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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

118 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 6

Indian Railway Gauges

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1875 · page 3

The Railway Times,' December 26th, says:-- At the June meeting of the directors of the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, the chairman intimated that he had been…

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The Railway. to the Editor of the Grafton Argus

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1875 · page 2

SIR,--May I take the liberty of asking, through the medium of your paper, what are the hon. secretaries of our Grafton Railway League doing? From some account…

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Road From Glen Innes to Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1875 · page 5

WRITING upon the above subject, the GLEN INNES EXAMINER of April 7th says:— If ever there was a time when it was incumbent upon the inhabitants of the Glen limes district to be true to themselves, in…

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Railway Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1875 · page 3

ANOTHER painful accident has happened on the Great Northern line, at Newcastle, by which William Sadler, guard of a coal train, had a portion of his left leg crushed off. It appears a…

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Original Correspondence. the Road From Guafton to Glen Innes. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1875 · page 5

SIR.—The article upon the present condition of the road between Glen Innes and Grafton, taken from the Glen Janes Examiner, published in your last issue, being a subject that closely concerns the interests of…

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The Minister for Works on Railway Extension

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1875 · page 6

ON Monday, 12th instant, a deputation waited upon the Minister for Works to urge upon the Government the desirableness of carrying out the extension of the railway to…

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Crossing the Niagara River on an Ice Bridge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1875 · page 2

AN Oswego paper publishes the following extract from a private letter from Niagara, dated the 15th January:-- The river above the Falls freezes over…

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The Railway Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1875 · page 2

SOMEone has said--"God helps those who help themselves." This is a truism, and bears a peculiar significance to the township and district of Glen Innes. Here, by…

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The Railway Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1875 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT to the 'Glen Innes Guardian,' signing himself " Progress," writes " Reading in yours lost issue an excellent article on. the railway trial survey from the Clarence to…

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Clarefce and New England Railway. the Proposed New Railway Route

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1875 · page 3

THE following appeared as a letter, from, the pen of a Mr. Hugh Quinn, in the last issue of the 'Glen Innes Guardian,' and will be of interest to our readers…

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Railway Between the Clarence and New England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1875 · page 3

THE following letter in reference to the above appears in the Glen Innes Examiner of the 1st May:—Though not a proficient newspaper correspondent, yet I take so great an interest in the…

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The New Railway Route Between Glen Innes and Grafton. From the Glen Innes Guardian

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1875 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Court-house, Glen Innes, on Wednesday evening, 5th May, for the purpose of memoralising Parliament to cause a re-survey of the country between the navigable waters of…

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The Railway Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1875 · page 2

The 'Glen Innes Guardian' thus refers to a meeting held there recently anent this question : -- A perusal of this report must tend to…

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The Road to Ruin

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1875 · page 3

THE 'Bendigo Advertiser ' of Friday, tells the following deplorable story: " The history of a woman whose name appears in our report of proceedings at the City…

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The Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1875 · page 6

THE Glen Innes Guardian, 6th May, says,— The state of the road between Glen Innes and Grafton is such that we think it high time, some movement was made to bring it…

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Original Correspondence. the Railway League. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1875 · page 6

SIR—In consequence, I presume, of the inclemonoy of the weather, the committee meetings of the, above Association in Grafton appear to have been but thinly attended; but looking at the…

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The Queensland Train on Fire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1875 · page 3

THE following information, with reference to the above, has been kindly furnished to the 'Tenterfield Star' by a passenger:--On Tuesday morning last, as the first train…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1875 · page 3

THE DENILIQUIN and Moama Railway project is fairly floated; the directors had to break with the London firm of Clark, Pun-chard, and Reeve, partially owing to their…

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The Deniliquin Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1875 · page 7

THE Doniliquin and Moama Railway project is fairly floated; the directors had to break with the London firm of Clark, Punchard, and Reeve, partially owing to their dilatoriness, and…

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Railways in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1875 · page 6

As the public mind in New South Wales is much exercised at present upon the subject of railway communication, perhaps the following resume of what has been done of late in…

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