The Railway Revenue
The report of the Railway Commissioners that has just been issued shows that the railways did well for the year ending on the 30th of June last. Enough money was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
77 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 4
Political and Social. the Moree-inverell Railway
On Wednesday evening the third reading of the Moree-Inverell Railway Bill was carried in the Legislative Assembly by a large majority. It was opposed very vehemently…
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It has been reserved for Russia to undertake what will probably rank as the monumental railway enterprise of the nineteenth century—this…
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The announcement by the Minister that he intends submitting this line to the Public Works Committee has revived railway agitation locally. A petition is heine, largely…
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As there is a movement to support the action ot the Minister for Works in his decision to submit portions of this line to the Works Committee, the following remarks on a…
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Under the heading " Grain and Chaff " "The Ralter" writes to the Glen Innes Examiner. "I must congratulate the Minister for Works on his broad, liberal, and statesmanlike idea…
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Specifications at the Court-house show that the following rond improvements are to be carried out. Kelly's, via Sharpe's, to Moonee, an…
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A public meeting, convened by requisition to the Chamber of Commerce, to support the Minister for Works in his proposal to submit the Grafton-Lismore section of the North…
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The night had closed in about an hour. A keen wind had risen to westward on the Thames, beaten up gustily against the strong floodtide…
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MR. EDITOR.—Consequent upon the promise made by the Minister for Public Works in Parliament on the 24th August last—"that he intended to propose for consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Any Bicycle May be a Motor Cycle
A new motor bicycle invontion, conceived in the brains of Nye and Lewis, two Americans, has startled the cycling world. It is a small oil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Coast and New England Railways
Mr. Mc'Laughlin, M.P., has been touring his electorate, and in an address at the Bellinger the other day, thus referred to North Coast railways — "Seeing how cheaply money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners
My forecast to the Examiner many weeks ago of the appointments in the ranks of the Railway Commissioners has been verifled. On the occasion alluded to, I expressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bridge at Kempsey
Some time ago tendera were called by the Minister for Works for the construction of a bridge at Kempsey. A number were sent in, and after due consideration one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moree to Inverell Railway
Dr. Garran moved the second reading of the Moree to Inverell Railway Bill, in the Upper House on Thursday. The bill, he said, was not a re-introduction of a bill which had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New England-coast Railway
Why ia the agitation for a railway from New England to the Coast allowed to slumber True, we have the promise of the Minister for Works that the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ramming Trams
The most fashionable Amusement in Sydney cycling circles just now is to attempt to run into a tram and knock it off the rails. Considered as a pastime, this is more exciting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Railway. From Ouyra to Coffs Harbor. From the Armidale Chronicle
Mr. Lonsdale, M.P., introducing the recent deputation to the Minister for Works, presented a petition from residents of the districts interested, asking for the completion…
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MR. EDITOR,—For some time past there has been no apparent active movement in Grafton, with regard to the railway from New England to the Coast. But at Coff's…
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After a prolonged period or silence, the Member for Uralla-Walcha, Mr. Piddington, entered upon the war- path on Thursday evening, and condemned the Government…
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