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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
121 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 7
SINCE Mr.l Bailey's departure from the district, the assistant road superintendent here (Mr. T. Egan) has been saddled with an extra amount of work. So severe has the strain been on him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Works has accepted a tender for a bridge across tho Tweed River at Murwillumbah. The contractors are Messrs, H. Reid and Co., and the cost is nearly £13,000. This was the lowest of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. McLAUGHLIN, M.P., is informed by the Works Department that the road from Gordon ville to McFadyen's is reported to be in pa[?]sable order, and a special grant is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Should the railway be carried over Mr. Kennedy's route—and it is more than probable it will—there is one thing certain, it would be the means of developing a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No better time than the present could possibly be selected for reviving, with wellorganised energy, the agitation for the construction of the Grafton-Glen Innes railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"One night while I on the platform stood And gazed up the stretching plain, I saw by the smoke from the distant wood, And heard by the echoing solitude…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Editor.âBy my letter which appeared in the "Examiner" of the 12th instant, I drew attention to the delay again displayed in completing the railway survey between Glen Innes and Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Referring to the petition that has been adopted by the people of Tenterfield, the Express (Casino) says—It is well that our Tenterfield friends have bestirred themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following were announced on Tuesday as the lowest tenders for the recently advertised batch of road contracts in the Maclean district:— Contract 31, O'Mara's towards Maclean, S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE appointment, of Mr. P. E. Bailey as Road Superintendent, at Kempsey is confirmed, Mr. F. S. ' Murray, who has been for several years in charge of the Lismore roads district has been appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The proposals to improve the harbours of the Tweed, Bellingen, Nambucca, Macleay, Hastings, and Manning rivers were carried by the Legislative Assembly last week, after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For many years we have advocated the construction of a line of railway from Inverell to Glen Innes as the first step towards securing connection with the Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Referring to the vote of the Assembly last week to improve the months at several coastal rivers and construct sundry lines of railway, the Herald states:—The Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TENDERS for the following works will be received at Bellingen Courthouse up to noon on Wednesday. next, December 14,— Contract 58-98/9,Bellingen road up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly last week, during the discussion on the Koorawatha- Grenfell proposal, Mr. Cruickshank said: I have had a great deal to do in trying to get railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HORACE BUSHNELL, one of America's greatest writers, published an essay entitled "The Day of Roads." He showed conclusively that the due development of a country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Specifications are on view at the Court-house for the following road contracts: South Grafton to Moonee, from top of rise near 4¾-mile, towards Moonee: 726 yards formation,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To do justice to the claims of the New England and Clarence districts in respect of railway communication, would entail a more voluminous series of articles than we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TENDERS will be received at Bellingen Courthouse up to noon on Wednesday next, December 28, for the following works,- Contract 67/98-9, Bellingen road up South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The proposal to construct a line of railway from Guyra to South Grafton, or to Coff's Harbour, is not a new one. It has been agitated with more or less vigour for some…
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