Extension of Queensland Railways
THE Queensland Premier on Wednesday informed a deputation that a railway to the Tweed River, New South Wales, would be among the proposals submitted…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
235 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12
The Kempsey Bridge Cylinders
An interesting report has been received by the Minister for Works regarding the completion of the sinking of cylinders for the Kempsey Bridge. The cylinders are…
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MR. MCLAUGHLIN, M.P., has been informed by the Public Works Department as follows:—"With reference to the correspondence which has taken place, and to a…
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AT Brisbane last week the Queensland Premier informed a deputation that a railway to the Tweed River, New South Wales, would be among the proposals submitted next session. It…
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THE Minister for Works, Mr. Young, has received a report with regard to the completion of the sinking of the cylinders for the Kempsey bridge. The report shows that the great depth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experiments in Road Making
ONE of the largest items of expenditure in municipal councils in the making and maintaining the roads. Nearly all councils adopt much the same system, in which there as been little…
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MR. McLAUGHLIN, M.P., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department:-" With refer-ence to the letter presented by you from Mr…
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Mr. Editor.—Permit me to draw attention to the wretched state of the roads on Woodford Island, especially from Brushgrove to Woodford Leigh along the main river. The oldest…
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THE Cabinet will shortly have before it another scheme for a city railway, which is now being formulated by the officers of the Public Works Department. To a large extent it is an…
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THE Government has recently had under consideration three proposals for the extension of the railway into the city. One of these recommended by Mr. Rennick…
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Mr. Editor.—In sympathy with the complaint by " Farmer " of the very bad state of Woodford Island roads, permit me to direct the attention of the Roads Officers…
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A PUBLIC meeting is convened for Thursday evening next, at Shark Creek, to bring under the notice of the Government the urgent necessity of completing the metalling of the road from…
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THE report of surveyor Kennedy, who was appointed some five weeks ago by the Works Department to examine and report upon the surveys previously made on…
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Mr. EDITOR. — Under the heading "Bad Roads," in the Examiner of the 4th instant, correspondent complains of the state of the roads of the district caused by the late rains;…
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The recent survey by Mr. Kennedy of the [?] between Tenterfield and Casino settles the question of that line ever being a rival of the Grafton-[?] Innes proposal. Mr. Kennedy has made the…
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Mr. Carruthers has, I see, expressed himself in favour of the construction of a railway from Tenterfield to Casino. I presume the influence of Mr. Lee has had a great deal…
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A SENSATIONAL railway smash which occurred in the Newcastle district on Wednesday evening has only just come to light, extraordinary secrecy having…
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A SENSATIONAL railway smash which occurred in the Newcastle district on Wednesday evening only came to light on Saturday, extraordinary secrecy having prevailed regarding it. It appears…
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The report on the proposed railway from Tenterfield to Casino has been furnished to the Department of Works by Mr. Surveyor Kennedy, who has just finished his…
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Our readers are aware that during the last two years Mr. Surveyor Kennedy's services have been much in requisition in exploring or revising the different routes from the…
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