The Southgate Road
THE action of the Council at its late meeting in respect to the Southgate road, cannot but be highly commended. It is a step in the right direction, so far as it goes in urging upon the Department of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
174 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 9
The Mountain View Road
THE ENGINEER FOR ROADS got the "bulge" to some extent on the Council in his report upon this application; but it is scarcely possible to go with officialism entirely in its contentions. There has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Saturday Morning, 8Tk Decbmber, 1888. The Roads in the Grafton and Clarence Electorates
ON looking over the Estimates now before the Assembly we have been forcibly strack with the very, small provision made for the electorates of Grafton and the Clarence in the form of special votes for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway. The Sydney "Echo's" Views
THE letter of Mr. Philip Cohen in the Echo on the proposed North Coast railway deals with a subject which will become more and more a prominent one. New South Wales may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Echoes Far and Near. The Clarence System of Railways
THE stir made by the recent Deputation is still bearing fruit in the form of newspaper comments upon the Clarence system of Railways. Some persons of course, as might be expected, desirous of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Political and Social Letter. Railway Reforms
THE Railway Commissioners are effecting some reforms in connection with the railway rates. It has been the custom to charge 20 per cent more for carrying flour, grain, &c., from the ports to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Railway Construction and Harbour Improvement League
A MEETING of the Executive Committee was held on Wednesday. Present—Messrs. T. Bawden (in the chair), Waterhouse, Page, Munro, Hockey, M'Kittrick. Davies, Rutledge, Varley, and Rev. R…
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REFERRING to a letter from Mr. Wyndham in the S. M. Herald, the Glen Innes Examiner says.— "Mr. Wyndham cannot publicly be bronght to acknowledge the preponderating advantages the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. [By Telegram.] Tuesday's Sitting. Serious Charges made Against a Railway Commissioner
IN the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. FARNELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to prohibit public gambling on racecourses. Mr. WANT moved the adjournment of the House…
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A MEETING of the Executive Committee was held on Wednesday. Present—Messrs. S. See (in the chair), Waterhouse, Page (secretary), Bawden, Davies, Rutledge, M'Kittrick and Rothschild…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Leasing of the Tramways
FRIDAY morning's Melbourne Argus published a telegram from Sydney which stated that Mr. Levien asserted in the Assembly last night that, when in Melbourne, Mr. Robert Bowman…
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THE Railway Commissioners appear to be making a close and inquisitorial investigation into the new Railway line projects, preparatory to submitting their reports on the probable traffic to be derived…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Capital
THE colony spent £26,532,122 on railways in operation last year, and yet, after notice of a question, in the name of Mr. Black, had been on the business paper of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tramway Scandal. A Local Company with a Million Sterling
IT has been generally understood that applications for the leasing of the tramways were made by three syndicates, and somehow the impression has gained ground that those syndicates represented…
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