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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
118 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 6
SIR,—Having seen several letters in the Examiner and other local papers about a railway from Grafton to the Tableland, &c. Now, I would venture to suggest that a railway between the two cities, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following report of a discussion as to the relative merits of an extension to Inverell by way of Tamworth, or a line from Grafton to that township, held by the Inverell Debating Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Glen Innes Examiner states--"Glen Innes, from its central position on the Tableland of New England, and lying as it does directly in the line of the great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,--I notice the above is printed in full in a contemporary of last Saturday. By your leave and as my humble contribution to the Railway controversy, I would make a few remarks upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE make the following extracts concerning this matter, from a leading article in the 'Inverell Dispatch-- It.. is quite possible that much may be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Glen Innes people appear determined to stand upon their dignity, and, as far in their power, to obtain railway communication with Grafton, a project which has been mooted for some time past…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting was held at Mr Davison's wool stores, Lawrence, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of forming a Lower Clarence Railway League, and to consider other important matters appertaining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday evening last, pursuant to an advertisement from the Municipal Council, a large number of townspeople attended, at the Temperance Hall, to take part in the meeting thus convened for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR, -- About 150 or 200 persons assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening last, in answer to an advertisement, signed by the Mayor, of the town, calling them together, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following gentlemen waited upon the Minister for Works, at his office, at noon to-day, to arge upon the Government the necessity of connecting the tableland of New England with the port of Grafton by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday last, at noon, the following gentlemen waited upon the Hon. J. Lackey (Minister for Works), at his office, namely, Messrs. T. Fisher, J.P., T. Page (Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No doubt the reply of the Hon. John Robertson, to the petition presented to the House on behalf of the Clarance and New England Railway League afforded unqualified pleasure to those who for thoso years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →UNQUESTIONBALY the programme, of work contained in the Viceregal speech is one of the most comprehensive over submitted to any session, of parliment. If Mr Robertson ever supposed that he could get through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The "tapping" of Queensland by a railway from Tamworth to Tenterfield, whether the route is by Inverell or by Armidale, will befound a myth, and the transmission of tin ore, or any other production,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONTRARY to the expectations of a large number of the inhabitants of the Clarence River and New England districts, the Government has placed on the Estimates £600,000 for the construction of a railroad from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The utter hollowness of the hon. Premier's reason for not placing the requisite sum on the estimates for a line of railway from Grafton to Glen Innes shows most unmistakably that he never…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE 'Evening News' states -- The omission of any project for a railway between the Clarence River and the Tableland of New England is, of course, a disappointment to many in those parts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Times (September [?]) says:—George Stephenson has left his mark on the world. That mark is a network of tens of thousands of iron ways, rendering the whole surface of…
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