Making the Roads Easy
J. Peter Purvice has no bus that he can all his own; yet he is such a lucky cuss he's in a class alone. Car owners call at his abode and take him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1922
466 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 24
Our Roads Policy. Behind the Times
That Australia should revise its road construction policy and embark upon a programme of extensive road conservation by covering the old macadamised roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Visit to Stroud Road Butter Factory
Seventeen of the senior pupils of the local public school together with their teacher paid a visit to Stroud Road Butter Factory on Thursday 16th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Survey
A start has been made to survey the proposed railway route from Woodside to Walcha. The men are on the spot—in fact, we understand that the work will be facilitated by the employment of two survey parties, operating at the Walcha and Woodside ends. We…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Ambulance Corps. Presentation to Mr. Stationmaster Cray. a Most Important Work
A very enjoyable little gathering was held at the Wingham Railway Station on Wednesday night last, when the railway employees belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Few Important Railway Facts
The New South Wales Government Railways constitute the biggest business concern in the Commonwealth. The number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excursion Train
A cheap excursion train will leave Kempsey on Saturday next for Sydney at 8.55 a.m. For the convenience of intending travellers the ticket window…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Second Train
It is semi-officially stated that the people of Macksville will shortly be witnessing the arrival of a second train daily, At the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"At the Cross Roads." Labor's Position. Sydney
The "Bathurst National Advocate," the local Labor journal, states that Labor is at the cross roads. Extremists and Direct Actionists must go, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway. No Intention to Discontinue. Sydney
The engineer in charge of the city railway states that there is no intention of discontinuing, work on the city railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'The Motor in Australia'
The April issue of this well-written and elegantly printed monthly maintains its usual high standard. The modern reader hates long dissertations,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident
A MOTOR was being driven along the Lady Carrington Drive. National Park, on Sunday last, when the stearing gear failed and the car ran up an embankment, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring to the Moon!
Twenty years ago there were not more than a few hundred motor vehicles in Great Britain. To-day they number nearly half a million,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toorooka Bridge
At the Macleay Shire Council yesterday Cr. O'Meara moved that a letter be written to the three members asking them to do their best to get the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Contracts
The Macleay Shire Council yesterday accepted the following tenders for road works: Seven Oaks to Jerseyville, between junction with the Macksville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Works. Tenders to Be Called
At the Macleay Shire Council meeting yesterday, the President (Cr. Mannix) said that as the rates were coming in before they were frittered away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Undedicated Roads Ratable
In giving his decision in Shiral rate appeal cases on Monday the P.M. Mr. Fricher ruled that all roads not dedicated are ratable; also that leases with a convertible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£3200 a Mile Cost of Road Making
During the progress of a conference between Ryde aldermen and members of the West Ryde Progress Association, Alderman Davis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Traffic
The stopping of the up and down Macksville Mall here is a boon. Full advantage is being taken of the concession, and nearly every night there are passengers either to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road to Week-End Leases
On Monday the Shire Council received a petition signed by a number of ratepayers and residents of Gumma and Macksville asking that…
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