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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
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THE Shoutharen News of Saturday last says:—For same time past, there have been numours current in Shoalhaven of number of Melbourne capitalists forming a company for the purpose of opening up the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →My dear Sir,—It has occurred to me that I may possibly be able to supply some information which will be of use to Mr Whitton in investigating the question of any ascent to the tableland of New England,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I have the honor to report as follows on the present state of the surveys from Grafton to the tableland of New England. When I came to this district in June last 1 found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following, in reference to the Railway Trial Surveys, was ordered to be printed by the Legislative Assembly on 18th November last, and laid on the table of the House a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The exploration of this country was commenced in July, 1873, and in the following November trial surveys were started between Moleville and Glen Innes. When I first visited this district, in May, 1874, found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I have the honour to submit the following report on the Railway Surveys, completed during the six months ending June 30, 1875-At the date of my last report trial surveys were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN NEW South Wales two different districts are agitating for a division into separate colonies, viz., Riverina and new England—undoubtedly the richest portions of the sister colony. The statistics of Riverina show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SINCE the last public efforts, some of the Leaguers, prominent among whom is Mr. Colin Ross, of Inverell, have been active in their efforts to develop some substantial evidence of the existance of a practicable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—Having observed, since I have been resident in this district, the very impartial spirit you have displayed in publishing all pros and cons for the extension of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Masonic Hall, Sydney, on Thursday evening, was held a meeting of citizens to consider the desirability of having railway communication between Sydney and Illawarra. The attendance was large,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADVICES by the steamer Durham which arrived at Melbourne last week give full particulars of a most disastrous double collison on the Great Northern Railway at Abbots-Ripton Station, midway between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE take the following extracts from a letter in the Queenslander, which, although written for Queensland, is equally applicable to this district.- Santa Clara, February 13, 1876…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE take the following from a return to an order of the Assembly moved by Mr. Terry.—"That there be laid upon the table of this House—(1). A copy of the engineer's report upon the proposed Grafton and Glen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By this post I send you plan and suction of my work about the Sandy Hill. By them you will see that I cannot get down by the river. I contoured with a gradient of 1 in 50, but the hill is so abrupt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have to record another appalling accident on the Great Southern Railway. About six o'clock on Monday morning the dead body of a man was found on the line[?] car Ashfield. The body exhibited a most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DREADFUL railway accident, involving A heavy los of life, occurred at the narrow passage bridge, in Sh[?]ah county, nearly midway between Edinburgh and Woodstock, on the night of the 6th March,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANOTHER dismal death from thirst, caused by taking the "wrong track," serves to remind us that some years ago the Dalby Herald, writing concerning the difficulties and dangers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE committe appointed by the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and Trinity House, to consider the regulations for preventing collisions at sen, have unanimously agreed to recommend certain draft regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Assembly on June 3 the following estimate was proposed:—Railways, £2,909,000.—Sydney to Wollongong, 40 miles, £740,000; extension of line into Sydney, 170,000; Orange to Wellington, 56 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE sonorous vociferation of the Maryborough people far a railway has undulated across the country and has been echoed by the people of Stanthorpe, A railway from Maryborough to anywhere is not likely to…
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