The Grafton-tweed Railway
SIR.—I am a constant reader of your valuable journal, and cannot help taking great notice of the letters that appear about the railway. Mr. Bathgate and Mr. M'Kittrick should at least tell the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
97 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 5
Mr. M'Kittrick and the Grafton-Tweed Railway
THE following appears in Tuesday's DAILY TELEGRAPH under "Topics of the Day":—According to our Grafton correspondent, the local council is to be asked by solemn motion to-morrow night to "express its disapproval of the course taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Grafton-Tweed Railway
THE following letter appeared in the Sydney Daily Telegraph on Saturday last, and is headed "How the Cat Jumps." Your correspondent Mr. M'Kittrick has been…
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SIR.—The people of the Clarence seem to have railways on the brain, and propose running lines in all directions—one writer speaks of going to the moon; but it appears to me, and many others, their ideas…
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Railway League formed, December, 1872. Indignation meeting re Railway 22nd Marah, 1881. Grafton has been persistently asking for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the E. NEWS.)
SIR.—The Legislative Council having referred the Grafton-Tweed Railway to a select committee, means that the members of that House required further information before sanctioning a measure…
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SIR.—In yesterday's issue of your journal, a writer signing himself[?] A Disinterested Party," asks "Why it is the [?] between here and the Richmond has not [?] taken up, while the land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Examiner. Published on Tuesday and Saturdays, at Gua[?]ton Tuesday, November 23Rd, 1886. Cheap Railways
AT some time the problem of cheap railways must be faced. It is not to be expected that the country can go on providing for the necessities of improved transit, and to…
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IT is intended to open the following roads, and any objections that may exist to such a course must be lodged with the Clerk of the Executive Council within one month from the 19th instant:…
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SIR.—I am a little surprised that "Fair Play," in your issue of to-day, should have fallen into the trap so adroitly laid in the article published in the Freeman's Journal a short time ago, and which…
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THE adjourned hearing of the case of alleged conspiracy to defraud the railway department, preferred against Messrs. Wright, Heston and others, was called on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Roads about Woodburn
A LARGELY attended meeting was held at Woodburn last week to take into consideration what might be done to remedy the bad state of the roads. Resolutions were passed affirming that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Name for Our Colony. Railway and Rarbour Works
SIR.—In the last issue of the [?] and Country Journal a prize of £2 2s is offered by the proprietors of that paper for the best future name of our colony (at present "wrongly" named New South…
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IN the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, before his Honor Mr. Acting-Judge Stephen, F. A. Wright, E. Heaton, and eight others appeared to answer the charge of conspiring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Grafton-Tweed Railway The Separation Question. Public Meeting
A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Theatre on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of deciding what further course of action should be taken to support the claims of these districts respecting a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tramp's Indomitable Backbone
CONDUCTOR ABBOTT, of the Pleasant Valley branch of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, telle a story about a tramp who tried to steal a ride down the canyon on his train. The tramp climbed upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soldier Tramp. [Scene—a San Francisco Poli[?] Court.]
"YEE honour, I pleads guilty; I'm a b[?]mer; I don't deny the [?]op here found me drunk; I don't deny that through the whole long summer The sun warmed earth has been my only bunk,…
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