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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
106 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 6
THE meeting of last Tuesday week merged so suddenly from the consideration of railway proposals to those for separation, that it may well be claimed that it took…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Clarence River district [?] agitation is going on for separation, the ground of it being the neglect of the district in the matter of railways. When our railways paid, no district was taxed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, SUNDAY.—Disastrous floods have occurred all over the southern part of the colony. The lower parts of Brisbane and of Woolloongabba are submitted, and all traffic by road stopped. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the end of November last year instructions were given to Mr. Herbert Palmer, the officer in charge of the Trial Survey Branch of the Railway Department, to prepare…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A PUBLIC MEETING has been convened by the MAYOR for Wednesday evening, in accordance with a request made by a number of citizens, to consider the advisability of again…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting, convened by requisition to the Mayor, was held in the Council Chambers, Ulmarra, on Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of constructing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON WEDNESDAY evening last, a public meeting convened by the Mayor, in response to a uumeroualy signed requisition, was held in the School of Arts, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FROM a gentlemen who during last week travelled over a good deal of the district we learn that some of the roads are in a very bad state. That from Grafton to Southgate is described as one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM all parts of the district we hear complaints of the bad condition of the roads and the difficulties that people have to contend with who are compelled to use vehicles. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE yesterday received the following telegram from the member for Grafton:- "I have had an interview with Mr. Bennett, Engineer-for-Roads, and called his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON his return journey, Sir Henry Parkes had another interview with Mr Speight, chairman of the Victorian Railway Board, on the question of railways, and was furnished with a large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR.—It is very satisfactory to those who use the roads to know that your frequent comments on the bad state of those in this district, have had the desired effect, and that the department have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. PRICE WILLIAMS, one of the best known authorities in England on mining and railway questions, has just left New Zealand for England, after three months' sojourn. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAND has been resumed for the following roads, which are confirmed by notification in the Gazette. It bas been deemed expodient to open them, and all claims to compensation must be made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, FRIDAY EVENING.—We have received the following telegram from Mr. J. M'Farlane, member for The Clarence:- "Have received letters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In common with other losses sustained by residents through the ever-memorial flood of January last, the foot bridge spanning Alumny Creek, in Bacon-street, has been swept from its position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday afternoon last a public meeting, attended by about 30 persons, was held at Farrell's hotel, Southgate, to take into consideration the desirability of urging upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT will be remombered the Nyngan-Cobar railway was the only line submitted by the late Government of which the Upper House accepted the plans and books of references. It was thus approved by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Evening News states that the first obstacle to carrying out political lines, or, as Mr. Brunker termed them, "political swindles," has been raised by the Secretary for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENDERS are invited for the execution, of a number of contracts on the Newton Boyd and Armidale roads, amongst which are the following:—Grafton to Armidale road: Formation and metalling from…
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