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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

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Railway Meeting at Coraki. (From the R. R. Express.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1875 · page 3

A LARGE and influential meeting was held on the 17th instant, at Mr S. Shanley's Coraki Hotel, for the purpose of advocating the construction of a railway from some part on the Lower Richmond to Iluka on the…

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A Railway Mystery

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1875 · page 6

A coroner's inquest on the body of Harry Gustav[?]s Hamilton, a midshipman, who met his death under mysterious circumstances on the Midland Railway, on the 10th June, was…

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The Railway League Pamphlet. Opinions of the Press

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1875 · page 5

JUST at a time when the inhabitants of this district were engaged in serious thoughtfu[?] about the means of transit to the chief market of the colony, their reverie is broken and, to some extent,…

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Railway Progress Beyond the Mountains

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1875 · page 3

THE Bathurst Free Press says, —Contemporaneously with the steady progress [?] the railway works to Bathurst and Orange we lind that the Government are pushing forward tri[?] surveys, with a view of futher…

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The Railway Extension in Queenland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1875 · page 3

IN an article upon railway extension the Border Post, 13th August, says,—Is there, at the present time, room for any more railways or public works, which would c[?] to the w[?] of the colony at large…

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The Railway League's Pamphlet

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1875 · page 2

THE 'Glen Innes Guardian' thus review the above-mentioned work: -- Just at a time when the inhabitants of this district were engaged in serious…

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The Railway League's Pamphlet

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1875 · page 3

THE 'Maitland Mercury' refers to the above in the following terms -- The Clarence and New England Railway League Committee have compiled, from…

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The Railway From Warwick to Stanthorpe

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1875 · page 3

CONC[?]NING the above, the Border Post, September 3, says,—The vexed question of a railway to Stanthorpe, and the Border, which has so long formed the chief topic of conversation, and a guide to speculation and…

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The Railways and the Railway Policy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1875 · page 4

ON Wednesday, September 2, the Hon. John La[?]key, the Minister for Works, was entertained at a complimentary dinner by a large number of his friends and constituents, at Liverpool. In responding to the…

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The Railway League's Pamphlet

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1875 · page 2

THE following journals thus acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the above--We have received from some person or another, a pamphlet giving a synopsis of the…

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The Railway League Pamphlet. Opinions of the Press

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1875 · page 5

The Glen Ianes Examiner, September 15, says—We have to acknowledge the receipt of a very neatly printed pamphlet, issued by the Clarence and New England Railway Leugue. It is highly interesting,…

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The Railway League. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1875 · page 5

SIR,—As I pereceive the Railway League are about to prepare a petition for presentation to Parliament, I mny be excused—as I still take some little interest in the Clarence and New England Railway scheme…

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Railway Extension in New South Wales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1875 · page 3

THE following article, taken from the Echo of the 9th September, shows the views entertained by that metropolitan journal upon the above vital question, and as such it is well worthy of…

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The Railway League's Pamphlet

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1875 · page 3

IN the last issue of the 'Armidale Express' we find the appended article in review of this pamphlet--We have received a copy of a pamphlet entitled "A Synopsis of the…

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Clarence and New England Railway. (From the Newcastle Chronicle, September 16.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1875 · page 7

THE statement in the Glen Innes Guardian, that arrangements have been made by Queensland capitalists to make the cost of carriage from Vegetable Creek to Brisbane nine shillings per ton less…

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Petition for Railway. to the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, in Parliament Assembled--

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1875 · page 2

The petition of the undersigned residents of the Clarence District, in public meeting assembled, on behalf of themselves and others, Humbly sheweth,--…

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The Clarence and New England Railway League

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1875 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Railway League Committee was held at the School of Arts on the evening of Wednesday last, when there were present—The Mayor (Mr T. Page), in the chair;…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1875 · page 3

ONE of the most terrible railroad accidents that has ever happened in Chili occurred recently on the Santiago and Valparaiso Railroad. As a train from Valparaiso was passing over the bridge…

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The Border Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 3

THE Glen lanes Guardian, 2nd October, says—Now that public attention is rivetted to the question of railway advancement into this district from some quarter, the following remarks, tendered by the…

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The Railway Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 3

THE following letter appeared in the Armidale Express on 1st instant- Gentlemen,—There is no question of real importance to the future vitality of the Armidale district…

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