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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

321 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 17

Leman's Flat Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

At its December meeting the local Council favourably considered the building Of a new bridge leading from the North end of Church Street…

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Excursion Fares For Railway Travel

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 4

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for January, but on…

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Offensive Language Drunken Sailor at Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 6

At Kempsey Police Court on 27th December, before Messrs. G. Jeffery and Jos. T. Walker, J.'sP., George Edward Dark, a 34 year old ship's…

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Official Correspondence. Wingham-Comboyne Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

Major G. D. Mitchell. M.L.A. for Oxley, has received the following letter from the Hon. M. O'Sullivan (Minister for Transport):…

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Killed on Railway Trike

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

The death occurred recently at Broken Hill of Mr. Guy Kennedy, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, of Lismore, and formerly of Kempsey,…

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Kempsey Police Court. Motor Smash Sequel

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

The sequel to a motor smash on the Dungay Creek road on September 26 was enacted before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., at the Kempsey Police…

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Bridge-builders of Britain's Army

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 6

One of the major problems confronting an advancing army is the crossing of rivers whose bridges have been destroyed by the retreating enemy. The Royal Engineers of Britain's Army have made a special study of bridge-building, and men of this famous regiment are here…

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Bad Feeder Roads Causing Settlers to Leave Their Farms M.l.a. Wants Action

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

The Member for Gloucester (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald) has made strong representations for the provision of better feeder roads to enable settlers to get…

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New South Wales Railways Evolution of Carriage Construction LEFT

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

These open sided coaches were among the rollingstock imported in 1855. They were rated as third class and continue as such until 30th June, 1863, when…

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Macleay-nambucca Connecting Link Developmental Road

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

At the Macleay Shire Council meeting on Monday, Mr. K. Stretch, engineer, reported that on December 26 he drove Mr…

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Bad Feeder Roads Causing Settlers to Leave Their Farms

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

The Member for Gloucester (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald), has made strong representations for the provision of better feeder roads to enable settlers…

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Bad Feeder Roads. Causing Settlers To Leave Their Farms. M.L.A. Wants Action

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

The Member for Gloucester (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald) has made strong representations for the provision of better feeder roads to enable ssttlers…

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Hickey-Taylor Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 6

From Main Roads Department, that it was not practicable to meet all requirements for access roads with limited funds available. The Hickey's…

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Wingham-Comboyne Road Progressive Programme for Improvement

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

Major G. D. Mitchell, M.L.A., for Oxley, has received the following letter from the Hon. M. O'Sullivan (Minister for Transport):…

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Proposed Bridge at Bunyah

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

At Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council the matter of building a bridge at Bunyah was further discussed…

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Gloucester-Bullahdelah Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

The visit of Stroud. Councillors, to Tuesday's meeting of the local Council provided an apportunity for both Councils to have a chat about this…

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Escape Road a Necessity for Flood Time

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 6

The question of the provision of a road as an escape for cattle from Seven Oaks to Tanban in times of flood was mentioned by…

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Railway Sleeper Passes

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

Advice is to hand from the railway authorities that inspections and passes of sleepers and timber will take place at Kundabung on Monday,…

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Proposed Bridge at Bunyah

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 1

At the January meeting of Manning Shire Council the matter of building a bridge at Bunyah was further discussed…

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The U-boat That Surrendered to a British Aeroplane

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

Just the outlines of a submarine, and an unimpressive looking ship standing by. And yet this picture recalls one of the most thrilling episodes of the present war, and certainly one unparallaled in naval history. The submarine is the German U-boat that surrendered in the Atlantic to a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the British Coastal Command. The Hudson, on patrol, sighted the U-boat and attacked. The…

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