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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 6 of 16

Upper Coldstream Bridge

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

A DEPUTATION introduced by Mr. J. McFarlane, M.L.A., and consisting of Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., Mr. Matthews, the Mayor of Ulmarra, and Aldermen Cameron and Carlton, waited upon the Minister…

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New England-Coastal Railways. the Public Works Committee

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 5

The Committee on Thursday took further evidence respecting the advisability of constructing a line of railway in the north to serve the districts of Inverell, Guyra, Glen…

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Roads Office

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

IT is very probable that Mr. W. H. Grant, who has been assistant officer for many years in the Bellingen roads office, will be appointed to take charge of this district. Unquestio-…

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Local Interest. Road Work

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

TENDERS close at the court-house, Bellingen, on Monday, 5th May next, for contracts on roads in the Nambucca district, as under 62-1902. Bowraville to Upper South Arm…

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The Motor-car

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

The number of motor-cars that are now to bo seen dally in Hyde Park is remarkable. The better kind are still very, expensive, and cost from £500 to £1000. In…

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A Tram Without Lines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

An electric tram car that will gain its power from an overhead wire andgo on a road without rails would be thought an impossibility if it weren't demonstrated in…

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Glen Innes Railway League

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 3

A meeting of the executive committee took place on Thursday, at which the Mayor presided. Correspondence was read from the…

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Correspondence. the New England Railway. to the Editor

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 1

SIR,--The P.W. Committee will be here next week, and it remains to be seen if Grafton is again going to wreck its chances by the same ruinous plan that has kept us isolated all…

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The Electric Tramways

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 3

FROM the machinery of State to that of the electric train ways is not such along step as might appear. In both the end sought should he economy and efficiency…

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Inverell-guyra Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 3

The Public Works Committee took evidence at Howell on the advisability of constructing the Inverell-Guyra line.[?] Mr. J. Howell,…

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The Railway Sleeper Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 8

Mr. Editor.—Permit me space to reply to Mr. John Trainer's letter of the 25th instant. In the first place, it is to his own interest as a contractor to slate the…

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Grafton-casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

From information received yesterday we learn that the survey of the Grafton-Casino railway line has been completed. As was pointed out in an article in the EXAMINER…

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Visit of the Public Works Committee. Railway From Tenterfield to Casino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

It will be seen from an advertisement in to-day's issue that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will take evidence in connection with the construction…

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Rack Railway System

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 3

THE method of overcoming the dilliculties in railway construction caused by unavoidable steep ascents, by menus of the rack and pinion connection…

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Coastal Tab[?]and Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

The Public Works [?]mmittee, who left Glen Innes on Wednesday, arrived at Grafton last evening by special coaches. The members of the committee are Messrs…

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Our Railway Policy. North Coast Development

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 5

During the next few days the Public Works Committee will be engaged in collecting evidence, at various centres on the Clarence, on the question of a railway…

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The Railway Question. Tour of the Public Works Committee

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 5

The Public Works Committee—consisting of Messrs. M'Farlane (chairman), Moore, Kethel, Hughes, Hawthorne, and M'Gowan —opened the inquiry at Glen Innes on…

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Run Over by a Train. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1902 · page 1

While a man named Walter Osborne (accompanied by a boy) was driving across tho railway line at Ingleburn Station, near Liverpool, last night they…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1902 · page 1

The axle of the engine of a passenger train broke near Hackney Downs The carriages were overturned and several persons killed and scores…

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Tableland-coastal Railways Public Works Committee's Inquiry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 5

At Glen Innes on Tuesday, Cecil Bloxsome gave evidence in favour of the Grafton-Glen Innes route. He said that wool was the chief export to Grafton. The line to Glen…

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