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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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National Roads. Federal Scheme. Grant of £250,000

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 6

The Federal Cabinet last Tuesday decided to make available an amount up to £250,000 for national highways as a means of relieving existing…

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Railway Finance

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 8

Battalions nf figures calculated to depress the public, which has been looking hopefully for aa early and substantial decreases in railway…

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Store Stock. Railway Concessions

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have secured executive authority for a now by-law, which will come into operation after Monday next, making provision…

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Almost Martial Law. America's Labor Turmoil. Wartime Precautions. Serious Railway Position. Vancouver

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 2

The railways and mines in the United States have been brought under a control little short of martial law. The Interstate Commerce…

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Sydney-newcastle Road. State Assistance Sought. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 3

State assistance to the proposal to construct a main road from Sydney to Newcastle was asked by a deputation yesterday…

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Coast-tablelands Railways

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

It is understood the Government had reports on possible connections between the Northern Tablelands and the Coast, and it is stated that committee officers…

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Protest Meeting Gates on Road

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 4

A well attended meeting of landholders and citizens of Moorland and, district was held on Saturday July 22, when the following resolutions…

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Good Work Never Dies. Road 1700 Years Old

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 1

In the third century the Roman rulers of England made a road which ran from Dover to London, and then northward to York and Newcastle…

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U.S.A. Railway Strike

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 4

Mr. Hooper (Chairman of the Railway Labor Board) is pessimistic regarding an early end of the railway strike, which gained 18.000…

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Railway Sleepers

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Railways if it was his intention to again introduce, the large contract…

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Special Train Guarantee Refunded

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

Yesterday Mr. R. T. Tarrant, secretary of the Macleay A., H. & I. Association, received from the secretary of the C.N.C. Agricultural Societies'…

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North Coast Railway. to Be Completed in 1923

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, in reply to Mr. Vincent, the Minister for Railways stated that the Do[?]rigo Railway was…

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Disappointed Burg[?] Attempt to Rob Mack [?]Railway Station

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

The agitation for additional police protection in Macksville has received impetus by the report of several petty thefts about town. Being…

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Railway Construction

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

It is understood that, in view at the stringency of the financial position the Government has decided nor to commence any new railway lines of…

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A "Switchback " Railway

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

Dorrigo gained a good deal of notice in the city press this week owing to the particulars given by Mr. Ball, Minister for Works, in answer to…

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Rolland's Plains. Formation of Railway League

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 5

A representative and well-attended meeting of Wilson River residents was held in the School of Arts, Rolland's Plains, on Wednesday night, 2nd inst.,…

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Local and General. North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

Mr. Ball informed Mr. Roy Vincent, in the Legislative Assembly, that the final section of the North Coast railway, excluding the gap between…

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Proposed Railway Surveyors' Visit

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

Mr. Theo. Hill, M.L.A., in a letter to his brother (Cr. C. A. Hill) states that Mr. Harry Hall, Metropolitan District Surveyor of the Lands…

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Railway Extension. New South Wales to Victoria. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 5

A beginning will probably be made before the end of the year with a railway extension across the New South Wales-Victorian border. Engineers of…

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North Coast Railway

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, in reply to a question by Mr. Roy Vincent, one of the members for Oxley, Mr. Ball, Minister for Railways, said that the final section of the…

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