Bacon Factory for Stroud Road in Conjunction with Butter Factory
A meeting of the Stroud Branch of the Primary Producers' Union was held on Monday the 22nd ult., when Mr.,S.J. Gorton presided over a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
312 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 16
Train Hills a Horse
On Wednesday morning last week as the Kempsey train was leaving Taree it overtook a horse near Brown's Bridge and mangled the unfortunate animal…
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Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., is Rn receipt of the following letter from the Secretary of Railways, Sydney: "With reference to your representations on the…
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Messrs. Robinson Bros., the well-known motor firm, this week moved some of their plant from Kempsey garage to Grafton, where their now garage…
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The train to Kempsey on Wednesday morning did not arrive until 12.5 instead of 8.18 a.m. The delay was due to a staff failure between Coopernook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salvation Army at Burnt Bridge
Adjutant Ho[?]pper and a company of Salvationists journeyed to Burnt Bridge from Kempsey to hold a service, and on arrival found the church building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improved Railway Prospects. to Jervis Bay. Commonwealth Arsenal. New Impelling Factor
The selection of Tuggeranong as the si[?]o of the Commonwealth arsenal is another step towards decen tralisation which the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Primary Producers' Union. Waste at Alexandria. Deputation to the Railway Commissioner. Action by the P.P. UNION
At the quarterly meeting of the central executive of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney last week a subcommittee reported having met…
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A motor car accident with a somewhat lucky ending happened on Sunday last near Barnett's bridge. Mr. Walter Secomb, in avoiding a collision…
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At (Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council, the following later mad:— The Chief Engineer for National and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manning Shire Council. Manning' Shire Council. (Continued from another page.) Tinonee Road. Monday, August 12, 1918
In connection with an application from Captain Gollan, to substitute a new road for an existing one near Tinonee, the clerk reported that it was Present: Councillor McKinnon (president). Councillors Wells, Stitt, Latham, Irvine, Newton, Hammond, Parker and Machin…
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The following are the returns for the Kempsey Railway Station for the month of July, supplied to us by Mr. A. R. Smith, stationmaster: Tickets issued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen Strike at Swansea. London
Railwaymen employed at Swansea struck owing to dissatisfaction with the Government wages award. The work of the port is at a standstill and many…
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Lieut. Daly has received a memo, from the Organising Secretary of the New South Wales State Recruiting Committee, to the effect that parents and…
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At a recent shire council meeting the engineer, in response to an application from the department, was asked to prepare an estimate of the cost…
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THERE is a provision in the new Local Government Bill that will delight the motor tourist. It commands every shire council within one year after…
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One of the most dangerous pieces of track on the main North Coast road is that known as Baker's Hill, between Krambach and Gloucester. It has…
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From J. A. L. Carle, re necessity for road to his holding and stating that ho is confined to one track through Summerville's land…
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Some novel features will murk the five thousand mile highway system proposed for the State of Illinois Conspieuous among thenr are the plan to build the roads especially…
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Much evidence has lately come to light of the wholesale prevalence of war-time crime in Germany. No facts and figures have been revealed which…
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