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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,104 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 56

Ballengarra Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

The Minister for Works and Local Government has written Mr. L. O. Martin thus:—I refer to the Hastings Shire…

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Motor Fatality. Port Road Smash

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday morning, when a car driven by Mr. Dennis ("Mat") O'Brien capsized on the Port road about four…

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The Toll of the Road. 554 Killed in 1937

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

Road accidents in New South Wales last year killed 554 people. This figure is likely to be increased as late reports are received. In 1936 the…

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Main Road Revenue. £3,466,137 Last Year. Department's Report

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

Revenue received by the Main Roads Department during the last financial year totalled £3,466,137, compared with £3,197,218 in the previous year…

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Motor Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

A very serious motor accident occurred at Clybucca on 26th December, when an Qldsmobile car driven by Mr. Maurice; "Baker, of Cronulla,…

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Strategic and Tourist Roads, Etc. (To the Editor.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Sir—"I have been only a resident of this charming district for 3½ years, but as a gold prospector I have traversed a great deal of the elevated…

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Japanese Hosts on Road to Singapore. Sir I. Hamilton's Prophecy

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

"Japan is on the road to Singapore. Nothing less than Europe can hold up the Emperor's advance," declared Sir Ian Hamilton in a…

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Railway Business Big Primary Production

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. Porter, Station-master at Macksville, has supplied the following information regarding business transacted at this…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Is That the Reason?

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Motorists in Moscow need no longer fit front number plates to their cars. What looks like a generous gesture by the authorities is…

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Roads

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 8

The new roads completed by the M.R. Board through O'Sullivan's Gap and the portion that was had between Darawank and Tuncurry, which are…

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Hunter River Bridge

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

Hopes for the construction of a bridge over the Hunter River at Hexham, on the Pacific Highway, in the not-too-distant future, are revived in it reply by…

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Wilson River Bridge Grant to Hastings Shire

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

The Minister for Works and Local Government has written as follows to the Hon. L. O. Martin, Minister of Justice:—…

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Bridge at Ballengarra Sydney, 29th Dec., 1937. S. 37/7713

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

Dear Mr. Martin,—I refer to the Hastings Shire Council's proposed to construct a bridge and approaches over the Wilson River at Ballengarra,…

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Future of Motor Travel

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

Addressing a meeting in Scotland, recently, Professor A. M. Low, the well- known English scientist, stressed that, the two important matters were spend…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Suppressing Noise

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

Vienna now has a squad of mobile police for the examination of noisy car engines. Excessive noise results in licence suspension until adequate silencing…

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£1,000.000 Works for Port Kemla Steel Motor Sheets Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

The first sod of the site for the new factory at Port Kembla which will manufacture steel motor body sheets, was turned yesterday. It is anticipated…

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Old Man's Death at Melinga Railway

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 7

As mentioned in our obituary column. Mr. Robert Benjamin Payne, an old identity of the Lower Manning, passed away suddenly near the…

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Roads

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

The new roads completed by the Main Roads Board through O'Sullivan's Gap and the portion that was had between Darakwank and…

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Railway Workers and Lang Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

An appeal to railway workers and employees to support the industrialists in their fight against Lang has been issued over the names of 52…

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Death on Railway Line. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

The headless body of a young man was found beside the railway line at Villawood, near Liverpool, with the head lying some distance away. The…

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