The Coast Railway
Mr. W. M. Stevenson writes to the Armidale Chronicle:—"As one of the delegates at the recent interview with the Minister re the connection with the coast, and being hard of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
77 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 4
Tram Bounders
Mr. G. W. P. Addison, S.M. of Sydney, recently hud a batch of hobbledehoys before him, charged with entering trams while the latter were in motion. This is a fashionable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Tickets
A delusion exists in certain quarters that the railway administration of this province is perfect, and that were butone button removed from a porter's waistcoat the whole splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Estimates
Through the courtesy of the Member for the Clarence, we are enabled to give the amounts proposed to be appropriated for the roads mentioned from 1st July 1807 to 30th June…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Public Roads
Mr, Editor.—The Circumlocution office that Charles Dickens anathematised so effectively 40 years ago, unfortunately seems to have its prototype in Australia to-day. "How…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Coast Railway. Railway and Water Carriage
Mr. Robert Campbell writes to the Herald: If the people of the North Coast wish to keep in sight of their surrounding competitors they must of necessity obtain more regular,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glen Innes and South Grafton Railway
We are indebted to the Member for Grafton for a copy of the report on and estimate of the cost of the proposed line of Railway from Glen Innes to South Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway to New England
Mr. Editor.—Having perused the report re railway to Glen Innes, 1 am not at all surprised to bear of the numerous difficulties to contend with, and the heavy cost of construction. All…
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Those who have travelled to any extant on the roads of the colony, particularly the northern portion of it, must have noticed the ineffective mode of macadamising,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lismore—grafton Railway and Land Settlement
During the visit of Mr. W. A. Smith to Lismore last week, several individuals in that town made disparaging statements with reference to extending the railway scuthwards to Grafton. The…
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It was not at all surprising that there was a puzzled expression on the countenances of the members of the Railway League at the meeting last week in the Council Chambers, when it became apparent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed North Coast Railway
To those who know that the North Coast District is bigger than Manly, and that the agricultural industry is of more importance than the Italian fruit trade—it is disquieting to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway
Speaking against the Minister for Works' proposal, to submit the Maitland-Taree railway to the Public Works Committe, Mr. See said "If it were proposed to make a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Tenders
Tenders for the following worke were opened at Maclean on Wednesday, the lowest tenderer in each case being given:- Ulmarra towards Corinda: 7¾ chains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway
The actual cost of the construction of the line from West Maitland to Lismore, exclusive of the Clarence River crossing, is estimated at £3,782.330, or £9,643 per mile,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vale Admiral Bridge
Admiral Bridge has been publicly dined and wined, and wept over, and adulated. He seems a very nice person, as far as British Admirals go. That is, he has done nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Guage Railway. Proposal to Be Considered by the Minister
The Member for Glen Innes has written to the Minister for Works: "As the Tableland looks to the North Coast as the readiest and cheapest mode of transit, I wish to draw…
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