The Grafton Parliamentary Railway Farce
THE following lines written by a resident of the Clarence River, who only recently received a copy of the ARGUS containing a report of the public meeting held in Grafton, has been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
110 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 6
Clarence and New England Railway. Thursday, 4 P.m
The following members of Parliament waited upon the Minister for Works, this morning, to urge upon him the necessity of placing a sum of money on the Estimates for the construction of a railway from the deep…
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ON Thursday morning a deputation of members of the Assembly,—consisting of Messrs. John See, J. M. Purves, W. J. Fergusson, C. H. Fawcett, R. L. Murray, John Dillon, W. C. Proctor, S. Burdekin,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Clarence-new England Railway. (From the S. M. Herald, January 22.)
SEEING the freedom with which now railways are being projected, no one can wonder that an application has been made again for a railway from the Clarence to New England, and now that the Mudgee line has…
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SIR,—A great deal has been made by a certain gentle-man in your city, who claims to have been the moving spirit of the recent deputation to the Minister for Works anent the railway from the Clarence to New…
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IT will be seen by a report of the proceedings of a deputation that waited upon the Minister for Works, that the Clarence-New England Railway scheme is again on the boards. Mr. See, the member for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Beaumont Compressed Air Locomotive for Tramways
THIS locomotive, invented by Colonel Beaument, Royal Engineers, has been perfected, and, we are informed, it is about to be adopted on the London and other tramways in Great Britain. A locomotive is…
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A MEETING of the committee was held at the School of Arts on Friday afternoon last. Present—Mr. T. Bawden (in the chair), and Messrs. H. Maurice, R. Muirhead, S. See, D. W. Munro, E. Creer, P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Extension to Tenterfield. (From the Star)
REFERRING to the acceptance of the tender of Mr. Proudfoot, of New Zealand, for the extension of the line from Uralla to Glen lunes, the Examiner of Tuesday last says:—"We have also been informed that it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Clarence and New England Railway. (From the Inverell Herald, January 29.)
IN a leading article in the issue of the 22nd instant, the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, as usual, endeavours to throw cold water upon the appeal for railway communication for these districts, made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Press on the Clarence-new England Railway. (From the R. R. Express, January 29.)
IT would be almost an impossibility for a more notably represeutative deputation to have been convened, than the one that waited on Thursday last week upon the Secretary for Public Works, to explain to that…
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ELSEWHERE in this issue we republish from the Grafton ARGUS an address to the Parliament of New South Wales. It is the old story again of the neglect of these northern district by past…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some of the Reasons Why the Clarence and New England Railway Should Be Constructed. (Reprinted from the Clarence Examiner.)
THE electoral districts of Tenterfield, New England, The Gwydir, and The Clarence contain a population equal to about one-thirteenth of that of the whole colony of New South Wales…
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ALTHOUGH the Canadian Ministers have made provisional arrangements for a company to take up the entire construction of the proposed Canadian Pacific Railway, it appears that no definite steps can be…
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THE following letter appears in last Friday's Herald. We have no doubt our contemporaries in Inverell will answer "Hugh Wyndham's" letter:— Sir,—I observe that in spite of the adverse reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →G. N. Railway Extension—tamworth to Uralla
IT may be interesting to point to some facts connected with this extension. The contract was let on the 29th May, 1879, and the date by which it is to be completed is the 30th June, 1882; or three years and one…
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Per favour of J. SEE and J. M. PURVES, Esqs., Ms. P. Legislative Assembly, Friday, 8.30 p.m. THE following minute has been printed and circulated in the House:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Question. to the Editor of the Clarence Examiner
SIR,—The people of Grafton are to assemble on Tuesday evening to consider the action of the Government respecting the Railway between the Clarence and New England. Upon this there can scarcely be but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence and New [?] Railway. Monster Public Meeting
THE public meeting held on Tuesday night in theater Royal to consider the nation of the Government in [?] provision from their railway policy for any line [?] the Clarence with New England was reata inly threat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, March 16. the Railway Policy
A MESSAGE was read from his Excellency Governor, recommending to the consideration of the Assembly estimates of expenditure on account of public works for 1881, proposed to…
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