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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 15

Another Railway Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 6

ON Tuesday morning an up train on the Western line met with an accident at the Zig-Zag. On the down grade, after passing Clarence tunnel, something went wrong with the Westinghouse…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 2

The following is a verbatim report of the Hon. John See's reply to the deputation which waited on him last week in reference to the above line of railway:--…

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Political and Social Starving the Road Vote

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 4

The palpable unfairness of many of the tactics resortad to in the politioal warfare between opposing, parties is illustrated in the latest search of the Opposition after a stlok. to thrash, the…

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Grafton-Casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 5

Mr. Stawell, an officer from the Railway Department, arrived by the City of Grafton on Thursday to have a general preliminary inspection of the line. He will determine where sleepers and rails…

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Grafton-casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1901 · page 4

Mr. Stawell, Engineer from the Railway Construction Department, who arrived last week, has inspected the Grafton-Casino line as far as Saltwater Creek, and is very…

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Another Tram Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1901 · page 4

Oh, those awful trams! Necessary, no doubt, but still awful, because of the innocent blood that has so often washed their wheels. What a list, and what a brief space of time between…

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Grafton-casino Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 2

At South Grafton on Tuesday evening Mr. John See read n telegram conveying the gratifying intelligence that arrangements had been completed for the conveyance of 200…

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Two Lying Unconscious on the Road

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 4

COROWA, Saturday.-- Mr. Reynolds, travelling representative for Messrs. Hall and Co., Sydney, met with a serious buggy accident on Thursday…

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Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 2

IN a letter received by Mr. F. T. Matthews, J.P., of this town, from Mr. John McMaugh, secretary of the Kempsey Railway League, it is stated that at a public meeting in that…

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Grafton-casino Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 2

At Mr. Perry's Ballina meeting the following dialogue is reported to have occurred ?-- Mr. Pothier: Are you in favor of the…

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Grafton-Casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 4

Work in connection with the Grafton-Casino railway is going ahead satisfactorily. The first shipment of rails has arrived at the Grafton wharf, and all the preliminaries that are necessary before…

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Grafton-Casino Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

A RESIDENT of Grafton who had no faith in Ministerial promises wrote to the Public Works Department to know when the actual work of the construction of the Grafton-Casino railway…

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The North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

Speaking at Kempsey, Mr. Davidson, candidate for the Hastings and Macleay, said the most important question to the people of the whole of the Northern Rivers…

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Another Railway Proposal Tenterfield—tabulam—grafton— Ballina

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 4

Mr. Editor.—Will you kindly allow me, through the medium of the Examiner, to bring before the residents of these northern rivers the following scheme, which I venture…

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Read What Vitadatio Is Doing. Cancerous Growth Pronounced Incurable. Turned Out of Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Given a Month at Longest to Live by the Doctors. Still Alive Through Vitadatio Read What Mrs. Adams Writes. Write to Her Yourself. Holensburg Railway Station, N.S.W., 19th July, 1900. Mr. S. A. PALMER

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 8

Dear Sir,—About 18 months ago I was turned out of tho Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, as incurable, suffering from a cancerous growth attached to my spine, and I was told that I could…

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When the Railway Comes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 4

THE following clever skit by 'Woomera' in the AUSTRALASIAN suggests the possibility of something similar happening in Grafton when that North Coast line…

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Border Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 3

During election times it is not always right to take the statements of politicians too seriously, and on this account the announcement made…

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The Motor Car

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 3

MR J. C. WILLIAMSON'S motor car, says on exchange, appeared in the streets of Brisbane for the first time last week, after having negotiated the journey from Ipswich just under the two…

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Westralian Railway Strike

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 5

THE Westralian railway employees' strike, which commenced on Friday night, continuos. The Government are firm in their refusal to grant the concessions demanded by the men, and the…

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North Coast Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 4

Mr. R. Pyers, M.L.A., was banquetted at Coraki last week. In responding to the toasr of his health, the popular member for theRichmond said:—He was always…

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