Fettler's Escape Tricycle and Mail Train
A Kempsey fettler had a narrow escape from fatal injuries early on Saturday morning, when he met the Kempsey mail near Telegraph Point,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
464 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 24
New Traffic Bridge on Present Site at Future Date
A new traffic bridge is to be constructed over the river at Kempsey at a future date, on the site of the existing structure. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Final Arrangements for Show. Pedestrian Bridge to Be Built. Committee Meeting
Arrangements are being made to have a foot bridge for pedestrians constructed over the Barrington road bridge on the way to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Railway Time-table
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that copies of a new issue of the Department's country train timetables are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Service Council Satisfied
Kempsey Municipal Council is satisfied with the railway service from Kempsey, or, if there is any room for complaint, the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smithtown Bridge
In the fortnight that has elapsed since the recent flood in the Macleay River, the residents of Smithtown and the western side of the lower river must have felt very sore indeed over their isolation due to the need for a traffic bridge between Gladstone and Smithtown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Guide
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →£35,000 Shire Loan Programme Purchase of Bulldozer Approved £13,000 for South West Rocks Road
A large programme of works and the purchase of equipment to carry out the works, has been decided upon by the Macleay Shire Council. At a mating of the council yesterday it was decided to complete,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Bridge Dumaresq Island to Mainland
At Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council Cr. H. Hammond introduced a deputation from Dumaresq Island, consisting of Messrs. Richardson,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge to Connect Dumaresq Island Proposal Discussed At Council Meeting
The proposal to connect Dumaresq Island to the mainland with a bridge was the subject of a deputation from Dumaresq Island which waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Landslides Block Roads in Bowraville Area
For several days many farmers in Bowraville district were unable to get their cream through to the factories and consequently had to throw it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cliff Crashes Dorrigo Road Blocked
With a roar like a miniature earthquake, hundreds of tons of rock and earth debris from the precipitous cliff face on the Gordonville Cutting road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge to Connect Dumaresq Island Proposal Discussed At Council Meeting
The proposal to connect Dumaresq Island to the mainland with a bridge was the subject of a deputation from Du[?]aresq Island which waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Train Services
Mr. Fitzgerald: I desire to ask the Minister for Transport if it is a fact that the train service to the north is still on a reduced scale,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wingham-Taree Road
There is much justification for complaints made regarding the state of a section of the road that leads from Wingham to Taree. From Taree for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Mail Train Suggestion From Wingham
In a letter to Kempsey Municipal Council meeting last night Wingham Municipal Council requested support of their application to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Road Plant for Dumaresq Shire
Dumaresq Shire Council has purchased new road maintenance equipment. The plant includes: No. 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fruit Train Through Culvert. Bad Smash Near Killbride Siding ; Fireman Dead. Deluge Damages Culvert
One of the worst train smashes on the North Coast line for years occurred last night when a fast fruit train went through a culvert halt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wingham to Nowendoc Mr. L. C. Jordan, M.L.A., Travels Over Road. Nowendoc Residents Stress Need for Trafiicable Route to the Coast. Manning Shire Council and Wingham Municipal Council Represented
Few Parliamentarians would consider making the journey from Wingham to Nowendoc over the existing road that in places is little better than a cart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk Express Train Crushes Latest Cables and Telegrams. The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Fireman Killed Derailment Near Patterson Persian Matters Stand Newcastle
The "milk express" running between Taree and Sydney, was derailed between Patterson and Kilbride last night. The engine turned…
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