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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Taree Police Court Monday, January 31. Before Mr. F. F. Potts. P.M. Used a Motor Car

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

Leonard Mitchell Wm. Smith and Harry Munday (all of aboriginal extraction) were charged that on January 27 they took and used a motor…

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Taree I v RAILWAY

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Team to represent Taree I v Railway to-day: Smart, Muldoon, Breckenridge. Cook, Colms, Burke, Burke, Giovanelli, Crosswell, Wallace…

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Overhead Bridge at Wingham Railway Station

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., has re-ceived the following from the Public Works Department, dated January 28, 1927:-…

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Special Train for Sick Child

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

The action of the railway officials at Glenreagh in despatching a special train on Friday last to Grafton in order that a sick child could reach a…

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Ashlea Bridge a Fine Structure Officially Opened on Saturday, 5th FEBRUARY, 1927. MRS. S. Brown, Senr. Cuts the Ribbon

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

There was a large and represents live gathering of town and district people at the Ashlea Bridge on Saturday last, 5th February, to witness…

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Railway Engine Blamed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 3

The Goulburn Coroner found that the recent fire on Lehane's property at Goulburn, which was responsible for £10,000 worth of damage, was started…

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Railway Fatality at Bowral. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 3

Shortly after the departure of the Temora mail train last night from Bowral the decapitated body of a young single man. Peter Psaltis, was found…

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Motor Camping at Canberra

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

Preparations are well in hand for the establishment of an N.R.M.A. motor at Canberra, on the occasion of the visit of the Duke of York for the…

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Railway Engine Causes Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

Goulburn: The inquiry into the Tarago fire on December 10th, has concluded. The coroner found that the property of J. J. and B. Lehane…

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The Proposed Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 4

Mr. Roy S. Vincent, M.L.A., has received the following from the Department of Lands: "In connection with your letter of 24th January…

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Motor Spirit and the Car

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

It is surprising the number of motorists who do not adhere to a particular brand of motor spirit, but stop at any old bowser and ''fill up'' with…

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Motors and Motorists

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

Managing Director of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Australia), Ltd., which is to erect a big factory at Granville, near Sydney, for the manufacture…

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The Walcha Road. Unpleasant Experience

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 5

MUCH has been said and written in regard to the Port Macquarie-Walcha road; the land available on the route of a projected connecting road between…

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Ashlea Bridge a Fine Structure. Officially Opened on

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 8

There was a large and representative gathering of town and di[?] people at the Ashlea bridge on saturday last, to witness the official…

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Ashlea Bridge. Officially Opened on Saturday, 6th FEBRUARY, 1927. MRS. S. Brown, Senr. Cuts the Ribbon

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 5

There was a large and represents live gathering of town and district people at the Ashlea Bridge on Saturday last, 5th February, to witness…

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Motoring Record

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

Captain Malcolm Campbell, in his 450-h.p. Napier-Campbell car, the "Bluebird," broke the world's motoring speed record on Pendine Sands (Carmarthenshire). His…

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Pastoral. Sheep Transport by Motor. An Interesting Queensland Experiment

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 2

Details of an interesting experiment in the transport of sheep appear in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. The journal describes how Mr. W. A. Russell,…

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Motor Accident. Taree Resident Involved. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

A sensational motor accident occured at Wallerawang when a car, owned and driven by Mr. R. B. Young, of Taree ran off the road…

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The Walcha Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

Much bas been said and written in regard to the Port Macquarie-Walcha road; the land available on the route of a projected connecting road between…

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Railway Farewells

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

This Taree Railway Farewell Committee arranged a farewell to eight members of the Taree railway staff who have been transferred to other…

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