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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Train a Mile Long

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

The world's record for large grain trains was shattered by the Canadian Pacific Railway recently. One mile in length a monster train of 125 car-loads…

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Current Topics Wollun—Post Stephens Railway Proposals

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

The Secretary of the Gloucester Railway League is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. R. S. Vincent:— Sir.— I did not write you…

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Eungai Railway

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

On December 15th last the annual school picnic was held and was most successful. About £7 was collected and expended in prizes, each child…

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Motor Cars in Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Judging by the number of cars parked in the streets of Kempsey on Christmas Eve the district is without a doubt prospering by leaps and…

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Stock Upon Roads

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

COUNCILS arc given special rights of impounding in regard to animals " at large in any public place." The power to impound only exists in shires in…

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Tamworth Motor Cycle Club

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

MR. L. REEVES, Hon. Secretary of the Tamworht and District Motor Cycle Club, organised a social run to Port Macquarie during the holidays. A Good number of…

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Stock Upon Roads

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 5

Councils are given special rights of impounding in regard to animals "at large in any public place." The power to impound only exists in shires in…

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Current Topics Stroud Road-Port stoptrans Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. W. Bennett, M.L.A., writes in the Newcastle "Morning Herald" :— "There appears to be some doubt in the public mind in regard to the…

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Stroud to Port Stephens Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 3

Mr. Ball (Murray), Secretory for public Works moved: That it be referred to the Parliamentary Standing, Committee on…

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The Railway Proposals State Parliament. Wollun-mount George Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 3

Mr. Ball (Murray), Secretary for Public Works moved: Thai it he referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on…

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Railway Business

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

There was a heavy volume of business transacted at the Kempsey railway station for the month of December. The total number of tickets sold…

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The New Deadly Motor Peril to Wild Life

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 7

The famous head of the New York Zoological Garden, Dr. William T. Hornaday, comes out in "The Nature Magazine" (Washington) in a…

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Local and General. Railway Water Supply

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

The Commissioners are having a water supply connected up from Deep Creek which is said to contain water equal to the purest in the State…

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Fire in a Motor Body Works. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 3

A Melbourne message says 300 motor cars were either destroyed or damaged in a fire starting just before midnight at Holden's motor body building…

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Belmore Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

At Monday's Shire meeting Mr. Robt Lindsay called in to say that he did not consider the Shire was giving Belmore people…

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Fruit Train

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

It is announced that the first coastal train will run direct from Murwillumbah to Sydney, travelling via Grafton, on Wednesday, January 23rd, and…

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Gladstone Bridge to Be Closed

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

Travellers across Gladstone bridge are reminded that same will be closed to vehicular traffic on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next. We…

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Huge Motor Show. (From "New York World."

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 5

America produced 4,014,000 cars in 1923, including 2,000,000 Fords, and the wholesale value of passenger cars alone exceeded 2,000,000,000 dollars…

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The Roads Half Loar

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

The £1,900,000 which the State Government announced not long ago they were making available for expenditure on the roads, has suddenly dwindled to half a million. when the announcement was made it was naturally inferred, as such disposals are, unless otherwise…

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Main Roads. Million Grant Discussed

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 3

The first meeting of the executive committee of the Shires' Association of N.S.W. for 1924 was held on Tuesday…

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