A Fresh Mail Route or Better Road. To the Editor
Sir,—The general opinion amongst many people on the Comboyne is that it is just about time the mail route was altered, or else the road, from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
312 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 16
Motor-car Built in Eleven Minutes
A motor-car was built in eleven minutes and put on the road in nineteen at the Ford motor works at Trafford Park, Manchester, recently, thus…
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It was Alexander III. who first realized the possibility of making a railway across the whole length of the continent, and in the year 1892…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident
A motor accident, which fortunately was not attended with very serious results occur[?]ted on the Bowra ville Macksville road. Mr. Angus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inadequate train Service
THE railway authorities appear to hare wholly failed to properly cope with the railway traffic on our motion of the North Coast railway during the recent Easter…
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The following communication has been received by the president of the Manning Shire Council:—Sydney, March 28, 1918…
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MR. AND MRS. W. HYDE, received a letter from Bellbrook, dated Good Friday, notifying them that their son-in-law, Mr. Jack Watt, had left that place the day before on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lansdowne Railway Station. Office of the Commssioners, Sydney, March 16, 1918
Sir,—With reference to your better of the 19th ultimo, forwardng a communication, from the Landsdowne Progress Association (Mr. F. W. B…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Commissioners' Visit
ON Thursday afternoon, 11th instant, the Railway Commissioners will visit Wingham on their annual tour of inspection. They will arrive here at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road to Smoky Cafe
The Macleay Shire Council evidently got a surprise in the reply received from the Commonwealth authorities in answer to the request, for a grant for putting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quagmire at the Railway Station
It is a pity that the Railway Commissioners on their arrival at Kempsey this evening will not have an opportunity, owing to the darkness, of seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Notice to Motorists
Having appointed Mr. Ted Brown my agent for Kempsey and district Mr. Brown will now attend to all the repairs which you require to your covers. We…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comboyne Road
At a special meeting of Wingham Council on Thursday night, the Mayor referred to the bad state of road at Comboyne. He said that great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Grader Demonstration
The new road grader, plough, etc., purchased by the Nambucca Shire Council have been landed on the Macksville Wharf. A good deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wanted--A Decent Road
We trust that the Manning Shire Council--if action has not already been taken--will see to the Comboyne road for which it is responsible. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wingham Police Court. TUESDAY, 9th APRIL. (Before Mr. H. H. McDougall, P.m.) Straying Stock on Railway Line
Several Persons were charged with permitting stock to stray on the railway line at Wingham. As there were the first prosecutions for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The East-West Railway. a Luxurious Journey
Up to the present our great East-West railway is proving a deficit-maker, but it ought to have a future when it becomes known. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallamba District Roads. To the Editor
SIR,--I understand that the Manning Shire Councillors have a taste for machinery, to help them in looking after our roads (sic), and that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud Road
On Wednesday evening the friends of the Stroud Road district met at the Methodist Church to spend a social evening and make presentation to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioners' Visit
On Thursday last, the Railway Commissioners paid their first official visit to Kempsey in connection with the annual inspection of railways. The train…
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