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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

89 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 5

A Gigantic Railway Project

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1882 · page 3

MOST decidedly the biggest thing in creation will be (says Iron) the line of railway proposed to be made by Mr Rowan Helper, on engineer of Missouri, when completed. Mr Helper has put forward a…

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Correspondence. [THE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents.] the Condition of the Roads. to the Editor of the Clarence Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1882 · page 2

Sir,—As a traveller upon the roads, I desire to draw the attention of those porsons whose duty it is to supervise them, to the almost impassable condition of some portions of the road between the shipping…

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Sending Telegrams From a Train in Motion

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 7

A SYSTEM for enabling a railway-train in motion to send and receive telegrams was recently tried (The Times states) on the Atlanta to Charlotte aerial railway in America. It is the invention of Captain C…

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Colonial Telegraphic News. Serious Railway Collision at Bathurst. Bathurst

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 3

At half-past 3 o'clock this morning a serious collision, and one purely attributable to gross neglect on the part of some of the railway officials, took place at the gates just outside the Bathurst railway…

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Gazette Notifications. Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1882 · page 4

NOTICE is given of the intention to open the undermentioned roads, objections to same to be lodged in writing with the clerk of the Executive Council on or beforo 10th December:—…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Melbourne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1882 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A disastrous railway collision occurred about half-past 6 on Saturday evening on the Hawthorn line, between the special train, and the ordinary train from Melbourne. The disaster…

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Camping Reserves on the Armidale Road. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 3

SIR,—I wish to draw the attention of your readers to a matter of vital importance to the whole people of the Clarence district, that is the fencing off of the camping reserves on the Armidale road. A more,…

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The Late Railway Accident Near Melbourne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 8

ON Tuesday, an inquest was commenced on the body of Millam Couzens Thomas, who died from the result of injuries sustained in the railway collision. Several official reports have been received by the…

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Correspondence. [THE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents.] Railway—n. Grafton to Tenterfield. to the Editor of the Clarence Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 4

SIR,—All friends of the North Grafton and Tenterfield route for a line of railway, must rejoice at the turn the late elections have taken, There is now but little hope to hold out to the advocates, of the…

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