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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Road Safety Procession Best Seen for Years

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

Much interest was aroused in Taree on Saturday morning by the procession held as the culminating feature of Road Safety Week. The general opion of…

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"Youngest Licensed" Motor Driver?

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

Recently, there was reprinted from Column 8 "Sydney Morning Herald" a paragraph setting out that according to…

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Electricity Costs Sure to Jump, Says Railway Engineer

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 1

At Macleay County Council meeting on Thursday night Ald. G. Farrington reported having met Mr. Mackay, Chief Electrical Engineer of the New…

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Gloucester Shire Council Plans for Special Road Grant

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 4

The Gloucester Shire Council will ask the former Shire Engineer Mr. Geer to attend a special meeting on Apail 28 to…

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Alleged Beer Stealing From Railway Charge Dismissed at Taree

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

Charges of receiving and stealing three nine gallon kegs of beer, the property of the Commissioner of Railways, preferred against Michael John Condon Brown, 32, Railway signalman of…

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Motor Cyclist Struck Animal

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

A motor-cyclist was severely injured in a collision with a bullock near Willawarrin on Sunday night…

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Railway Inspection About Lime Siding

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

The District Railway Superintendent at South Grafton (Mr. H. D. Fraser) will visit Kempsey on Thursday morning in connection with the matter of a siding for the Co-op. Lime Society…

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Bridge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 2

Mr. L. C. Jordan, MLA for Oxley, has been notified as follows by Mr. R. S. Johnston Secretary, Department of Main…

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CORRESPONDENCE Missing Myall Bridge

The Northern Champion · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

Sir,—Can you permit me space in your valued paper to congratulate your paper and your correspondent here on…

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Burnt Bridge Bursary Winner

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 2

Elva Lang, pupil of Burnt Bridge School last year, has been awarded one of four bursaries provided by the…

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No Funds for New Bridge at Chatham

The Northern Champion · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

It is unlikely that the provision of a new bridge over the Pacific Highway at Chatham will be practicable for…

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Government to Provide Full Coast of Pampoolah Bridge

The Northern Champion · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

The Government will subsidise the full cost of constructing the first Manning River Islands Bridge. The Minister for Public…

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Special Meeting of Shire Council— Discusses Tom Geale's Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 4

This thoroughfare, or prospect of it, has, for many moons, as one Councillor said, been worn out by talking about it. However, at a special meeting of Council on Monday, at which all Councillors were present, a proposition was made by Mr. Burnett,…

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Railway Superintendent Visits Yessabah Lime Deposit

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

"From what I can see it will develop into a big thing," said the District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. H. D. Fraser), in looking at the towering lime deposit at Yessabah yesterday…

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Hints To Motorists

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. says that if your car engine is fuming, indicating that some attention by your repairer is overdue,…

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Bridge at Pampoolah

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works, Hon. J. B. Renshaw, writes as follows to Mr. L. C. Jordan, MLA for Oxley:…

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Road Safety Council Meets Tonight

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 4

A good attendance is expected at the monthly meeting of Taree Branch of the Road Safety Council tonight,…

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Bridge for Oxley Island

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 4

Oxley, the largest island in the Manning River, is to be joined to the mainland by a bridge. This will cross at Pampoolah, be over 500…

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Child Struck by Express Train

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 1

David William Lewis, 2, son of the gate attendant at Bulliac, north of Gloucester, was critically injured when struck…

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Railway Accident at Bulliac Child Fatally Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 2

Critically injured when struck by a train a two-year-old child died in Roma Private Hospital on Wednesday night…

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