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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Railway Timetable. Change Probable

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1922 · page 8

The railway timetable to come into operation in October will probably bring an extra train to Kempsey. It is understood that the night…

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Stock on Roads

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

The Manning Shire Council at its last meeting considered the question of fixing an agistment fee for stock grazing on roads of the Shire between…

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Motor Car News

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

That Sales count more than words, is evidently the maxim relied upon by McIntosh and Sons, Ltd., Sydney, as instance their, pertinent business…

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Train As Law Court

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 7

Mr. Justice Swift, who recently heard an application and granted an injunction against a film company in a train at Cannon Street Station,…

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North Coast. Through Train Service

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 5

THE Railway Department proposes to begin what will be practically a through train service on the North Coast line in October. Mr. Fraser,…

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October Timetable Additional Train for North Coast

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 2

Based on the information given by Mr. Fraser, Chief Commissioner on Friday last to the Mayor of Taree (published in the "Times") the proposed…

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City Asks too Much! North Shore Bridge. Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 2

The clusive North Sore bridge got short shrift to-day at the conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. It was moved on behalf of the…

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Crescent Head Road

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

Mr. W. Brown, a selector on the Crescent Head road, writes complaining of the very bad condition of the road, in question at the swamp just over…

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Alleged Train Wrecking. Unionists Arrested. I American Railway Troubles. New York

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 3

A Chicago message says that four I members of the Shopcraft Union have been arrested and charged with, wrecking tho Michigan Central train, as…

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Local and General. Smith's Creek Bridge

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

The Hastings Shire Council at its last meeting decided to ask the Macleay Shire Council if they would contribute-half the cost of the Smith's…

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Scouts' Long Tramp

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

It needs a large heart and plenty of spirit of the kind that took the Australian Diggers through the arduous time of war, to perform a task which…

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Railway Gauges

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 2

Before the World War, when material and labor costs were incomparably lower than they are to-day, politicians of the W. M. Hughes and Sir G…

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Toorooka Bridge

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 4

Mr. Thee. Hill, M.L.A., has informed the Macleay Shire Council that he is again placing the matter of the reconstruction of the Toorooka bridge…

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Bridge Blown Up. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 5

The Pennsylvania railway bridge at Wilmington, Delaware, was blown up. The strikers are blamed…

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American Railway Troubles. Interstate Commission to Regulate Railways. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 5

A Washington message says that the Interstate Commerce Commission is taking over the regulation of railways west of the Mississippi, which, it is…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 4

THE 10-mile bicycle road race for the Power Cup, run under the auspices of the Port Macquarie Bicycle Club, eventuated last Saturday afternoon,…

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Hornsby Train Murder. Coroner's Verdict

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 4

THE City Coroner, after hearing all the evidence available, found that the bank manager, Frank Cecil Kemmis, was wilfully murdered on the train…

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Train Murder. "Some Person Unknown." City Coroner's Verdict

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 2

At the end of the Hornsby inquest on Wednesday, the City Coroner found that the bank manager, Frank Cecil Kemmis, was wilfully murdered on the…

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Brainy Beasts and Birds. a Dog That Likes Trams

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 7

At a seaside resort there is a dog that has a remarkable faculty for stealing tram rides. Most mornings he stands at his mistress's gate…

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North Coast Interest In the Strategic Railway

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 4

The arrangement between the State Government and the Prime Minister with regard to a New South Wales instalment of the Strategic Railway is of special interest to the North Coast. The Premier apparently arranged with Mr. Hughes to construct…

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