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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

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Road in Tuncurry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 6

The Divisional Engineer Main Roads Department (Mr. J. A. L. Shaw) stated that as regarded the construction of work being carried out by the…

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Main Roads Work for 1938

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

At Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council the engineer, Mr. R. J. Montgomery, reporter as follows regarding the maintenance of main…

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Main Roads Maintenance. Tentative Programme

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

The Shire Engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in a report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, stated:—…

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Taree Railway Picnic

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 3

The railway employees' picnic will he held next Monday, January 17, on the Taree showground, and promises to be the largest picnic held for some years…

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Railway Picnic

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

The railway employees' picnic, which will be held next Monday, 17th January, on the Taree Showground, promises to be the largest picnic held…

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The Motor Cycle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 6

In the latest number to hand of "The Nation." R. E. Davidson writes:— The holding of jet another motor cycle exhibition reminds us that many…

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Coronial Inquiry. Motor Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 7

At Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday morning Mr. T. Moloney, J.P., District Coroner, of Port Macquarie, held an inquiry into the death of Mrs…

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Motor Speed Limit

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

The speed limit law now in force forbids the driving of a motor vehicle at more than 30 miles an hour in any "built-up area" in the State. Outside…

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Tableland Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

At the Macksville Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday night, Mr. A. H. Hall (Vice-president) in the chair, general disappointment…

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Excursion Train Cancelled

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

Some time back it was decided by Tourist authorities in Newcastle to run a Sunday excursion train to the Manning on a certain date. It was…

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Road of Access

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

Cr. Lamph introduced Messrs. C. Killmore, Walton and Welsh, who made representations to have the surveyed road to H. Naylor's…

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Road in Tuncurry

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 3

The Divisional Engineer Main Roads Department (Mr. J. A. L. Shaw) stated that as regarded the construction of work being carried out by the…

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Main Roads Maintenance. Tentative Programme

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 6

The Shire Engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in a report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, stated : —…

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Railway Business Big Primary Production

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

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

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Motorists, Beware! New Act Jeopardises Licenses

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

Motorists who have committed breaches of the Traffic Act since the beginning of the year have found that there are no…

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Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. a New Test

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 10

America has discovered a new test for drivers suspected of inebriation. They are caused to blow through a tube into a toy balloon which has…

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Rumination - Review - Reminiscence A Forward Move Commended -- Public Works Should be Permanent in Character -- The Lower Macleay Flood Relief Scheme -- Tourist Road from Port Macquarie to Crescent Head -- Municipal Works and Requirements Discussed -- A Question That Merits an Answer

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 3

I think that the great majority of the residents of Kempsey and the Macleay read with pleasure that our local governing bodies have…

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Interest in German Roads

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 2

During 1935 about 300,000 foreign motorists visited the German motor road, and in 1936 the number had increased to 720,000. There with a…

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Kew-laurieton Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Mr. L. O. Martin, M.L.A., Minister of Justice, has received the following letter from the Minister for Works and Local Government :-…

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Official Correspondence. Wilson River Bridge

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The Hon. L. O. Martin, Minister of Justice, is in receipt, of the following letter from the Minister for Works and Local Government, the…

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