Journey's End. Port Macquarie By Road. Historic Associations. Popular Resort For New Englanders
Port Macquarie, named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie, is one of the oldest and quaintest settlements in New South Wales…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,031 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 52
Many Motor Patents
Some 36,350 applications for British patents were filled in 1935. The number in 1934 was 37,429. Motor patents were, as usual, a fairly high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Thousand Miles in Three Weeks. a Motor Tour From Newcastle to Adelaide and Return Via Melbourne
With luggage limited to one suit case each (carried with the tent on top of the car), camping gear and other necessary articles securely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monday February 24,1936. Before Messrs. E. W. Moxey and F. A. Fitzpatrick, J's.P. Motor Accident
(1) Ernest Sidney Charles Dillon, 23 years of age, was charged with that on the 22nd. day of February, 1936, at Wingham, he did drive a motor vehicle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Motor Mishap. Sergeant Brown Injured. Leg and Ribs Fractured
On Saturday night last, about 8.30. an unfortunate motor accident happened in Isabella-street, Wingham. It appears a motor vehicle had been driven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coomba Road (To the Editor)
Sir.—In the controversy re the Coomba road, between W. C. Roberts and W. R. Gregory, some of the articles have been signed purporting to be authorised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Constable Injured Car Runs Off Road
While travelling on the State highway early on Sunday morning, Constable Fairlamb, of Bullahdelah, had an accident two miles north of Raymond…
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John Bennett and John Jones wore charged with travelling in a railway carriage between Wards River and Taree without having previously paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Picnic Successful Function at Taree Commissioner and Wife Present
As mentioned last week, the 11th annual picnic of the No. 4 District Railway Employees was held on the Taree showground on Monday of last…
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The State Cabinet on Friday decided to proceed with the construction of the Sandy Hollow, via Gulgong to Maryvule railway, and the Sutherland to…
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John Bennett and John Jones [?]leaded guilty to a charge that on February 22 they did travel in a railway carriage between Ward's River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Picnic at Taree. 11th Annual Gathering
As previously stated, the 11th annual picnic of the No. 4 Railway district Employees took place at the Taree Showgrounds on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Valley Conquered. Now Traversed by Modern Roads
In the days of sturdy Forty-niners, William Lewis Manly, pioneer, looked back over a waste of arid land through which he and other survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Awful Shire Roads. To the Editor "Wingham Chronicle."
Sir,-- A visitor to Tuncurry last week said he has travelled from Melbourne through Sydney to Rockhampton in Queensland and back here, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Dangerous Road. To the Editor "Wingham Chronicle."
Sir,-- I crave space in "The Wingham Chronicle" to voice my concern for the safety of people travelling the main road from Wingham to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rhodesia's Great Bridge. the Route of the Ancient Treasure Bearers
Telling of "the third largest single-span bridge in the world," completed recently, the "Weekly Scotsman" says: Hundreds of miles from any…
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John Bennett and John Jones pleaded guilty to a charge that on February 22 they did travel in a railway carriage between Ward's River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a
An army of painters in Copenhagen was sent out into the streets and public squares with orders to offer to paint white, free of charge, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Awful Shire Roads. To the Editor
Sir,—A visitor to Tuncurry last week said he has travelled from Melbourne through Sydney to Rockhampton in Queensland and back here, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Thousand Miles in Three Weeks. a Motor Tour From Newcastle to Adelaide and Return Via Melbourne
From Adelaide we journeyed through the Coorong, on St. Vincent's Gulf, past many lakes. On some there was an abundance of bird life…
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