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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

81 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 5

A Railway Job

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 8

WHEN the Marrickville-Burw[?]ood Road railway was under consideration, we expressed ourselves very strongly on the subject, in condemnation of what was an…

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Rapid Railway Travelling

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 8

THE world's record by a run of 540 miles from London to Aberdeen in 538 minutes, or an average, speed of more than,60 miles an hour, will come as a revelation to those who…

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Amended Railway Survey.— Glen Innes Route

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 4

WITH reference to a paragraph which appeared in our issue of the 20th August, taken from a correspondent's communication, in which the writer asked if there was…

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Grafton to Glen Innes and Inverell. the Road and the Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 5

THE Member for Glen Innes put the following questions to Ministers recently, eliciting the accompanying replies: To Minister for VVorks—(1.) Will he kindly…

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Lismore to Casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 8

THE necessity that exists for extending the railway from Lismore to Casino was impressed upon the Minister for Works by a deputation consisting of Messrs. Pyers, Lee,…

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Railways. Non-paying. How to Make Them Pay

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending 30th June, 1895, has been presented to Parliament. In that year the financial results are shown to have been—…

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Editorial Echoes. Bridge or Embankment

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 4

BRIDGES have been a source of great trouble, amongst many others, to the Grafton Borough Council. The Mary-street structure has not been the one that has caused the least…

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Railways Again

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 8

THE movement at Casino for the extension of the railway to that town from Lismore is an indication that the people of that place are awake to their oportunities. Such…

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The Clarence Examiner Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. the Railway Commissioners Report. a Bad Bargain

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 4

By the courtesy of the RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS, we have before us a copy of their annual report on the railways and tramways of the colony for the year ending 30th June,…

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Maclean-Palmer's Channel Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 4

SIR—Will the Government road between Maclean and Palmer's Channel ever be traflieable in wet weather while Reedy Creek is blocked by eighteen log drains;…

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The [?] Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Railways— Empty Trucks— Bulllock Teams—farm Produce. Why Not Face-the Music? the Tune Being "Grafton-glen Innes Railway."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 4

SOME of our Tableland contemporaries are considerably exorcised over the empty truck business. It appears to have been elicited by Mr. BLACK, M.P., that during the last…

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Country Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 3

IN the discussion on the Goulburn-Crookwell line in the Assembly last week Mr. SEE said: I consider that this will be a good paying line. I think the House is justified in…

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Railway Discussion Revival

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 4

As the railway question is being revived it may prove interesting to recall some of the references to the line (Grafton to the Tweed) as dealt with by the Public Works Committee…

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Inverell Railway Matters

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 5

INVERELL is just now a house divided against itself on the railway question. One party is contending for Moree; another for Glen Innes. In this contention there is the danger…

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Railway Agitation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1895 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes — "The railway agitation is extending. Inverell is in lively contention. Casino has made a move. Guyra, supported strenuously by Armidale,…

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A Railway to the Tableland a Mis-statement

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1895 · page 4

IT is much to be regretted, we think, that so much misrepresentation should find a place in journalism. We have no objection to a fair argument in which local interests…

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Inveretz on National and Parochial Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 3

MR. BORTHWICK, speaking at an Inverell railway meeting, urged the advocacy of a national policy, such as was involved in a railway connection with Glen Innes and…

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The Governing Principles of Statis Railway Construction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes: " I find the Hon. R. E. O'Connor, speaking at the inaugural banquet of the Chamber of Manufactures, is reported to have said 'too much attention…

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The Inverell Railway. What the Meeting Should Do

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 8

SINCE the previous meeting at Inverell to which we have referred to in another column, was held, there has been another meeting, at which Mr. F. A,…

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Railway Agitation.—north Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 4

THIS movement, which has taken the shape of a public meeting, at Stockton, for the purpose of advocating the construction of the North Coast line, is very much of a…

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