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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

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Clarence and New England Railway.--public Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1875 · page 2

A MEETING of the members of the Clarence and New England Railway League and the public was held in the hall of the School of Arts on Wednesday evening…

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The Railway Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1875 · page 2

THE following from the 'Tenterfield Star' will go to prove that there will be some opposition to the proposed railway from the coast inland:--…

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The Clarence and New England Railway Scheme

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1875 · page 3

WHEN the Government undertook to foster and aid private enterprise in connection with the coal mining interest at Newcastle, it committed itself to a policy, and recognised a principle…

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Singular Railway Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 2

A TERRIFIC hurricane raged at Toowoomba, Queensland, on Tuesday night, and did immense damage. A train from that town to Warwick,…

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The Clarence and New England Railway League

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 3

THE appended editorial remarks on the speech recently delivered by Mr. T. BAWDEN, M.P., we cull from the 'Armidale Chronicle:-- "Mr. THOMAS BAWDEN, M.P., on Wednesday,…

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The Brisbane Courier on the Projected Railway Extension

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1875 · page 3

MR. KING is evidently determined to signalise his administration as Minister for Works by proposals for pretty extensive railway extensions. First of all we have the proposal of Messrs Collier and Co.,…

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The Clarence and New England Railway. (From the Armidale Chronicle.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1875 · page 3

MR. THOMAS BAWDNEN, M.P., on Wodnesduy, 13th January, at Grafton, delivered a most exhaustive address in the members of the Clarence and New England Railway League, in which he reviewed the…

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A Horse Racing a Train

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1875 · page 3

THE following sensational incident is from the 'Mount Alexander Mail' (Victoria) : -- " The speed at which the trains on the Maryborough line are run has frequently been made the…

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Importation of Railway Rails

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1875 · page 4

OWING to the extension of the three trunk lines of railway in this colony being now rapidly proceeded with, the importation of rails for the permanent way is at the present…

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The Proposed Railway to the Richmond River

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1875 · page 4

THE 'Richmond River Express ' contains the following editorial remarks on this question, from Which it would seem that the "bone of contention" is still that…

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The Benefit of Railway Communication to the Tin Mining-industry. From the Border Post and Stan[?] Miner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1875 · page 1

WE hear little now-a-days of the benefits accruing to the colony by means of the tin mining iudustry further than the weekly reports of the are transmitted by rail from Warwick to Brisbane, and the slightest…

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The Proposed Clarence and New England Railway. (From the Richmond River Express)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1875 · page 1

NOTWSTHSTANDING the great favour according to report, about to be conferred upon the inhabitants of the Richmond by the formation of a cheap line of railway," from [?]uka to Woodburn, there can be [?]o…

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The Railway Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1875 · page 3

MR. W. FORSTER (the Colonial Treasurer) in the course of his nomination, speech (reported in the 'Herald') made the following allusion to the question of…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1875 · page 6

IT is our painful duty to chronicle one of the most terrible railway disasters which has ever happened in the country. On December 24th, at,11.40, an express train bound for…

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The Railway Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1875 · page 3

WHILST the inhabitants of the towns around us are using their influence to induce the Government to consider the desirability of forming a railway from the Clarence to the Northern end…

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Railway From the Clarence to New England. (From the Guardian.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1875 · page 3

THE question that is now most engaging the attention of the inhabitants of the Clarence River and these districts, is how the railway policy of the new Government will affect the proposed Clarence…

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Mr. John Bridge's Weekly Report

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1875 · page 3

THE news from London does not seem to have affected our Wool Market to any extent so far, and further Intelligence as to the course of the London sales will be tequired before prices here will admit of…

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Another Murder by Blacks on the Road to the Palmer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 6

ANOTHER murder has been committed by blacks, at the crossing of the Laura River, on the road to the Palmer. Two men, named Mann and Nunn, unarmed, while camped on…

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Fatal Accident on the Great Northern Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 3

AN inquest was held at the Naval Brigade Hotel, Newcastle, before Mr. F. J. Shaw, J.P., the District Coroner, respecting the death of James Tracey. William Wallace deposed: Iam an engine-driver on…

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Alarming Railway Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 March 1875 · page 3

ON Tuesday evening, January 23rd, the 735 up passenger train from Luton came into collision with a coal train near Wheat-hamstead station. The line consists of only…

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