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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1870

9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner. Tuesday, April 10, 1870. the Tenterfield Road and the Richmond River

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1870 · page 2

WE have been very much gratified to learn during the past week, that a gentleman on the Richmond River has been resolving flour and bran from Tenterfield, thus commencing a trade which if the read…

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Local Bridges and Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1870 · page 2

BRIDGOES OVER SERPENTINE CREEK AND PALMER'S CHANNEL.[?]We learn on enquiry from Mr. T. BAWDEN, the member for the district, that he applied to the Government in February last, for two…

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The Road From the Richmond River to the Tweed. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1870 · page 3

SIR.— I see by your issue of the 31st May, that it is supposed that no other road can be found accessible to the Tweed River, but the present tortuous and difficult one. This is a matter I cannot let slip, without a word or two about it. I think another…

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Clarence and Bichmond Examiner, Tuesday, June 21, 1870. a Trip Up the Tenterfield and Lawrence Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1870 · page 2

WE lately referred to the great benefits likely to accrue to this district from the opening up of the Newton Boyd route, which is classed as a first-class road; in doing this, we had no wish to disparage or in any way…

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ORIGINAl Correspondence. the Bridge at Casino. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1870 · page 3

SIR,—I am sorry to have to notice such a production, as that referring to our petition for a bridge at Casino, and signed "P[?] BONO PUBLICO," in your issue of the 14th instant. I would not have done so, only that it may, to some extent, mi[?]tate against…

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Original Correspondence. the Casino Bridge Petition. Tothe Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1870 · page 2

SIR,—Will you for the public good, kindly publish a few lines In reply to "PETITIONER'S" phlllppic. published In your Issaue of the 28th ultimo, headed "The Bridge at Casino," and purporting to be an attempt to reply to my lotter, published in your Issue of…

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The Casino Bridge Petition. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 4

SIR.—In your issue of the 19th instant, under the above heading, appears a letter from a correspondent calling himself "PRO BONO PUBLIC," which I think is likely to do a great deal of harm amongst the class of your readers, who do not know the…

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The Casino Bridge. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 3

SIR,—There is something very amusing in the flerce, almost savage, energy with which your correspondents from Casin[?] insists on the necessity of a bridge at that place, and also in the qu[?]t good sense, with which "PRO BONO PUBLIC[?] " points out…

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Roads in the Clarence and New England Districts. (From the Papers.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1870 · page 4

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Bawden, M.P., Mr. Fraser, M.P., Mr. Weaver, M.P, and Mr. R. M. Forster, M.P., had an interview with the Hon the Minister for Works on Wednesday, to make certain…

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