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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Road At Hillview

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 3

Hillview Road: An inspection was made of this road following council's instruction. The plant will move to…

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Accidental Causes Verdict in Road Death

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

District Coroner, W. D. Evans, J.P., returned a verdict ef accidental death into the inquest on Ernest Louis (68), of Cundletown, who was fatally injured on February 9…

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Police Motor Cycles to Be Radio-equipped

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 3

Police motor Cycles in N.S.W. will be equipped with two-way radio communication within two weeks…

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Cundle Aerodrome

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2

Manning River County Council, after many months' negotiations concerning the construction of an aerodrome, has…

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Correspondence Aerodrome Question

The Northern Champion · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 5

Sir, In reply to Mr. Murray's letter in your issue of February 10, the first question is have we sufficient products…

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Road Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Mr. Isaac Charles Riley, of 83 Broughton-street West Kempsey, set out from his home on Thursday forenoon…

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P. U. Concern Over Ger. Riv. Bridge Posn

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

Two motions claiming that the bad state of roads in the Gloucester district will hold up primary production were passed…

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Motor Cyclists Fined by Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2

Allan V. Blake was fined £1, with 12- costs, in Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, for carrying…

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Kempsey Traffic Bridge Is Key to Nth. Coast Rail & Road Transport

Macleay Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 4

When the Weather Bureau issued warning that flood conditions were developing for the North Coast, little time elapsed before a man stepped off the north-bound train at Kempsey…

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Kempsey Aerodrome Estimated to Cost £116,000

Macleay Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

"I have been approached by Kempsey Municipal Council" said Mr. H. L. Anthony, Minister for Civil Aviation, in Kempsey yesterday, "regarding the bitumenising of the whole runway at…

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Bod Roads Affect Production

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

Two motions claiming that the bad state of roads in the Gloucester district will hold up primary production were passed at a meeting of the Gloucester branch of the Primary Producers' Union…

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Collapsed and Died on Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

Mr. Isaac Charles Riley of 83 Broughton Street, West Kempsey, set out from his home on Thursday forenoon…

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Bad Road Forces Children to Walk in Rain

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 6

"When people can't travel roads within two miles of the post office because of a little rain, council should be…

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And at Kempsey in the south, engineers stand by to blow up the railway bridge. In these words "The Sunday Mail," Brisbane, in 1952, sums up the position. "Mail" picture

Macleay Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 4

A low flying 'plane took this picture during the small 1952 flood. The plane came in from the north, and the arrow points up Smith Street towards Tattersall's Hotel, and the figure I is where the Kempsey railway bridge ends at South Kempsey. This picture, shows how the river sweeps around from the end of the railway bridge…

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Motoring News and Notes N.R.M,A Seeks Review Of Regulations

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 4

Perturbed at the great number of motor vehicles whose headlights do not conform with the traffic regulations, the N.R.M.A. has asked the Superintendent of Motor Transport…

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Aerodrome Queston

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 7

Sir,—I have read Mr. Clinch's very interesting letter and quite a deal of which deals with other matters than the…

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Nowendoc Road Opening Postponed

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2

Owing to the weathar the official opening of the Cooplacurripa-Nowendoic Developmental Road, which was to…

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North Coast Worst Area for Railway Pilfering

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 1

A C.I.B. detective stated at Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that the North Coast, from Dungog to Casino, was the worst portion in New South Wales for pilfering from the…

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Council Wants Railway to Bear Cost Remedying Unsatisfactory Pipeline

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 7

Taree Municipal Council will ask the Railway Department whether, in view of the unsatisfactory specifications supplied for the water pipe line over the Wingharn Road overhead…

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Kempsey Steel Bridge Is Main Roads Decision

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 4

AFTER half a century of service the wooden traffic bridge over the Macleay River at…

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