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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Motor Car Hits Bullock

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

Motoring to Crescent Head from Kempsey about 5 p.m. on New Year's Day, Mr. Sydney L. Crumpton, of Stuart's Point, encountered a stray…

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Coal Huge Consumption by Railways

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials, about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent of this amount is spent locally…

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The Motorists' Corner News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Safety for the Family

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 8

If the road safety lessons being instilled in school children are to bear fruit, parents will have to take a greater interest in the subject, and…

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Railway Bridge at Quirindi Repaired

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

The railway bridge, over Quirindi Crook, which was damaged in recent floods, has been repaired and train services in the affected section have…

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Taree Makes Record for Train

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 4

The train reached Taree on Thursday morning and will remain until this (Saturday) afternoon, when it will leave for Kempsey…

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Low Level in Road Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 8

There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas—New Year…

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R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Visit to Taree

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 4

"Australia and the Empire need the young men of the country districts to assist in barling the vaunted Nazi air menace form the skies."…

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R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train. Taree and District Lead Way. in Number Offering

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 6

On Tuesday night last the R.A.A.F. recruiting train, which is calling at towns, along the North Coast line, left Sydney, and pulled in to Taree…

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Coal Railways Huge Consumption

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent, of this amount is spent locally on such items as…

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Current Topics. Bad Spot on Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2

From complaints made to us there is a spot on the Rawdon Vale road that urgently needs Council's attention. It is between the 18 and…

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Along the Burma Road. From Rangoon to Chungking

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 1

Burma has been to many people a fabled land, somewhere at the world's end, or, possibly the East Indies, a place about which Kipling wrote a…

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Correspondence. Mount George to Nowendoc Road. To the Editor "Wingham Chronicle."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 2

Sir—In reading the report in the Press of the last Shire Council meeting, it would seem that the President of that bod (Cr. H.E. Milligan)…

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Railways In Flood Time. How the Safety of the Track is Ensured

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 4

The breaking of a long drought almost inevitably has its repercussions. The State's latest experience white greatly benefiting the man on the land…

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Unique Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

United States news from Tallassee, Alabama, says that one of the most unusual bridges in the country, from the standpoint of design, is nearing…

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Recruiting Train Officers Entertained at Dinner

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

Quite a nice little function took place at Fotheringham's Hotel last Friday night when the local R.A.A.F. Recruiting Committee invited the officers…

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The Recruiting Train. Taree Exceeds All Other Towns

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

Quite a nice little function took place at Fotheringham's Hotel last Friday night, when the local committee of the R.A.A.F. Recruiting…

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R.A.A.F. Recruiting. Train at Kempsey

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

The R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train, arrived at Kempsey late on Saturday afternoon and commenced recruiting operations on Sunday. The personnel…

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Daring British Exploit. Set Up H.Q. in Abyssinia; Train Tribes for Revolt. London. Sunday (A.A.P.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

From a jungle headquarters in Italian Abyssinia, British officers and N.C.O's. are arming and drilling the tribesmen for a revolt against their…

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Italians Driven From Kassala Sudan Attack Gains Key Railway Town. London, Sunday (A.A.P.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

A British invasion of the Italian East African colony of Eritrea appears to be imminent, according to information reaching London from…

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Bridge Building and Official Estimates

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

"Bridge Builder" writes to the Goulburn "Post": I read in the 'Post' where the Crookwell Shire Engineer asked the telephone department for…

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