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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1862

9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

The Old V. the New Line of Road. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1862 · page 3

SIR,—I observe in your issue of the 4th instant, a paragraph headed "The New Line of Road," in which it is stated that you have been informed by a corresspondent, whose respectability you can vouch for, that…

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The Road Management. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1862 · page 2

SIR,—Will you be kind enough to insert the following letter, at I consider the way that the improvements on our roads are carried out, is such as to demand a strict enquiry. Havin been travelling on the…

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The Road Management. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1862 · page 2

SIR,—In your paper of the 22nd ultimo, I find an article on the road management, signed "Fair Play,' and as I like fair play myself, I beg to offer a few re marks thereon, being a contractor and having had…

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Proposed Road From Ulmarra to Grafton Along the River Bank

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1862 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING, of landholders, opposed to the abave projected road, was held yesterday, at noon, at the Commercial Hotel; about forty persons were present, all owners and settlers on…

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Ulmarra. [From Our Own Reporter.] the Roads—public Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1862 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING convened by the Road Trusts, was held at the Ulmarra Hotel, on Thursday evening, to arrange on what roads the sum of £260 granted by Government…

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Richmond River. [From Our Correspondent.] Bridge Ovee the Richmond River, at Casino. — Public Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1862 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING was held in the Court House, Casino, on Monday last the 20th instant, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of petitioning the Assembly, for a substantial bridge…

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The Subterranean Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1862 · page 4

THE Metropolitian Underground Railway is just now in course of completion, and as this is, perhaps, the most stupendous engineering work of modern times, and as it…

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The Susan Bridge Approach. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1862 · page 3

SIR,—Will you grant me space in your valuable columns to bring under the notice of the Municipal Council, the state of the approach to Susan bridge, in Dobie-street, which is absolutely dangerous. I think…

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The Advantages of the Grafton Road Over the Maitland Route to New England. From the Armidale Express

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1862 · page 2

IT is too frequently argued in the Assembly that money should only be spent upon one main line connecting an important town in the interior with a sea or river port. Had…

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