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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
48 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3
SIR,—I drew public attention some time since, through your columns, to the bad condition of the Newton Boyd line of road, particularly that portion of it towards Dundee and Vegetable Creek. My…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following appeared last week as a letter in the S. M. Herald:—I beg leave to pass a few remarks on an article in your journal of the 2nd instant, referring, among other matters, to railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway extension from Uralla to Armidale (distant 200 miles from Newcastle) took place yesterday, when the new line (15 miles long) was officially opened by the Minister for Works, Mr Copeland,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A leading article in Wednesday's Herald, commenting on Mr C. H. Fawcett's letter, condemns the construction of a railway from New England to the Clarence, as a port [?] with liability of delays and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN a letter which we published a few days ago, Mr C. H. Fawcett gave a new tum to the discussion about a railway from New England to the coast Commenting, some time before, upon the loss of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Some time ago you advocated with commendable foresight and ability, the construction of a line of railway from South Grafton up the valley of the Orara River. You also argued that such works,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE extension of the Great Northern Railway from Uralla to Armidale, was formally opened on Thursday, by the Hon. H. Copeland, Minister for Public Works. About 150 persons left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A NOTICE issued by the Brighton Railway Company —to the effect that there are missing from there rolling stock seven first-class carriages, two composite carriages, eight second-class carriages, two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT about 4.30 p.m. on Saturday a serious accident happened on the tramway line at the junction of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets. It seems that motor No. 17, with two tramcars, started late from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE learn that the trial survey is being pushed northward, for the coast railway, The Ministry are, however, puzzled by the grand estate (400,000 acres) of the A. A. Company. For…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Decanville system of light railways, for passenger and goods traffic, has been brought under the notice of the Hon. the Minister of Works, by Mr Clement Van der Velde,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I notice by the report of Sir Henry Parkes' sppech at Tenterfield, that he takes to himself credit for being the first to advocate—nine years back— railway communication from the Clarence to New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TO THE EDITOR OF THE CLARENCE EXAMINER. Sir.—For a number of years I have advocated a railway from South Grafton to Glen Innes. I went into figures, made calculations, and did my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE visit of Sir Henry Parkes to the Northern rivers has brought the question of railway communication with the Clarence district prominently under public notice. At the present time the people there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I read with much pleasure in your last Saturday's issue a letter signed H. O. T. If the writer is as genuine and sincere as he would have us to believe, the friends of the proposed North Grafton and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A DEPUTATION of residents of Richmond and Lismore, accompanied by Messrs. Gray, Hutchinson, and Garvan, M's.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works on Friday, to ask that a survey for a railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHILE legislators, leading residents, and members of progross committees are wrangling as to what direction a railway shall intersect the main trunk line now being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A TELEGRAM from Glen Innes, to the EVENING NEWS, states that the rough estimate given by the special reporter of the S. M. HERALD is so full of fallacious statements respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owing to heavy rain, there was a poor attendance at the public meeting held on Wednesday evening, to take steps to rebut the alleged gross misstatements contained in an article in the S. M. Harald as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Tuesday, a large and representative meeting was held in the Town Hall, to take into consideration the question of railway extension to Inverell. The chair was taken by the Mayor (Mr J. W. Moore), and…
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