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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
53 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 3
ANOTHER murder has been added to the long list of crimed which have been committed in the Western districts, and this time it seems that the unfortunate man who has met his death was not only foully and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—It is with feelings of very great pleasure I notice that our Railway League has at length awakened from its apparent lethargy, and set to work in right earnest to move our enlightened Government and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In former letters, I have endeavoured to show how the proposed railway scheme of connecting New England with the Clarence should be carried out, and extended after reaching the Tableland, so as to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. DR LESSE[?]S is said to be coming before the world again with a project which will throw his own Suez Canal entirely into the shade. He proposes to bring London within a week's journey of Calcutta, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I think I saw you at the public meeting in the School of Arts, on Wednesday last, and am satisfied that you are acquainted with all that transpired; but in case your naturally forgiving spirit should impell you to pass over the unbecoming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A LARGE and very unanimous meeting of the residents of the Clarence, convened by advertisement, was held in the hall of the School of Arts, Grafton, on Wednesday evening last, the hall and vestibule…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS road leaves Lismore at the junction of Wilson's and Leicester's Creeks, und after passing through plains in a northerly direction for two miles ascends a scrubby pine ridge, 400 feet above sea level…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FROM a lengthy loading article, an communication between Armidale and the principal markets of the colony, which appeared in last week, Armidale Chronicle, we clip the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In my last letter I endeavoured to point out the the advisability of—in my opinion—preferring the Newton Boyd route, for railway construction, to that of any other route from the Tableland; and also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As an instance of cheap railways, the following account of what is being done in the Maryborough district from the Wide Bay and Burnett News, may not be uninteresting:—"We have before referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—As there are thousands of minds in the world so there are thousands of opinions, hence it is only natural that there should be outnumbering ideas and suggestions as to the proper course the expectant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC MEETING, convened by the Mayor in answer to a requisition, was held on Tuesday evening, at the Tenterfield Hotel, to consider the question of railway communication between New England and the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday a public meeting of the residents of Armidale, was held at the Town Hall, for the purpose of hearing the delegates from the Clarence and New England Railway League, on the question of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following telegram, intended for publication in our last issue, only reached us on Tuesday morning:- GLEN INNES, MONDAY, 10 P.M. Public Meeting held at Glen Innes to-night, 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →United we stand—divided we fall. This was the motto which the early politicians and writers of America endeavoured to impress upon the mas[?]s of that country, as the all important policy of a people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A PUBLIC MEETING, pursuant to advertisement in our last issue, was held in the Court House, Cassino, on Friday evening for the purpose of hearing from the Delegates from Grafton an expression of their views…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A PUBLIC MEETING of the residents of Inverell, was held in that township on Monday evening last, to hear from the Grafton and Glen Innes Delegates, an exposition of the scheme to connect the Clarence with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Monday morning the Grafton delegates of the Railway League, Mess[?]s THOMAS PAGE and E. G. LAMAN, started from Glen Innes for Inverell, accompanied by Mr. W. C. RODGERSON, who was appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON Friday evening, 12th instant, the adjourned meeting to continue the discussion of the subject as to whether the people of Armidale should give their support to those of Grafton in applying to the Government for a railway from the latter town to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Permit me through the medium of your paper to draw attention to the execrable state of the road from Grafton to Buccarumbi. Although the ground is very dry, it is in an almost inpassable state; the…
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