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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Railway to Macksville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. Morton is in receipt of the following from the Railway Commissioners:--"With reference to your…

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Dorrige Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 4

KEEN disappointment is felt by residents of the locality that the State Government has omitted to include the Dorrigo railway in the works to be completed under the…

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Proposed Railway Wingham Via Bobin to Bulga

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., has received the following communication:—Department of Public Works. Sydney 29th April 1919…

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Duff Bridge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 2

A new high-level bridge is to be built on the Dingo to replace the one condemned. A temporary structure will first be erected; but the Shire…

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Mail Train Changes

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 4

Starting from Sunday last the 8.30 p.m. Glen Innes mail train will be discontinued as between Sydney and Newcastle, and service Will be…

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Join the Railway League

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 2

The subscription fee to the Wingham Railway League is only 5 -. Business and other people who desire, to help themselves and their district…

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Hospital Aeroplane

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 4

M. Simon, French Minister of the Colonies, and M. Mourler, Under-Secretary of State of the Hospital Services, have just witnessed the trials…

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Local and General. Train Time-table Alteration

Macleay Argus · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 4

The Kempsey Mail train leaves Kempsey at 8.35 p.m. and arrives in Sydney at 9.50 a.m.; train leaves Sydney at 6.50 p.m. and arrives at…

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Lithgow State Coalmine. Handed Over to Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

The Government has decided to hand over the State coalmine at Lithgow to the Railway Commissioners…

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Restrictions Removed. Full Tram and Rail Services. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

The Government has removed all influenza restrictions in the County of Cumberland, but has retained medical certificates and declarations by…

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Nambucca Heads Roads

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 4

Nambucca Heads Progress Association (J. Dalley, Secretary) drew attention of the Council to the roads and streets in the vicinity of the…

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Important to Motorists

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 2

The prosecution at the Lismore Police Court last week for driving a motor in one of the principal streets with a spot light was the first of its…

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Railway Time-table. Opposed by the Council

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 4

The time-table arranged by the Railway Department on the extension of the Railway to Macksville, was placed before the Council on…

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Mail Train Changes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

Sunday from Sunday last the 8.30 p.m Glen Innes mail train will be discontinued as between sydney and Newcastle and service will be given…

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Train Timetable

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 2

The trains altered on Monday. The Taree train which used to leave Newcastle at 12.55 p.m. will now leave at 12.10 p.m., and arrive at Gloucester…

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Children's Corner. Chinese Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 2

The advent of steam navigation on the upper-middle Yangize has brought Chungking, the commercial metropolis of Western China, three…

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"The Repatriation Railway."

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 2

The usual luck of the plateaux of Bulga and Comboyne when Ministerial visits are afoot has been fully maintained. Mr Ashford's trip through from Walcha via Bulga and Comboyne to Kendall, finishing on Saturday night, had to be postponed…

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North Coast Railway. Complaint From Macksville. Changing Trains at Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 10

The following appeared in " The Daily Examiner" of Saturday, from their Bowraville representative: -- The Nambucca Shire Council is very…

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Pitt-st., Looking North From Bridge-st., at the End of the Fifties

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 7

On the right the bed of the Tank Stream is visible. The posts midway mark the line of Bond-street. On the other side of the street the white building at the end of the line of vehicles is the Union Bank, and on the near side of that the offices of the "Sydney Morning Herald."…

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Railway Time Table

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 6

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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