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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

468 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 24

Road Destruction

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 5

IN the light of the fierce controversy now raging, writes "Spark Plug," as to the "damage to existing roads by carts, motors, and various vehicles, it…

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Fisher's Bridge, Eungai

Macleay Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 4

Reference was made at the Nambucca Shire Council meeting last week to the condition of Fisher's bridge at Eungai, which was said to be dangerous. Cr…

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Macksville Bridge. Description of Work

Macleay Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 5

The interesting bridge construction work at Macksville, which is to carry the North Coast railway across the Nambucca River, is nearing…

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Improving the Railway Station

Macleay Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 4

It is the intention of Mr. Attwell, stationmaster, to make Kempsey's station a credit to the town. In front of his house alongside the 'railway' and…

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Masks at Railway Station

Macleay Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. Attwell, Kempsey's stationmaster, informed our representative that he met with no trouble at Kempsey in regard to the regulation with regard…

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North Coast Railway. Mr. John Thomson's Suggestion

Macleay Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 1

Mr. John Thomson, M.P., forwards the following to correspondence between the Minister for Repatriation and himself. Mr. Thomson's letter is as…

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Civil War at Munich. Spartacists Secure Railway Station. 10,000 Workmen March Streets London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 5

Civil war broke out in Munich on Friday. Ten thousand workmen marched the streets plundering the shops. Hundreds of civilians fled before the…

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A Repatriation Matter. Completion of N.C. Railway. Mr. John Thomson States a Case

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The following correspondence has been received showing that there is a possibility of the railway line being finished as a repatriation work,…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

Mr. John Thomson, M.P., writing to Senator Millen, Minister for Repatriation:-- "Under a provision already in…

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Train to Tablelands

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 3

A few weeks ago the Walcha Repatriation Committee wrote to the Manning Shire Council asking for cooperation in a scheme for the…

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Card Sharpers on the Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 3

FREQUENTLY. reports are heard of people being victimised by card-sharpers while travelling on the trains, and a very marked case came…

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Comboyne Railway and Repatriation

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 5

A thoroughly representative gathering of farmers and business people met here on the 20th instant. The object of their coining together was…

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Timagog Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

The rain that has brought grass to the Timagog settler has also brought a river that cannot be crossed for weeks, and the question again arises…

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Day Passenger Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

The day passenger train Sydney to Taree was again altered as from Monday last back to the old time table and will consequently now arrive at…

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Upper Fiveday Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

"Wayback," writing us from Fiveday, calls the attention of the Shire and its Council to the wretched state of the abovenamed road which,…

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Merits of Metal. Council Disapproves Hospital Quarry. for Verge Estate Roads

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 6

The Kempsey Municipal Council spent some time on Friday night discussing the question of material which it would approve for the contractor to…

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What 'S Wrong with the Train

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

Complaints of bad tea ate numerous today. This is due to the recent "scares," which have resulted in the telling loose of inferior teas that,…

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Tableland Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

"Walcha News": The stormy conference at Inverell over the proposed route of a further proposed railway from Inverell to the Tableland places…

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Astride an Aeroplane

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 2

A British airman, bying a powerful machine at 16,000 feet over Ostend, before armistice was signed, had the machine's tail shot off by the direct hit…

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More Than One Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

A SHREWD old countryman was being questioned by the vicar of his parish on his religious tenets. He had heard that the old man was a Baptist, and though he had…

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