The Roads and Bridges Vote
The announcement which has been made by members of the Government that it has been determined to increase the Road Vote for 1899-1900 by £250,000 has been received in the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
235 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 12
The Transvaal War Boers Commenced Hostilities. Destruction of a Refugee Train. Martial Law Proclaimed
LONDON, FRIDAY.—Thousands of Boers crossed the Tugela River, on the Natal border, took possession of the railway, and cut the telegraph wires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton-glen Innes Railway. the Timber on the Route
It will be remembered that at the request of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce the Forestry Department caused reports to be furnished as to the nature and quantity of…
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Replying to Mr. J. E. Glasgow on western railway extension from the Coast, Mr. L.M.C. Seton writes in the G. I. Examiner "Mr. Glasgow, in his letter of 28th September,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. £5000 Rewa d for Cecil Rhodes Boers Destroy Railway Lines A War Vote of £10,000,000
THE Boers and 400 Hollanders have occupied Newcastle. Heavy fighting is reported at Spytsfontein, near Kimberley, where the British were…
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MR. MCLAUGHLIN, M.P., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Works —" With reference to the representations of the deputation, introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Summer Tramp. in the Old Country. [From the "London Globe"]
With the weather that of a tramp's ideal, who would not take the road? When it's oh, to be an idler, never to work or strive! Then what a world…
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The muddle of muddles is the George-street tram. This work has been in hand for several years, and when it will be opened for traffic the Government are quite unable to…
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The promise of the Government to increase the expenditure on roads this year by £250,000 is a very definite one, and it may be assumed that it will be fulfilled. But…
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FRESH tenders are invited for the following road contracts:— No.15. Harwood to Woodburn, in five sections, between 19 and 21 mile pegs-101 lineal yards…
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THE R.R. HERALD, in a leader on the extension of the railway from Lismore, says:—Taking the Lismore-Casino section first, it mights easily be demonstrated that the route traversed by the…
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A PUBLIC meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon last in the Council Chambers after the Council had concluded its business, the object being to agitate for the erection…
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A FAIR number of members attended a meeting of the Bellingen Railway League in the School of Arts on Tuesday evening. Mr. F. T. Matthews, J.P., (president) was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Coast Railway. The Grafton Lismore Section
As a portion of the North Coast line that must eventually be constructed, the connection between our city and Lismore cannot be long delayed. This portion of the line is 82 miles 60 chains in…
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As the question of the quantity of timber, as well as its quality, on the line of proposed railway from Grafton to Glen Innes has come under public notice of late, we quote from a report by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Light Railways
The other day we Daily Telegraph published a Ministerial statement regarding the progress made in various countries in adopting cheap and light railways. This, we think, may be considered a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coldstream Bridge
A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Good Templar's Hall at Cowper on Tuesday evening RE the construction of a bridge over the Coldstream. The meeting was well attended by residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Railways
In replying to a deputation asking for a railway from Mamla to Barabra, Mr. O'Sullivan, the Minister for Works, and a member of several Public Works Committees, said, "A huge…
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Several proposals for the construction of railways have been submitted by the present Minister for Works to the Assembly, but so far he has not said anything about a…
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MR.MCLAUGHLIN, M.P., has received the following letter, dated November 2, from the Under-secretary and Commissioner for Roads:—with reference to your letter of…
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