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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Deputation to Shire Council. Bridges on Cedar Party Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

At Monday meeting of the Manning Shire Council, Cr. Bird introduced a deputation in reference to the construction of two bridges on…

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Fractured Leg. Motor Cyclist's Grit

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 4

Captain John Bentley, of the 45th Battalion of the A.M.F., was admitted to the M.R.D. Hospital on Wednesday suffering from a fractured…

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Farnamore Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. J. La[?]ore writes in Friday's issue of the Wingham "Chronicle" as follows:—"In the "Gloucester Advocate" of…

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Plan for National Road Development

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 2

The remarkable suggestion has been made in some quarters that the proposed £20,000,000 to be made available by the Composite Government for main…

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Federal Road Grant. Protest by Municipalities

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 3

Exception has been taken by some municipal councils in this State to the announcement that municipalities will not participate in the Federal road…

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Leap for Life. Railway Cyclist's Narrow Escape

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 2

Suddenly faced by a train coming towards him at 25 miles an hour, a permanent way inspector named Williams, of Taree, jumped clear and…

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Spoon-Feeding City. Great White Train Traders Complain

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 4

"Spoon-feeding for a coterie of Sydney manufacturers." was the description given the Great White Train by Mr. J.F. O'Flynn, one of…

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Motor Car Accident. Mr. J C. Gray Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 2

John Cyril Gray, aged 21 years, who lived in Taree with his parents for some years, met with a tragic death on Sunday, when a car he was…

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That Road!

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

On the last page of this issue will be found a record of a trip from Bowraville to Armidale Road by several up-river residents. The details…

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A Road Matter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 6

Last Friday we published a letter from Mr. James Lattimore, of Bulliac, with regard to comments made in the "Gloucester Advocate" on a…

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Farnamore Road (To the Editor.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of 23rd February I noticed a letter from Mr. Jas. A. Latimore, of Bulliac, relating to the proposed road through the Farnamore…

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NAMBUCCA--ARMIDALE. Trip Across Country Over Proposed Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 8

In sarcasm once the British people were called a nation of shopkeepers. Much truer would have been the epithet "a nation of…

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Britain's Premier Car. Some facts about Morris Motors, Ltd., whose output at the present time exceeds 1,500 cars per week

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

Other things being equal, it is the man who can see furtherest ahead that is the most successful in business and there is no doubt that the…

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Motor Car Accident MR. J. C. Gray Killed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 5

John Cyril Gray, aged 21 years, who lived in Taree with his parents for some years, met with a tragic death on Sunday, when a car he was…

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Shorter Railway Hours

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

Mr. Harris, station master at Kempsey, informs us that by instructions of the Commissioners the daily hours of the opening of the gate to the goods…

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Weekly Motor Notes. a Brake Mechanism Gaiter

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 7

A device can be made for each point that will last the life of the car, keep out the grit and save all bother of cleaning. If you possess discarded…

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Brombin Bridge. DEPUTATION

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 4

At Wednesday's special meeting of Hastings Shire Council a deputation waited on the Councillors in connection with the Brombin Bridge, Pappin…

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Good Roads a National Question Dr. Page's Speech. Melbourne

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 3

The importance of close co-operation between the Commonwealth and the States, particularly in the interests on national efficiency, was…

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Drunken Motorists

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 2

The National Roads and Motorists' Association has defined its attitude on the question of penalties on drunken motor drivers. It states that it has no…

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£60,000 Railway Station

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 2

A new railway station at Casino is to be erected on the site of the present line between Canterbury and Barker streets. The structure, which is to cost…

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