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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

241 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 13

Wauchope Kempsey Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

It is expected that a portion at least of the recently constructed Wauchope to Kempsey line of railway will be opened in the course of a week…

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Stroud Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 3

For the month of February the Gloucester District Co-op. Butter Factory Coy, Ltd. manufactured 46,110lbs butter, suppliers being…

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Road Maintenance

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Mo[?]ning Shire Council the President (Cr. Wells) moved the following resolution: "That the system of road maintenance so…

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Mundrook Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

The member of the Shire Council, after lunch on Friday, motored out to view the site of the proposed road asked far by the people of…

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Shire Roads

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 5

At the meeting of the shire council on Friday the President Mr. The man Wells) outlined a scheme which he had evolved for the better…

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Mondrook Road

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

On Friday last President Wells administered, the knock-out blow to the Taree-Mondrook road proposals—for a time at least…

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The Story of Vaucluse House and Sir Henry Browne Hayes. (Road before the Society, September 28, 1915.) ARTICLE 2

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 8

Miss Pike's mother lived in Cork and was in bad health. On July 22nd, 1797, "on a rainy night between 1 and 2 in the morning," as Curran…

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North Coast Railway. the Fifth Sectiqn. Progress of Thf Works

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 4

WORK was commenced on the fifth Motion of the North Coast railway, Wauchope to Kempsey, in January, 1913. Everybody will remember what joy vibrated through…

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The Wilson Road-- Bowra to Macksville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

At Tuesday's meeting of the Council, Cr. McCarthy asked about the Wilson road. Next month money would be available and men could be…

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Our Letter Box. Namah's Road. (To The Editor)

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Sir,-- I would kindly ask space in your widely read paper to contradict a statement made by Councillor McCarthy at the March Council…

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Russia's Roads

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 2

Russia is almost a roadless land. It is inconceivable to the foreign visitor who has ever left the beaten track of the railways in Russia how…

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Tiger Loose in a Train. Defied and Cowered by a Game Cockerel

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 2

Great excitement was caused at the Calcutta terminus a few weeks ago, when, on the arrival of the Madras mail train, it became known that a full-grown Bengal tiger…

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North Coast Railway. the Fifth Section. Progress of the Works

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 3

Work was commenced on the fifth section of the North Coast railway. Wauchope to Kempsey, in January, 1913. Everybody wil remember…

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Our Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 4

If the desires of the Automobile Club of Australia be carried out in addition to Minister Fitzgerald's own leanings for severely sitting on the…

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Train Travel in Japan

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 7

Of course everyone rides on the trains in Japan nowadays, for there are 700 miles of railways in the country, and every considerable town…

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North Coast Railway. the Fifth Section. Progress of the Work

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 2

Work was commenced on the fifth section of the North Coast railway, Wauchope to Kempsey, in January, 1913 (writes the special reporter of…

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The Railway Construction. Stoppage of Work's North of Macksville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 4

Word has been received that all railway construction works [?] of Macksville are to cease immediately Already some men and ca[?]ps are…

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The North Coast and Dorrigo Railways. Strong Protests Against Closing Down Works

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., writes as follows :-- "The closing down of work on the seventh section of the North Coast Railway, and practically…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 4

A telegram from Goff's Harbor states the front of tunnel No 4 has fallen in. The whole of the work, it is believed, will collapse unless it is…

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Renewing Railway Lines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

Many people think that railway libes hardly ever want renewing, A steel rail is in its old age, however, in its tenth year, though some on…

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