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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,083 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 12 of 55

Kempsey Council Has Motor Trouble

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 4

At Kempsey Council meeting, on Monday night, a letter was received from the Government Insurance Office in regard to unsatisfactory state of electric motor equipment at Kempsey Baths, at the…

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Bridge Damage In Hastings Shire

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

Hastings Shire area suffered particularly heavy bridge losses in the recent flood, the total bridge damage being estimated at well over…

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Train Crash, Two Sent for Trial

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, March 4. -- A train driver and a signaller's electrician were today committed for trial on charges of…

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Buses For Suggested One Day Train Tour

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

It seems likely now that sufficient buses can be provided at Gloucester to make a one day train tour from Sydney possible…

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Railway Rumblings

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

The snooker tournament being conducted at the Railway Institute has moved a step closer to its…

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Strange Road Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

A girl, alarmed by the presence of a wasp, ran from the footpath into the road and was knocked down and injured…

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Roads Still Big Issue In Many Parts Of Manning Shire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

"I believe that if the Department of Main Roads can see that the Manning Shire Council and the ratepayers are willing to help in the sealing of roads it will say: 'You are doing…

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Hints for the MOTORIST

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Should your distributor rotor be burnt back you will avoid distributor interference and obtain further useful…

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Motoring & Aviation notes

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

This is a picture of Britain's plutonium factory at Sella-field, in Cumberland built and operated by the Ministry of Supply. Construction started in 1947 and there are two large natural uranium ato[?] piles producing fissile mater-…

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Tender Accepted for Erection of Pampoolah Bridge

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

The Department of Public Works has accepted a tender for the construction of the. Neville Weiley Bridge at Pampoolah. Advice to this effect has been received by…

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Ratepayers Accept Financial Responsibility for Bitumen Road Loan

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

Manning Shire Council will be asked to construct 12 miles of bitumen surfaced roadway between Moorland, Hannam Vale and John's River at an estimated cost of £30,000, of which local…

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Pleads Guilty to Illegally Using Motor-Cycle

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 8

An aboriginal, Ronald Herbert Moffitt, of Purfleet, who pleaded, guilty to a charge of taking and using…

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Road Dedication Is Approved

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 4

The Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's Office requested the Shire Council on Monday to accept dedication of…

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Improved Road To Golf Club

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 6

On Monday, the Macleay Shire Council was requested by the Kempsey Golf Club that South Street, for…

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Road Cost From General Fund

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 3

At the Macleay Shire Council meeting on Monday, the South West Rocks Ratepayers and Citizens'…

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Farmers Agree to Pay £20,000 to Seal Roads

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

At a meeting at Hannam Vale, on Saturday, with an attendance of 200, farmers in that district accepted a…

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Took Motor Cycle Left Near Floodwaters

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 3

A 19-year-old aborigine who pleaded guilty to a charge of taking and using a motor cycle, was fined £5…

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Railway Repairs

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

LISMORE, March 9. -- It was reported today that the North Coast railway line is now open, except for the…

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Fell 20ft. From Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2

A railway worker who fell 20 feet from a bridge on Monday had a lucky escape from serious injury. He is Cecil Ingram of Stroud…

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Shire Roads Flood Damage Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

Details of the flood damage to shire roads was given by the shire engineer, Mr. D. O. Murray, to Wednesday's meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council. One of the worst washaways was…

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