moore Park, Sydney. April 3.11. Motor Section
Dalgety's Motor Exhibit at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show promises to be something exceptional, and in this connection we…
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