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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

464 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 24

Easter Road Danger

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 6

Special warning to country motorists, and to city motorists visiting country districts at the Easter week-end is given by the N.R.M.A…

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Cuff Crashes Dorrigo Road Blocked

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 8

With a roar like a miniature earthquake, hundreds of tons of rock and earth debris from the precipitous cliff face on the Gordonville…

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Railway Diggers' Dance

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 3
Also in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales

The first of the series of the above dances was held in the Belmore Hall on Tuesday, April 9th, and, judging by the attendance of 350, left little doubt as…

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Railway Accident Goods Engine and Tender Derailed Fireman Killed And driver Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 6

Owing to very heavy rain, about five inches falling in a storm, a pier of a concrete culvert on the North Coast railway line about…

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Easter Road Danger

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 3
Also in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer

Special warning to country motorists, and to city motorists visiting country districts at the Easter Week end is given by the N.R.M.A. and…

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To Avoid Flood Area Bellingen Seeks New Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 3

Bellingen Shire Council last week received a letter from up-river settlers, asking for a two-mile deviation to be made near the 14-mile (from…

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Inland Railway Report Under Consideration

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 7

The report which had been made to the Government on the building of a railway from the North Coast to the inland was receiving the…

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Correspondence Expenditure on Harrington Road (To the Editor)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

Sir: In looking over a report from the Publicity Officer of the Lansdowne Progress Committee I note that his Committee has passed a vote of…

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Motor Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

About four miles on the Mungay Creek road on Tuesday evening, near six o'clock, a V-8 truck driven by Mr. A. Latter, of Kempsey, came into…

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New Patrol Plan to Check Road Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 8

New method of police motor-cycle patrol of arterial highways to reduce death and injury from traffic accident has been proposed to the Premier…

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Tram Workers Ask Police Protection Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 5

Unless police protection is provided for tram men on trams and buses destined for sporting fixtures to-morrow, they will refuse to work. This follows…

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Motor Collision Lorry and Utility Five Persons Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 4

Five persons, members of the Scott family, of Mungay Creek, suffered injuries on Tuesday night when a motor lorry and a utility truck met in…

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Current Topics Railway Excursions

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made for excursion tickets to be issued for…

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Wingham to Nowendoc Mr L C Jordan Mia Travels Road Proposed Tableland-coast Link

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 1

Few Parliamentarians would consider taking the journey from Wingham to Nowendoc over the existing road that in places is little better than a cart…

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Taxation of Road Transport

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 8

Whilst certain classes of Agricultural machinery escape Sales Tax, the farmer's motor vehicle is not exempt…

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Police Hoaxed at the Harbour Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 4

An anonymous phone call to a number of Sydney police stations early on Thursday last sent police rushing to the Harbour bridge, only to…

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New Steel Bridge for Kempsey Immediate Post-war Work

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 5

Announcement is made that the Department of Main Roads will spend more than £1,000,000 in its immediate post-war programme of major bridge…

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Railway Maintenance Labourers Wanted

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 3

The task of maintaining over 8,000 miles of railway track throughout New South Wales is one of considerable magnitude, and the…

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