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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

409 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 14 of 21

District's Claims for Aerodrome Discussion At Shire Council Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 6

The Manning Shire Council on Monday discussed a letter from the Taree Chamber of Commerce which pressed the district's claims for the…

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Bundook-Mt. George Road Proposed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council it was decided to confer with the Manning Shire Council with a view to having an…

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Proposed New Road Dei ween Mount George And Bundook

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 3

Messrs. R. K. Summerville and C. Young waited on the Manning Shire Council on Monday in connection with the proposed new road from…

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"Railways At War."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 1

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced on Thursday that the story of the part played by the NSW Government…

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Railway Improvements at Taree Number Of Employees Increase

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 4

The increasing importance of Taree as a railway centre can be gauged from the fact that during the year 60 new employees have…

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"Railways at War"

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 7

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced today that the story of the part played by the New South Wales…

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Failed to Pay Train Fare

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 August 1947 · page 2

John Harold Cole pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to pay his train fare between Lansdowne and Kempsey…

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Road Safety Campaign

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 4

The Kempsey branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales decided at the August meeting to co-operate in the…

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Railway Improvements at Taree

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 2

The increasing importance of Taree as a railway centre can be gauged from the fact that during the year 50 new employees have…

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A Thought For The Week the Bridge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 3

An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm and deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight…

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Railways at War Story of Achievement

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

The story of the part played by the New South Wales Government Railways in the defence activities of the Commonwealth during the years . 1939 to…

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"Railways at War"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 5

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced on Thursday that the story of the part played by the New South Wales…

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"Railways at War"

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways, Sir. T. J. Hartigan, announced today that the story of the part played by the New South Wales Government…

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Pillaging on Railways "Is Worse"

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 2

Despite more arrests, pillaging from the railways had increased, Detective Cole, of the Railway Department, told the Central Court…

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Motor Tour to Q'land

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Campbell recently returned from a month's motoring tour to as far north as Mackay, in Queensland, and Mr…

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Left Stones on Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 3

Sidney William Rowe was charged with placing stones on the road on the Pacific Highway, near Taree, so as to endanger the public use of the…

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Bridge at Forster Discussed by Interested Authorities Preliminary Surveys to Be Made

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 2

The question of providing a bridge for the Forster-Tuncurry crossing was discussed at a conference held at the Forster Ocean Baths on Wednesday…

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The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Petrol Rationing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 9

"Extreme disappointment" is the reaction of the general secretary of the NRMA, Mr. H. L Johnson, to the Government's decision to cut the…

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Hospital Bridge Party

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 7

Last Thursday afternoon smartly-frocked Kempsey ladies walked briskly through the sun-lit streets, hiding from the nippy breeze in…

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Broken Glass on Roads

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 4

"The apparent, failure of police and municipal and shire councils to appreciate the menace of broken glass on roads" is a subject of…

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