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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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The Grafton-glen Innes Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 8

MR. EDITOR When the people of Inverell advocated some time ago a connection by railway with Moree, it was partly in consequence of the fooling that had taken place…

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The Grafton-Glen Innes Western Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 8

IT must be pleasing to those who have for the last 25 years strenuously and patriotically advocated a direct railway from Grafton to New England to see that at last the Clarence…

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The Railway Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes: " I enclose to you a clipping from a paper published in a remote part of the colony. It refers to an agitation going on with reference to the construction…

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The Railway Revenue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 4

THE financial year of the railway department will close on the 30th instant, w[?]fen the report of the Commissioners will show that he not earnings for the twelve months were…

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A Bridge Disaster at Victoria

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 June 1896 · page 8

A TELEGRAPH from Victoria (B.C.) to the San Francisco Chronicle, dated 26th May, says:— The most awful accident in the history of the Pacific North-west occurred in this city. A…

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Humorous Column. a Tramp with Ambition

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 June 1896 · page 7

"YES, I've jest bin takin' a tramp to the hospital," replied a farmer who was making some purchases. He had been on my hands two weeks, and I couldn't afford to keep…

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The Coast-tableland Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 June 1896 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Inverell Times:—The two letters from Mr. Butler in your issues are certainly interesting, so far as they convey the impressions received on a,…

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Coast-tableland Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1896 · page 5

INCREASED interest is manifested in the construction of a line of railway from New England to the Coast. The residents of Maclean have taken the matter up, and a…

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The Grafton Glen Innes Railway. Public Meeting at Maclean

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 8

IN pursuance of a resolution of the last meeting of the Maclean Council, a public meeting was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of co-operating with…

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The Coast Tableland Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 4

ACCORDING to the local Budget the late railway meeting at Armidale was not significant by its enthusiasm. The Budget says to ventilate the matter and test the public feeling,…

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The Railway Question. the Conference Imperative

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 July 1896 · page 4

WE are rather at a loss to conceive why it is that the proposed Conference on the railway question should have fallen through. The reason assigned is that Inverell, is not…

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Roads on the School Lands

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 4

FOR a long time hundreds of the unemployed were engaged, under the direction of the Departmental Engineers, in clearing a portion of the church and school lands in the…

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The Railway Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 8

THE Glen Innes Examiner writes—"Time and again for many years the people of Glen Innes nave fought shoulder to shoulder with Inverell in their laudable endeavour to secure…

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Mr. Lee, M.l.a., on Railway Schemes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 4

IN another column we give a portion of Mr. LEE'S recent speech at Tenterfield on the railway to the coast question. His remarks will be useful to the coming conference, the…

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Mr C. Lee, M.l.a., on Railway Extension

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 8

THE following extracts from Mr. Lee's reported speech, delivered recently at Tenterfield, will no doubt prove intereatingto those who understand the subject spoken on by…

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The Clarenza Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 8

MR. EDITOR.—The official correspondence in the Examiner of 25th instant states the delay in expending grant on road leading to A. Livingstone's, Clarenza, arose from the…

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The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. the Railway Question. Mr. Statham's Exploration. Its Route. Its Possible Success

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 4

THE official announcement that the MINISTER will await the exploration by Mr. STATHAM of the route be has suggested before proceeding with the survey will not be without its…

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The Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Department for the year ending on the 30th June last, is a more favorable, document than many people expected it would be. Of course there was a…

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The Tableland Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 8

MR. EDITOR.—With reference to the desired railway line from the coast to Inland, I think it is well to the point to make some remarks to show that it is the duty of the Ministry in…

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Chamber of Commerce. Proposed Railway Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting bf members was held on Thursday evening, the President in the chair, to consider the question of where the forthcoming conference of delegates will be…

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