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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Thursday 3 July 1919 · page 4

Mr. Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, stated on Monday that the Government has decided to go on immediately with the work on the eighth…

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Railway Has Come. Arrival of First Train

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 7

Macksville now is known as the terminus of the North Coast Railway. The first passenger train at rived at the Station on Tuesday morning…

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North Coast Railway. Eighth Section to Be Strated

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Works, Mr. Ball, said last week that owing to the completion of the section of the North Coast railway from Kempsey to…

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Railway Timetable

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 8

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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Australian Early Railway History Some Interesting Facts

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 5

In connection with the important events chronicled in this issue increased interest will be aroused by some references to the…

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A North Coast Motor Service

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 4

No public service on the roads is better known, nor its popularity more widespread on the North Coast, than that of Messrs…

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At Last Another Link in North Coast Railway Macksville Connected by Rail

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 3

AT last railway communication between the Metropolis and the Nambucca district is an accomplished fact. The opening of…

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Our Letter Box. (To the Editor). Railway Sleepers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 2

SIR,--In your last issue in your report of the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce you state "a letter was read from P. J. McNamarra, Coff's.''…

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North Coast Railway. Immediate work to be done on Coffs-Glenreagh Section

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 7

In view of the large number of men having been paid off on account of completion Kempsey-Macksville Section North Coast Railway, the…

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The Aeroplane In Business

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

MR. Gordon [?],head of the great London firm of that name, made a business trip this week from London to Dublin and back per aeroplane. The full journey…

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Craven Plateau Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 2

Tenders are invited in this issue for the construction of a road to Craven Plateau…

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By Train to Maoksville

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

Tins first passanger train on the last com­pleted section of the North Coast line from Kempsey to Macksville was timed to leave the former place at 8…

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A Good Start. Macksville's First Train on Time. Macksville

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 8

The first train arrived in Macksville this morning to the advertised time. Owing to influenza at Bowraville and Nambucca Heads, it was…

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Sequel to Motor Collision £150 Damages Against the Government. Kempsey

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 8

[?] District Court yesterday, before Judge Cohen, cross-action were heard [?] Government and Francis Eugene Tyne…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Works. Mr. Ball said last week that owing to the completion of the section of the North Coast Railway from Kempsey to…

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Wallamba Roads

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 3

One day last week Councillor McKinnon, and Councillor Hammond, who are two of the representatives of "C" riding, Marking 'Shire,'…

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Train Delayed

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

The Taree mail to Sydney was delayed two hours at Gloucester on Monday morning. The line was blocked by the break-down of a goods…

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Brown's Creek Bridge

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. W. Macaulay, manager of the Upper Manning Cooperative Dairy Company (Chatham)urged the construction of a bridge across Brown's…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

[?] all the railways ever undertaken says the "Daily Telegraph" the important North Coast line is the slowest to materialise. The Lismore to…

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Eungai Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 4

The Deputy Postmaster General has written Mr. John Thomson, M P., thus:—In connection with the opening of the railway from Kempsey to…

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