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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Ward's River Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

Our Craven Correspondent writes: Relf's gang have, made good work have cut and laid about 500 poles for corduroying besides other work…

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Railway Pay. Office of the Commissioners, Sydney, 24th December, 1910

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

Dear Sir, With reference to my letter of the 18th instant in reply to your communication of the 6th idem, relating to anomalies in the rates of…

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British Railwaymen. the Wages Proposal. Strike the Last Resort. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. H. Thomas, speaking at Kettering, said the press had expressed an opinion adverse to the railwaymen on the wages proposal and were alarmed…

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Motor Cycling

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

At the weekly meeting of the local Club held on January 7th, it was decided to hold a combined motor and cycle race meeting on the beach at Crescent…

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Essential Railway. Walcha Road to Port Stephens Scope of Repatriation Development and Decentralisation

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 1

Any comprehensive, scheme for the repatriation of the returned soldier upon the land to be successful must be, considered from a developmental…

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Warning to Motor Drivers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 3

At Adelaide recently Mr. Justice Gordon sentenced Carl George Wittig to 15 months' imprisonment and a fine of £150 on a charge of man…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

SAMUEL BRYANT, aged 42, a returned soldier, who fell beneath a moving train al Wauchope on Christmas Eve, died on Saturday last Deceased had only one…

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Government and Road Enclosures

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

At the Macleay Shire Council meeting yesterday the Land Board forwarded particulars of a number of cases to be dealt with at the sittings of the…

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Wingham to Bulga Railway

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. R. A. Pric[?]. M .L .A. has furnished [?] with the following copy of Mr.Jamieson's report on the above proposed railway :—…

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Peculiar Accident. Railway Trucks Started By. High Wind

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

A serious trucking accident occurred at Groongal Siding on the Hay line, last week, while Argyle Mcfarland, manager of Groongal and several…

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British Railway Trouble. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

The railwaymen's leaders by a majority have accepted the settlement on the basis of the Government's offer…

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Aeroplane Surgery

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 7

Great interest has been aroused in Paris by the trial flight of a new aeroplane, invented by the engineer Nemirovsky and Dr. Tilmont…

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Hunting From the Air. Fox-chasing by Aeroplane

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 7

An interesting account was recently published, giving details of an 'aerial attack on a whale, which had ventured nearer to the West coast of…

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Timber, Agriculture, and Grazing. Great Undeveloped Resources. How a Light Railway Would Pay

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 1

Last week a party of four went from Dungog on a tour of inspection over the country from Glucester to Cobark Leaving Gloucester in Mr…

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Kempsey Municipal Council. Returned Soldiers. Big Welcome to Be Arranged. Rest Park to Be Bought. New Road-making Methods Suggested

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

The Kempsey Municipal Council met on Friday night, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. P. J. O'Neill), and Aldermen C. A. Lane, J. J. Webster, W…

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Children's Corner. Over Fujiyama by Aeroplane

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

Two French Aviators, Adjutant Hugon and Sergeant Martin, on September 5, flew over Fujiyama. From the point of view of altitude, the…

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Gladstone Pound Drain Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 5

Sir,--I notice a short par. in your issue of Friday last, which I crave space in your, columns to combat. I refer to your report, of the Macleay Shire…

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Motor and Railway Tickets

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Robinson Bros., of Grafton, have just completed arrangements with the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners by which they can issue combined motor…

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Railway Fatality

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

Mrs. Harriet Hackett (60), a resident of St. Marys, and mother of Mrs. J. House, of Wingham, had a leg severed below the knee, and died an hour…

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The Railway Sleeper

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

The Secretary thought another protest should be made regarding the sleeping-car being cut off when the train arrives at Kempsey. It should…

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