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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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A Motor Matter

Macleay Argus · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. M. Ling, proprietor of West Kempsey's up-to-date Coach and Motor Works, has secured the services of Mr. W. Munro (who has been in the…

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Alteration of Railway Time-table

Macleay Argus · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. Attwell, stationmaster at Kempsey, has notified us that the time-table has again been altered back to, the old time, the train leaving Kempsey at 8.15…

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Road to Riches

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 3

One reads at times of the death of a wealthy landowner and is ant to think there must have been some royal way to riches, the secret of…

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Our Letter Box. (To the Editor). Macksville Train Service

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

Sir,--I take strong exception to the comments attributed in your issue of May 16 to Crs. Wallace and McCarthy on the subject of the Macksville train…

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Fresh Fish by Aeroplane

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 4

Fresh fish and strawberres, as well as other perishable goods, by air transport, is the latest project in Aberdeen, where London agents are…

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Proposed New-Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 3

OUR Kendall correspondent writes:-The boisterous weather and heavy rains prevented Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, and party from completing their tour…

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Railway to Tablelands

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 6

Mr. R. A. Price, M. L. A., has compiled some very interesting information and statistics in connection with the Repatriation scheme for a railway…

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Lioness and Motor-car

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 2

An exciting encounter between a Honess and a motor-car is described by the East African Standard, and the evidence is pretty conclusive that it is…

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Railway Timetable

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 4

We are indebted to the Railway Stationmaster at Wingham (Mr. Pugh for the following particulars in connexion with the new passenger…

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Short Stories Heard in the Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 1

At a certain railway station a Highland "Tommy" dressed in his kills, entered a railway carriage in which was stated a little girl, aged eight…

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For the Railway Commissioners

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 2

The North Coast night train from Kempsey appears to be one of those misfits which the Commissioners have overlooked in their scheme of railway management. Perhaps it is waiting its turn to receive attention. It professes to cater for a district which, as far…

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Letters to the Editor. Macksville Train Service

Macleay Argus · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 6

Sir, -- I take strong exception to the comments attributed in your issue of May 22nd to Councillors Wallace and McCarthy on the subject of the…

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Railway Refreshment Room

Macleay Argus · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 4

The Secretary of Railways writes to Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., as follows: -- "With reference to communication from Mr. Kable of the Progress…

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Macksville Train

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 8

Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Railway Commissioners with reference to general railway arrangements…

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Railway Timetable

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 7

We are indebted to the Railway Stationmaster at Wingham (Mr. Pugh) for the following particulars in connection with the new passenger…

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Railway Opening to Macksville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 3

It has been announced by the Railway Commissioners that the railway to Macksville would be opened about the middle of this month. No doubt…

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Craven Plateau Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 2

The Repatriation Department has forwarded the Council £200 being one third of the grant for employment of returned soldiers on works outside…

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The Parson's Hard Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 4

IF the parson prays too much he is a wind-bag; if he prays too little, he is insinoere. If his sermons tell the truth about things at home, he is a Quixotic ass; if they…

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A Man They Couldn't Kill. a 9,000 Foot Fall, a Bullet in the Throat, and a Leap From a Train

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 7

Just a few little things like a 9,000ft. fall with a bullet through the jaw, a leap from armed German guards in a fast-moving train,…

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Shocking Motor Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 8

A SHOCKING motor fatality occurred near Tarcutta the other day. The party left Melbourne in a tourning car on a trip to Cootamundra. When…

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