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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Madman in the Train Trick

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 2

The "madman in the train trick' was successfully worked in the Glen Innes passenger train a few nights ago. The supposed lunatic…

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Aeroplane Fatality at Gloucester. Pilot Hawkins & MR. T. Laurie Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 2

Saturday was a day of clear, bright sunshine at Gloucester. About 11 a.m. the people in the streets were attracted by the droning sound of an aerial…

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A Shocking Accident. Aeroplane Crashes. Two Deaths. And a Miraculous Escape

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 2

One of the most calamitous flying accidents that has occurred in the State happened at Glourcester on Saturday morning last…

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Mount George Proposed Railway Connection Parliamentary Visit

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 2

From our Representative : When it became known that a Parliamentary Party was inspecting the proposed railway…

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That Hospital Subsidy. and a Railway Carriage

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 8

ON Monday afternoon several numbers of the District Hospital Committee met Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A. to discuss the shocking news that…

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Walcha-Woodside Route. Tableland-coastal Railway Proposal

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 4

As briefly stated in last issue, Messrs. J. J. Fitzgerald, A. McCielland, Cleary and Dwyer, M's.L.A., visited Woodside on Wednesday, having…

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Good Roads. To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 6

Sir,—The State Government has tackled this urgent business of properly maintaining our public roads. With so much a[?]omplished…

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Making Roads. Criticism of Present System. Cr. Johnson Wins a Battle

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 4

Notwithstanding the Engineer's Report at the Shire Council meeting on Monday, Cr. Wallace drew attention to the terribly bad state of…

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Gloucester Aeroplane Fatality

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 2

The Controller of Civil Aviation (Lieut. Col. Brinsmead) has instructed the Superintendent of Flying (Captain Jones) to submit…

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Aeroplane Smash. Two Men Killed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 4

ON Saturday last Gloucester was the scene of a terrible aeroplane smash, resulting in the death of Pilot Hawkins, a distinguished airman, aged 26, and Mr. Thomas Laurie,…

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Rain and Roads

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 2

For weeks past now the order of the day has been rain, rain, and still more rain, with the result that some of our roads have become…

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The Aeroplane Smash. Inquiry by Coroner J. H. SHEDDEN

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 2

An inquiry into the aeroplane smash was opened by the Coroner, Mr. J. H. Shedden, at the Court House, Gloucester on Saturday…

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Hitting the Road in Tons

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 6

There has been a general complaint from councils that motor lorries and motor buses shod with solid rubber tyres play havoc with the roads…

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Help From the Builders of Roads and of Homes

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 7

One billion dollars has been made availably for road work in 1921, announces the American Road-Buildiers' Association, which held a national…

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The Aeroplane Smash at Gloucester Inquiry by Coroner J. H. SHEDDEN

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2

All inquiry into the aeroplane smash was opened by the Coroner. Mr. J. H. Shedden, at the Court House, Gloucester on Saturday…

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Kundabung Roads

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 4

The secretary of the Kundabung Progress Association has written to the Macleay Shire Council asking them to attend to the holes on the Port…

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Dungay Creek Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 4

Four selectors of Upper Mungay Creek have petitioned the Macleay Shire Council for a deviation in the main Dungay Creek road at the…

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Eungai Roads. To the Editor "Nambucca News."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 4

Sir,--Vide Shire Meeting report of the 17th inst, in which Cr Johnston asks how many roads there are in Upper and Lower Eungai. I…

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Timber, Roads, Railways—and the Craven Plateau. (To the Editor.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 2

Sir,—I read with a great deal of interest your report of an interview with Mr. Thos. Chambers referring to the timber resources of…

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The Aeroplane Smash. Adjourned Inquest, (Before Coroner J. H. Shedden)

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 2

The inquiry into the recent aeroplane smash was concluded at the Gloucester Court House on Thursday morning last…

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