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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 16

The Casino-tenterfield Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 1

Mr. J. H. Carruthers gave evidence yesterday regarding the expediency of constructing a railway from Tenterfield to Casino. In his opinion much of the…

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That Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 2

FURTHER evidence was taken by the Public Works Committee, in Sydney, with regard to the proposal to construct n line of railway from Tenterfield to Casino. Mr. G. S. Briner,…

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Tenterfield-Casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 6

On Monday the P.W.C. took further evidence on this route. Mr. Briner M.L A., said that the proposed line from Gura to Coff's Harbour would…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 2

"Political Economy" writes to the "S. M. Herald": For years and years valuable time and much money have been wasted upon inquiry into the probabilities and…

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Robbed in a Train. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 1

A man named Bracken has reported to the police that while in a train between Sydney and Armidale he was assaulted by two fellow passengers,…

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Fall From a Train. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 1

A laborer named Reuben Rider fell from a moving train on the North Shore line this afternoon. He was terribly mangled, and his condition is…

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The Transcontinental Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 2

THE bill to sa[?]tion the construction of the railway fro[?] Adelaide to Port Darwin, on the [?]and grant system, has passed its seco[?]d reading in the South…

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An Erskineville Tragedy. a Tramguard Kills His Wife

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 1

A SAD domestic tragedy occurred at Erskineville early on Wednesday evening. Shortly after 6 o'clock, Ernest Russell, tramguard, shot his wife,…

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The North Coast Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 3
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner

THE MACLEAN CHRONICLE, in common with other special pleaders, advances a reason why a north coast railway, at a cost of two-and-half millions, should be constructed from Maitland, though the…

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Death of "Tim," the Railway Dog

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 2

"Tim," the familiar dog collector of the Great Western Widows' and Orphans' Fund, has finished his charitable mission and is now in the hands of a naturalist for…

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Ocean Tramp

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

Next year will see on tho Pacific ships trading to the Orient of the size or even larger in displacement than the White Star liner Cedric. But she…

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Railway to the Coast

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

MR. G.S.BRINER, M.L.A., was examined by the Public Works Committee concerning the coastal railway, and gave it as his opinion that the best route was that from Guvra to…

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Road Contracts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 4

The following are the lowest tenders for the contracts specified: Waterview to Ramornie. James Adams. £36; Levenstrath to Green's. Wm. Hay. £32 14s 10d; Levenstrath to Geergarow. Thomas McIntosh, £716s;…

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Day Labor v. Contract. The Tabulam Bridge

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 5

WITH reference to the statement made as to the costliness of day labor operations as compared with work done by contract, and more especially in regard to the Tabulam bridge, the Minister for Works has been…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 2

The Sydney people are now fairly fulling over one another in writer desire to show the absolute impotence of the North Coast railway, and one writer in tho S. M. Herald,…

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That Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 2

At a banquet speech in Glen Innes, Sir J. Soo made the following guarded remarks on the subject of the coastal-tableland railway schemes :—If nil the sister towns had joined…

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The Motor Car Makes Strange Fashions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 3

Motor car driving is responsible for some of the most grotesque fashions in dress imaginable. Three examples are given in the accompanying picture, though they do…

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Pyrmont Bridge

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 4

IN connection with the erection of a new Pyrmont Bridge, no less than nine contracts were entered into by the Public Works Department, the contract amount totalling £95,139. The…

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Train Robbery. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1902 · page 1

Twelve men stopped a Rock Island express near Iowa (America) and robbed it of £15,000…

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