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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

231 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 12

Bridge Contract Tender Price Increased Main Roads Test Case

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

In Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., allowed an increase of £23216 on a tender price of £182159 for the…

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Train Travelling. Keep Wide Awake. And Watch Your Hat !

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 2

A Wingham district resident was returning the other day. after having been on a business visit to Sydney. Coming along the line on the…

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Council Tour Inspection of Roads Macleay Shire

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 2

Reporting to Macleay Shire Council meeting yesterday the president, Cr. A. Jeffery, submitted the following written report:--…

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Russian Bridge-heads Hold

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 3

London, Monday (AAP): Battles for bridgeheads on both the Donetz and Kuban fronts have so far favored the defenders. The Germans are now…

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Variation of Contract. Milligan Bros. Succeed In Claim Against Liverpool Plains Shire. Story of a Bridge Contract

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 1

John Milligan and others, trading as Milligan Brothers, contractors, proceeded against Liverpool Plains Shire Council in an application for a…

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Motor Tours to Stop

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

The use of public motor vehicles for pleasure tours in New South Wales must be discontinued by direction of the Commonwealth Land…

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Road to Safety

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 1

Our early morning meal is most important. Although the farmer produced the raw materials the factory, in most instances, made them…

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Road Toll in United Kingdom Deadlier Than War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 3

London: Compared with 145,032 casualties in killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing, suffered by the…

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Easter Motoring

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that on Good Friday and Easter Sunday (which is also Anzac Day), garages will not be permitted to open…

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Two Killed Car and Tram Collision Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 3

Two men were killed and one critically injured last night, when a car in which they were travelling collided with a train at Mascot. The…

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Two Men Killed Car Collides with Tram Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 2

Two men were killed and one critically injured last night when a car in which they were travelling collided with a tram at Mascot. The driver of the…

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Bridge at Karuah

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

Some time ago soundings were taken of the Kuruah River at Karuah. The impression given was a proposed bridge in connection with…

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Road Toll Deadlier Than War

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

Compared with 145,032 casualties in killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing, suffered by the armed forces of the United Kingdom in the first…

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The Road to Ruin

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1943 · page 2

Lieut. Commissioner E. J. Harewood, in opening the Salvation Army Divisional Congress at Goulburn, said : "One of the most appalling…

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Trucking Over the Burma Road. China's Former Life-line Was a Highway of Adventure and Death

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1943 · page 4

This exciting account of a nightmare trek over the Burma Road into the heart of China is from a letter by an Australian officer to his father…

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Serious Motor Accident Injured Man Dies

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a serious motoring accident occurred about mid-way between Copeland and Rawdon Vale with, unfortunately,…

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Canada's Part In Mechanising Our Armies Great Railway Organisations' Active Role in Munitions, Construction and Transport

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

THE area of Canada is so vast and her geographical features so varied, that it is not surprising that the climate is also varied…

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A Train Load of Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

A generally accepted axiom in business is that satisfied customers come back for more—be it beer or bullocks. Over the last few years…

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Local and General. Pot-holey Road

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 2

Several references have been made to the bad condition of the road from Blackman's Point through to Spencer's Cutting, which is getting…

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Canada's Part In Mechanising Our Armies Great Railway Organisations' Active Role in Munitions, Construction and Transport

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 4

JUST A "SIGN OF THE TIMES" was the removal of the name from the top of the Ford plant in Windsor. Canada, which was dismantled so that the steel framework might be broken up into scrap Iron. Some idea of the size of the sign and amount of steal salvaged is gained from the fact that the letters were [?] feet high, making up the name of the…

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