A Tramp's Romance
"WAS you ever disappointed in love?" inquired the chronic loafer jocularly of the traveller, at which sally the rest of the party laughed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1895
81 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 5
Tenders for Road Contracts
THIS week tenders closed for the following contracls on the roads specified, the lowest tenders being given in each case: 14/05—Grafton-Glen Innes innd, about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway From Inverell to Moree. Help Them
SOME of the Inverell people (about twenty of them) have had a public meeting in advocacy of the Moree to Inverell railway. The line in question is part of that scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coutt's Crossing Bridge
ON Saturday Mr. W. Cowan presided over a meeting of the Orara and Armidale Road Progress Association, when the following letter was read—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[Established 1859.] the Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday Morning. May 7Th, 1895. Roads and Bridges. Administrative Changes.—are They Judicious?
THE changes—local and otherwise—that are taking place amongst the officers of the Roads and Bridges Department afford some evidence of the financial exigencies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Editorial Echoes. the Tableland Railway Question
THE Tenterfield Star is making an effort to awaken interest in the railway to the coast question. In that respect we wish it success, feeling as we do that the subject has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Connection between the Clarence and the Tableland
MR. EDITOR—As an earnest advocate of the desirability of connecting the Clarence and Tableland districts by means of a railway, permit, me to express the pleasure, which I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coldstream Bridge. Telephone Office for Cowper
A MEETING of those interested in the above important matters was held at the Gowper Assembly Rooms on Saturday last; Mr. J. B. Carlton, J.P., presiding. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roads and Tires
THE Victorians, especially those interested in Shire Councils, are much exercised just now upon the subject of width of tires, a bill in relation to which is being introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lismore-Tweed Section of the Grafton-Tweed Railway
APPLICATION was recently made to the Railway Commissioners for the construction of three sidings on the line of railway between Lismore and the Tweed. The cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Council on Some Railways
DURING the discussion in the Council on railway extension, Mr.H.C. Dangar commented very strongly on the cost and revenue of the Lismore-Tweed railway; while Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension for Profit. a Valuable Opinion
MR. GOODCHAP, M.L.O.,ex-Commissioner for Railways, speaking on the Parkes-Condobolin railway proposal, contributed to the information possessed by some members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Timber Industry. One of the Big Things of the Future. Reproductive Railways
ONE of the most promising pursuits likely to benefit the country is that of timber-getting, and possibly, with suitable facilities, there is no district in the colony where that industry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cutting Railway Sleepers
THIS is not an unknown business on the Clarence. Our hardwood forests, besides turning out their thousands of spokes, slabs, posts, rails, palings, and the enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Contracts. Some Abuses.— Remedies
Is it not almost time that the Government did something to prevent labouring men and business men from being robbed by the class of persons known as contractors? We…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Contracts
TENDERS are invited for the following— South Grafton-Moonee road — Between Corinda and Redbank creeks, 100 yards maintenance metal. Near culvert, 3½ miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Editorial Echoes. Those Road Contracts Again
WE are glad to observe that an effort is being made in support of our contention in favour of some improvement in the matter of Goverment contracts in country districts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenders for Road Contracts
TENDERS closed on Thursday for the following contracts, those mentioned being the lowest. 6-95, near Sandy Creek bridge, J. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Yankee Tramp in Glasgow
GLASGOW is the best town for tramps that I found anywhere. Its lodginghouses are known everywhere, and as soon as I was well within the city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cold Storage and Light Railways
SPEAKING in the Assembly Mr. SEE said: With regard to the questions of cold storage and light lines of railway, I heard the hon. member who seconded the adaption of the…
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