Our Railways
MR. GOODCHAP'S last report on the railways and tramways of this colony, dated October 20, 1888, states that on June 30, 1888, there had been expended on lines open for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
174 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 9
Echoes Far and Near. The Railway Commissioner and the Railway Employees
Mr, EDDY, the mouthpiece of the Railway Commissioners, in reply to Mr. SCHEY, M.P., has made no uncertain announcement as to what the Commissioners intend as between themselves and the…
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How many miles of railway in the United States? One hundred and fifty thousand six hundred miles—about half the mileage of the world. How much have they cost?…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Local Railways and Harbour Improvement. The Premier Interviewed. An Influential Deputation
SYDNEY, FRIDAY, 2.35 P.M.—The Deputation to the Premier consisted of nearly 200, including the following members of Parliament:—Messrs. John See, Matthews, Lyne, M'Farlane, Stevenson, Ewing,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Saturday Morning, 17Th November, 1888. Railway Extension in these Districts
As the question of Railway Extension in these districts is the vital one of the day, it will, no doubt, be interesting to see what the Statistical Register says of them. The…
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THE Delegates from the Clarence met at Town Hall on Tuesday morning. Present—Mr. S. See (chairman), Page, J.P., Doberer, Varley, Bawden, J.P., Hewitt, J.P., Francis, Young, S. Cohen, J.P.,…
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THE following appeared in Tuesday's Daily Telegraph:— Sir.—A correspondent, signing himself "New England Resident," in your issue of the 10th, states…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "Herald" again on the Clarence Railways. By Telegram
SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The S.M. Herald in a leader this morning concludes by saying that Sir Henry Parkes rightly said that the extension of our railway system must not have as one of its understood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grafton-Glen Innes-Inverell Railway. (From Saturday's Daily Telegraph.)
MUCH more than the importance ordinarly attaching to railway deputations may be claimed for the one which waited upon Sir Henry Parkes yesterday to urge the construction of a line from Grafton to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Grafton-Glen Innes Railway. "From the Australian Star."
THERE is a dogmatism in science and in politics quite as offensive (and as misleading) as that to be found in religion. We have had many illustrations of that fact in Australasia. Selwyn, the…
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THE Weekly News, a Sydney paper edited by Mr. John Haynes, M. P., says—A great deputation interviewed the Colonial Secretary on the Grafton railway project on Friday. Some good matter was…
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THE following letter appears in the S.M. Herald— Sir.—Being present with the Deputation which waited on the Premier on Friday for the purpose of advocating our claims for the railway from Grafton…
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ON Friday afternoon, immediately after the interview with the Premier on the subject of railway extension in the North and the Clarence River harbour improvements was concluded, Mr. John…
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SPECIFICATIONS are on view at the Court-house for the following works, to be carried out on the roads referred to— Bellinger road—4 chains clearing, and first-class…
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PUBLIC meetings, to receive the report of the Deputation that recently interviewed the Premier, will be held at the School of Arts, Grafton, on Thursday evening, and the Mechanics Institute,…
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SIR.—I notice in your issue of last Tuesday, in a report of a meeting of the Woolgoolga Progress Association, that Mr. Pullen proposed, "That Mr. Statham be informed as to the condition of the…
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THE result of the recent influential Deputation, to urge upon the Premier the desirability of at once constructing the above lines of Railway, appears to have been practically very little, and when the…
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SIR.—In your issue of last Saturday, you had a paragraph about my interview with the Premier re the above, wherein it stated that the Member for the Clarence said "he was opposed to my movement."…
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AT the meeting of the Deputation that visited Sydney, held on Thursday afternoon, there were present Messrs. S. See (in the chair), T. Page, W. H. Waterhouse, J. D. Gray, T. Bawden, G. H…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Saturday Morning, 1St December, 1888. The Chief Commisssioner and the Railways
THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER FOR RAILWAYS is not only making himself acquainted with the Railway system and its requirements, but he is also looking forward to extending…
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