The Roads at South Grafton
WE have frequently had in times past to criticise the action of the Roads Department with respect to the roads in this district. But we scarcely know of any instance where…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
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Road Contracts
For improvements on Corinda road, between South Grafton and Halfway Creek, 13 tenders were received: lowest, Joseph Thorley, £70 ls. Near Glenuglc 15 received; lowest. James O'Brien, £110 15s 10d. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Peep into 1893. The Road we have to Travel
AT the present moment New South Wales is hard up; no stretch of snuguincss, no matter how elastic it may he in the gloved hands of hope, can alter that fact. We have a deficit…
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A bridge is much needed over this creek not far from its confluence with the Orara. A number of selectors are settled on the other side of the creek, who raise a considerable…
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THE report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on the proposed Glen Innes to Inverell Railway was laid before…
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WE have received another communication respecting the official reports on improvements to the road leading from the Armidale road to the Temporary Common at South…
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Referring to a letter in this journal of [?]th ultimo, signed by W. A. B. Greaves, dealing with roads on the Upper Clarence, we are officially informed that no application has…
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Mr. EDITOR.—The Lawrence-Grafton road has improved rapidly the last twelve months, and improvements are still going on, so that this road will very soon — at least in dry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Floods. The Brisbane River Again in High Flood. Terrible Destruction on the North Coast Railway
BRISBANE, Monday, 10.20 a.m.—The Brisbane River on Friday receded to its normal level, but is now again in high flood, the water beeing within 8[?] of the flood of 1890, but is still…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Public Meeting at Ulmarra. To Urge for Road Grants
IN answer to the Mayor's advertisement about 100 people gathered at the Council Chambers on Saturday, to take steps to urge the Government to grant further sums of…
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SOME time back we quoted, from a Glen Innes contemporary, a complaint that timber for repairs to the Mann River bridge had been brought all the way from Sydney,…
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THE recent floods appear to have done much damage to the roads in and about Casino. The Mayor telegraphed to the Members urging a special grant of £1000 to repair roads…
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MR. EDITOR.—The Government, as all are doubtless aware, do many pieces of work, the majority of which are of great benefit to the persons for whose convenience they are intended. But there is a structure…
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THE contributed article which appeared in our last issue, descriptive to some extent of Kangaroo Creek and the means of communication between Grafton and that important…
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TRAIN communication could be carried on Friday between Muswellbrook and Jennings, but between Muswellbrook and Newcastle it was interrupted, owing to…
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ONE of the most interesting exhibits at Chicago—and we may add most instructive, could it be brought under the view of the Roads Department of this colony—will be one of all…
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A CORRESPONDENT from the Orara writes:— Your articles on the Kangaroo Creek roads and the roads of the district generally, convey a justly-merited reproach to the people…
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At a meeting held at Kangaroo Creek on Tuesday, a vote of thanks was accorded the Examiner for drawing attention to the condition of the roads at Kangaroo Creek, and…
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An interesting piece of engineering work was thrown open recently. This is the Liverpool overhead railway, which is the first undertaking of the kind in England, and is,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Leading to the South Arm Punt
A CORRESPONDENT writes, inviting our attention to the urgent necessity that exists for some improvement being effected to the road between the South Arm punt at Maclean and…
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