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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

335 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 17

Road Deviation

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2

THE Minister for Works, has informed Mr. T. P. Navin (Secretury of Beilsdown progress committee), through Mr. Briner. MP., that the deviation Allied for on the Dorrigo road…

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The Road We Want

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 4

MR. W.B Ross, of Dorvige, writes— Allow me space in your valuable paper to express my opinion regarding the proposed road from Dorrige to Coff's…

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North Coast Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 8

MR. P. H. Morton says that in the evidence given by him before the Public Works Committee, with reference to the proposed Maitland to…

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Richmond River Bridge Tenders

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 4

The tender board of the Public Works Department have received the following tenders: Construction of [?] bridge over South Arm, Richmond River,…

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An Extraordinary Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 6

Small though it is, the accompanying picture has the recommendation of representing one of the most remarkable scenes in the world. What it shows are three rival…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

The rejection by the Public Works Committee of the T[?]nterfield-Casino route as a tableland connection must now become a subject for discriminating thought and…

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The North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

The following letter, signed "E[?] [?] appeared in Saturday's "Herald"; "I think there is one argument in favour of the construction of the coast line which…

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The North Coast Railway. The Public Works Committee Inquiry. (By Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Further testimony was taken yesterday, when Mr. Henry Pateson, Commission Agent, was examined, his evidence being confined almost…

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Road Contracts

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

FOLLOWING are the particulars of new road contracts for which tenders are invited :— No. 1, Maclean via Bluff Point to Brushgrove, between Camp Creek Bridge and Woodford…

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Dorrigo Road Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—I would not trespass further on your space, only for knowing the above question is at present interesting to a considerable number of your readers. One of…

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The North Coast Railway. Future Harbour Improvements. Sydney, Monday, 7 p.m

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 5

The railway proposal will be under consideration of the P.W. Committee again to-morrow. The witnesses will be city men connected with North Coast business. The…

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First Chinese Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 6

The first railway built in China was completed in 1876. Although only twenty-eight miles long, it was enormously expensive, as all the materials…

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Dorrigo Roads

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 3

THE member for Raleigh has been informed by the works Department, in reference to the Bielsdown Progress Committee's request for the felling of…

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Road Contracts

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the Road Superintendent at Bellingen opened no less than twenty-eight tenders for seven road contracts in this district, four of them being for the metalling…

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Pontoon Bridge at Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 8

Mr. O. Skelton, of the Grafton Survey office, has submitted to the Council sectional plans of a pontoon bridge, which he states could be placed across the river at Grafton at a…

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Nambucca Road Votes

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 4

THE following official letter from the Public Works Department has been received by the member for Raleigh— "In compliance with the request of…

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Local Interest. Warrell Creek Bridge

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 2

WE are informed ny the member for Raleigh the first lowest tender for the Warrell Creek bridge has been finally accepted by the public works Department, and the necessary…

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Latest Telegrams. the South Arm Bridge. Closing of Tenders. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 2

TENDERS closed yesterday for the erection of he proposed bridge over, the South Arm at Maclean. The lowest tender was that of Mountney and…

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Terrible Railway Accident. 50 Casualties. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 5

A SHOCKING railway smash occurred at St. Enoch's station, Glasgow. A crowded excursion train ran into the station too quickly, and…

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North Shore Bridge

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 31 July 1903 · page 2

IN the Assembly Mr. Briner asked the Secretary for Public Works:— 1. The total cost to date of all descriptions in connection with the proposal to build the North Shore Bridge?…

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