Bridge Repairs
The following official letter from the Works Department has been addressed to the member for Raleigh, in reply to a communication from the Bellinger River Union, calling…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 16
Our Railway
In Sydney, recently, Mr. P. Hogan, Captain Hunter (of the steamer Cavanba), and a Mr. Foster gave evidence before the Works Committee in regard to the proposed…
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American railway magnates have discovered a new railway sleeper to take the place of the oak "tie" of wood grown in their own country…
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Alderman Dolman, of Newtown, was run over by a train on the Parramatta road last night. He was shockingly mutilated, and died shortly after…
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GLEN INNES, MONDAY.—In response to representations made by Mr. Wright, the Minister for Works has given instructions for an officer to inspect a new route to…
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At a large public meeting held at Murwillumbah motions were carried urging the New South Wales Government to lay before Parliament this session a bill…
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OWING to the energy displayed by the member for Raleigh, the agitation which has been alive of late for the erection of a bridge over the South Arm, on the main road to…
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An Indiana couple cn route to a minister's house to be married were forced to drive across a long stretch of bottom land, covered with…
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THIS month there will be opened and occupied in the city of Philadelphia a new tramp hotel' or, as it is called by its projectors, a "Wayfarers' Lodge." From a description in the…
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REFERRING to the official inquiry re the coastal-tableland railway schemes, an old identity (John Wetherspoon), writing in the Glen Innes Examiner states :—"Under the…
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The following, from the Melbourne "Age," may be of service to those who have the making of roads or streets, and would be worth the attention of the Council of…
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"A Resident" has sent us particulars of expenditure on one of our local roads to demonstrate that carrying out improvements by the flying-gang system is far…
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Mr. Railway Surveyor C. M. Stuart arrived at Armidale for the purpose of making investigations with respect to the proposed railway from…
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The comeeting of the Grafton—Tweed railwa[?]with the Queensland system is evokhg a good deal of attention, particularly north of the border…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Disaster. Explosion of a Naphtha Train. 20 Killed and 200 INJURED
A PITTSBURG despatch dated May, 12 states:--The new Sheridan Yard Panhandle railroad was the scene this evening of the most disastrous…
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ON Monday last twenty-three tenders were opened at Bellingen for six road contracts, the highest tenders aggregating £657 14., the lowest £405 7s. 8d., as under :—…
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A FEW days ago one of the few motorcars in use in Sydney was able to render a service to an injured youth, which, in the opinion of the medical…
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When Steel reached the cove he found everything was peaceful. No attack had been made, and the frigate had quite disappeared…
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The Glen Innes "Examiner" writes: Mr. T. Kennedy has made an ininspection of the suggested new route to Broadmeadows for the western…
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SIR,—Yamba has now become a most popular resort, and the number of visitors even now in the winter months is somewhat considerable. Last Rummer the town wan very largely patronised, and the coming…
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