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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
53 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3
THE people of the Clarence have presented a petition to the Legislative Assembly in which are set forth some valuable statistics relating to that district, and to the country on the Tableland to the westward of it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ACCORDING to an announcement by posters, a public meeting took place at the Court-House, Glen Innes, on Tuesday evening last, as our readers will remember this meeting was advertised for Monday, but in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE proposal of Mr. Parkes to construct a railway to New England from the Clarence, which has caused so much excitement in some of the interested towns, has hitherto failed to rouse Tenterfield. A petition,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE appearing to be, in the minds of some people, a certain amount of miaapprehension as to the objects of this League, and of the scope of the enterprise, for the formation of which its members are working, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following remarks on the proposed railway from the Clarence to New England, appeared as a letter in last Monday's Herald:- Sir,—Will you allow me space in your paper to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The debate in the Legislative Assembly, on the construction of a Railway from the Clarence River to New England, is postponed until Wednesday next. Several of the Opposition have gone over, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE debate in the Legislative Assembly on the vote of £100,000 for the construction of a railway from the Clarence River to New England, took place on Wednesday night, and occupied six hours, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the motion of Mr. PARRES, the House resolved it-self into Committee of Supply, for the consideration of the Loan Estimates. The following estimate was submitted:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE debate on the item of £100,000 for a line of railway from the Clarance to the New England Tableland has transpired, and resulted in the item being thrown out by a majority of seven votes. We anticipated this,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE principle laid down by Mr. Sutherland with regard to the Clarence River Railway, namely, that the sale of the improved lands shall partly reimburse the coat of the line, deserved more consideration than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following in the form os a letter to the Editor appeared in the Herald of Monday last:- Sir—On reading the debate on the vote for £100,000 for the proposed railway from Grafton to New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—As one taking some slight interest in the projected Clarence and New England Railway, I have made a few calculations which may be of some interest as tending to ventilate, that subject; perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I see there are to be two Representatives elected on Tuesday next, to the Church of England Synod at Armidale—a very good thing—but as I always like to make the most of everything and every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In a former letter on the railway question, I endeavoured to show how a saving would be effected to the inhabitants of a particular district, by using a line of railway to the Clarence, at 150 miles in length,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Some time back I noticed with pleasure in your reference to the construction of this bridge, you dreow attention to the fact that no provision had been made for the formation of approaches so essentially…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ISOLATION produces apathy, and apathy continues isolation as it weakens or altogether renders nugatory all efforts to remove it. Is it in this light that we must view the extreme apparent reluctance which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR.— Permit me to lay before the public facts of the great inconvenience we have experienced in travelling on this first-class road, from Ulmarra to Grafton. A number of gentlemen started for Grafton, being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—For some time past we have not heard much of the doings of this organisation; I find on looking over the files of the Empire, which came to hand by the Helen M'Gregor, the following paragraph, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOR some time past numerous and extensive improvements have been going on in our roads, and various other works are in contemplation, a brief notice of which cannot fail to be of interest to our renders…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE extract the following from the Otago Daily Times, of July 8th, being a statement forwarded by Mr. Superintendent J. Macandrew to the Provincial Council on the question of light railways. Also the…
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