Dorrigo Roads
" A DORRIGO Resident" writes-" Kindly allow me through the medium of your paper to draw attention to the disgraceful state of the roads at Dorrigo. The large amount of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 15
Road Contracts
TENDERS close at Bellingen on Monday next for the undermentioned road contracts in this electorate:-54/1900-1, John McLeod's to Buchanan's road, comprising 413 lineal yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Road-books
Old road-books of the days when mail-coaches were in their greatest perfection, and of the more remote era of postchaises and travelling on horseback by forgotten…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How the Boers Train their Horses
AN Englishman who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, was recently asked whether the Boers kept their homes in the trenches with them, and this question led to an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grafton Railway Demonstration
TO-DAY will be red-letter-day in the history of Grafton. The first sod of the railway to Casino will be turned, and the ceremony will be performed by the Member for Grafton and the Premier of the…
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A MEETING of the Committee was held on Tuesday evening Mr. T. Page in the chair. The Treasurer reported--receipts promised £245, in hand £128 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton-Casino Railway Turning of the First Sod. A Magnificent Demonstration
The first practical step towards the establishment of railway extension with Grafton was tbe turning of the first sod of railway connection with Casino by the Premier, Hon. John See, yesterday. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dangerous Railway Travelling
That Blue Mountain railway accident is only one of a series. The public have been told that the engine ran over the points, and was not stopped till it was hanging some six feet over the precipice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brushgrove. Bridge Over the South Arm
The Ministerial party landed at Brushgrove to receive a deputation (consisting of the residents of Woodford Island and Cower, and introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New School Buildings.--dobie St. Bridge-clearing Alumny Creek
Mr. T. Page, chairman of the Public School Board, advocated the erection of new school buildings. The present school was made up of a series of detached buildings, which were quite out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton-Casino Railway. a Brief Resume of the Agitation
THE history of the agitation for a railway to connect the Clarence and Tweed Rivers dates back fully twenty years. In its earlier stages the more local aspect of such a railway was merged into the greater national one of a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ministerial Visit. Grafton Railway Demonstration
FRIDAY last was perhaps the most important day yet chronicled in the history of Grafton. It marked an important step towards the consummation of the long-hoped-for railway to Casino,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday, April 16Th. 1901. the Railway Demonstration Turning the First Sod. a Uniquely Successful Event
The turing of the first sod of the extension of the railway to Grafton has at long last been added to the events of the past, and we venture the candid opinion that never anywhere in the history of New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Superintendent for Grafton
Mr. S. Archer, Road Superintendent at Mudgee, and evidently one of the best liked men in that district, has been appointed to succeed Mr. R. A. Fraser, at Grafton. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway
The Macleay Argus writes:—"The Clarence people have no real desire for the completion of the North Coast railway—they want connection with the Tableland, either at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Sydney-Brisbane Railway
THE Minister for Works and the Minister for Education, accompanied by Messrs. E, Terry and R. D. Meagher, Ms.L.A„ arrived at Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Short Story. Saved by a Train-wrecker
"I think you had better attempt no explanation, Mr. Halbon, the senior partner was saying to me very quietly. "No," he went on, as I was on the point…
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In regard to the extension of the North Coast railway, the following circular has been issued to the coastal towns by the Grafton Chamber of Commerce :-"With the view of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tableland Railways
Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee on the Byron Bay Harbour proposal. Mr. C. A. Lee, Leader of the Opposition, said:—After touching on the good land traversed by the proposed railway west…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Sydney Suspension Bridge. a Wonderful Structure
Very few people in Sydney, to say nothing of visitors from the country, are aware of the fact that they have at their very doors one of the sights…
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