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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

81 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 5

Glen Innes to Inverell Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1894 · page 8

SPEAKING in favour of the second rending of the bill authorising the construction of the Glen Innes-Inverell railway, Mr. SEE said: I suppose there has been no…

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ESTABLISHED 1859. the Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday Morning, April 17Th. 1894. The Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1894 · page 8

WE observe that exception has been taken in some quarters to the refusal of the Public Works Committee, to recommend the deviation of the railway avoiding the Zig-zag,…

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The Lismore-Twced Railway. The Opening Ceremony. Who Will Pay?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1894 · page 8

WE gather from a report in the Lismore Chronicle that the prospect of a large fund, to defray the cost of a demonstration at the opening of the railway, is not as encouraging…

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Road Contracts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 5

TENDERS are invited for the following road contracts, specifications of which are on view at the Courthouse— M'Intosh's to Nymboida, at creek near…

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Bridge over Blaxland's Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 8

MR. EDITOR— I wish to protest against a bridge being put over Blaxland's Creek for my benefit, Any load I can draw through my brother's swampy paddock, I can draw…

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The Road Contracts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 8

MR. EDITOR— The letter in your issue of Saturday from "Toiler" is a sensible one, and demands notice. "Toiler" appears to me to be a man of experience, and knows…

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Our Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 8

MR. EDITOR— So our Railway Commissioners are in a complete fix, and can find no way of making our railways pay, but by a further reduction in the wages (or the working hours,…

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Bridge over Blaxland's Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 8

MR. EDITOR— I am glad,Mr. Ellis has come out of his shell, for we now know our enemy. Mr. Ellis is a God-fearing man; I am, there fore, astonished at him stating what is not…

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Bridge over Blaxland's Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 6

MR, EDITOR—I wish to say that Matthew Ellis being acarrier, draws his corn across this creek with 10 or 18 bullocks; but it is a different thing to the man that only has two…

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Railway Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 3

MR. EDITOR— It is pleasing to find from the report of Mr. John See's most recent electioneering speech, that he has at length become converted, even though it has taken…

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Railway Extension. The Wheat Lands of New England. The Upper Clarence and Dorrigo Country

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes- " I am quite astounded- that so many people who under take to discuss the question of railway extension between the North Coast and the Table…

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Railway Extension

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 3

ONE of the best speeches-viewed from a truly national standpoint upon railway extension in the nor thern part of the colony was…

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The Liismorc-Twecd Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 4

AN event of importance to the whole of the North Coast will take place at Lismore today, in the opening of the first section of a railway line in the north-eastern districts of…

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Railway Demonstration at Xilsmore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 8

A COBRESPONDENT writes:-"My last reference to the coming railway opening demonstration nt Lismore did not, it appears, find favor in the sight of certain notabilities of…

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Lismore-tweed Railway. Opening of the First Sections. [By Our Own Reporter.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 4

LISMORE was never Seen to botter advantage than on Tuesday last, when a large concourses of people as sembled in the town to witness or take part in the demonstration that was to celebrate the openiug of the…

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South Grafton-Dorrigo Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 4

MR. N. CHALMERS, surveyor from the Railway Department, and who was formerly engaged with Mr. Surveyor Cummins in conducting-surveys in this district, arrived…

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The Lismore-Tweed Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 8

REFERRING to the section of this line opened last week the special reporter of the S.M. Herald observes: " The line under notice has aptly been termed, by those opposed to…

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[Established 1859.] the Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday Morning, June 5Th, 1894. Intercolonial Produce Exchange. the Sugar Industry. Interchange of Products Between Districts. Federation for One-railway Communication for the Other

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1894 · page 4

THE Vice-Regal speech delivered at the opening of the Victorian- Parliament, contains at least two paragraphs of especial moment to New South. Wales. One of those being of…

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Narrow-Gauge Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1894 · page 8

ATTENTION may be called to the communication on the subject of narrow-gauge railways addressed by the Railway Commissioners of N. S. W., in 1892, to the Minister for Railways…

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Road-making Machine. a Good Spec for Councils

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 4

SOME considerable time buck we suggested that the Borough Council might do worse than to purchase one of the then newly invented road machines. We thought, at…

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