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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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New Aeroplane Engine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 4

As the result of three years' experiments, the Bristol Aeroplane Company has produced an air-cooled nine-cylinder aeroplane engine of 450 horse-power. The new…

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North Coast Railway and Roads

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 1

Mr. Price (Oxley) in the Legislative Assembly said: I notice that the Supply Bill contains provision for the expenditure of a…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident occurred at Killabakh Crossing, near Wingham, on Thursday afternoon, 27th ult., when Mrs. Lamborn, wife of a railway fettler, was out to pieces…

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Railway Picnic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 2

The railway picnic takes place at Wingham to-day (Saturday), and will be held on the Showground. The railway men who…

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Aeroplane Mishap

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

Captain Snell and Lieut. Bird arrived at Dorrigo by their Avro last Thursday. They were given a trial flight at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the…

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Upper Belmore-kempsey Road

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Hodgson, of Sherwood, has asked the Shire Council to put the Upper Belmore-Kempsey road in trafficable order. He states that the Upper…

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North-south Railway. the Vast Interior

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

Two members of the Federal Public Works Committee, Senator Foll and Mr. Jackson, M.P., who have been investigating the proposed routes for the…

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London Motor Show. Public Buys Freely. Decline in Prices

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 3

The motor exhibition at the White City, London, is crowded at every session. A wonderful amount of business is being done. One firm alone, on the…

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Motor Accident. Three Killed at Tamworth

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 3

A motor accident at Tintinhull, about seven miles from Tamworth, at eight o'clock on Saturday night resulted in the death of three men and serious…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 3

Arthur Chapman, 17, the son of a well-known Wagga farmer, was killed through being thrown from a motor cycle, yesterday…

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Visit of Parliamentary Party. Members Pledged to Support Proposal for Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 3

The Hon. J. Estell, accompanied by the following Members of Parliament, visited the Comboyne and Bulga at the week end—staying at Taree on…

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Standard Railway Gauge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 4

The report of the Federal Commission which recently inquired into the problem of unifying our railway gauges sets down the cost for the whole of the lines in the Commonwealth—those of Tasmania excepted—at £57,000,000. This is a question we feel somewhat interested in,…

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Aeroplane Crashes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 2

Lieut. Bird's Avro, which arrived at Dorrigo on 3rd inst., crashed while giving a trial flight in the afternon. The machine was…

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Aeroplane Mishap

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 4

CAPTAIN SNELL and Lieut. Bird arrived at Dorrigo by their aeroplane last Thursday. They were giving a trial flight at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the machine crashed…

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Warning to Motorists

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 4

A RATHER unique accident, which should be a warning to motorists, befell Mr. G. B. Maudsley last Friday (says the "South Burnett Times"). He was driving an old…

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Fatal Motor Car Smash

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 4

CONSTERNATION was caused in Tamworth by the news of a fatal car accident on the Armidale Road on Saturday night. A party was returning from Kootingal, and…

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Motor Cycle competition

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 6

A consistency, motor cycle test was held on Saturday last, under the auspices of the local motor club. The course was from Taree post office to…

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Telegrams. North Shore Bridge. Country People Not to Pay. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 November 1921 · page 3

The Minister for Health, in a statement in connection with the North Shore Bridge, said the country people would called upon to find a…

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The Road's End

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 November 1921 · page 4

When you come to the Long Road's end At the fell of the evening dew, And took at the leagues you trod--…

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Road Work. No Men Available Grafton's Difficulty

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1921 · page 2

At Grafton on Saturday, the Nymboida. Shire engineer (Mr. Balrock) told the council at its meeting of the impossibility of…

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