Road Contracts
TENDERS close at Bellingen on August 10 for eight road contracts in the Raleigh electorate, as under:— Contract 1903-4/7, Coast Road to Perrett's at Marx Hill, comprising…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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Local and General. South Arm Bridge
The following are the particulars of the tenders for tho bridge over the South Arm at Maclean:—Mountney and Co., Ltd.. Pyrmont, £11,732; F. J. Carson (builder of the Coldstream bridge)…
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Mr. Editor.—As I was travelling the Ulmarra-Cowper road last week, it struck me that Mr. Wragge's remarks in his lecture [?]o water conservation, must have taken great…
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In the Assembly last week Mr. J. C. L. Fitzostrick asked the Secretory for Public Works: (1) By what means was material used in connection with the Lismore to Casino railway line…
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THE trouble of bad roads is not confined to New South Wales, and local Government, which is so frequently urged as a means of improvement in…
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Tenders close on 10th instant for the erection of a new bridge over Gulf Creek, on the Glen Innes road, about 32 miles from Grafton. The structure will be three spans…
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IN the Assembly last week Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick asked the Secretary for Public Works : (1) By what means was material used in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From the Hunter to the Clarence A Literary Tramp's Impressions
When one considers that from the Northern Line of railway, say from West Maitland to Lismore, there is an extent of country nearly 800 miles in length and from 60 to…
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Mr. Editor.—Permit me to offer a few suggestions re that effusion signed "A Traveller," commenting on the watery condition of a certain portion of the Ulmarra-Cowper…
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It was announced on Monday that the New South Wales Government had given the Queensland Government a site in New South Wales territory for the terminal station at Tweed Heads in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sugar Convention Bill. Terrible Railway Collision. Another Manoeuvring Fatality. Kidnapped. London, Friday. London, Saturday. LONDON, Saturday. London
In the House of Commons last night, the Sugar Convention Bill, drawn up by the Brussels Conference, was read a third time by 119 A train on which a circus was travelling, collided with another train at Michegan, U.S.A., killing 19 persons and injuring 30 others. During naval manoeuvres on the cruiser Blake, the boiler exploded, killing one person and injuring six. Three masked men abducted, from an asylum in Berlin, a young girl who was the principal witness at the trial of 42 men, charged with…
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A deliberate case of daylight robbery is reported to have occurred on a coach between Chatsworth and Woodburn last week A well-known jeweller was travelling between the towns…
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Rapid progress is being made with the Grafton-Casino railway line, and clearing is new proceeding about 36 miles from town, while plate-laying has extended 12 miles. The engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cable News. Strike in Russia. Men Trampled Underfoot. London
IN the south-east of Russia 250,000 operatives have struck for higher wages and shorter hours. The Governor of Odessa has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Clergyman on Tramps
To test the charity of his flock, the Rev. Mr. Mecum, of Independence, Iowa, recently disguised himself as a tramp, and begged from door to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cable News. Terrible Railway Disaster. 100 Persons Killed. London
A terrible railway disaster has occurred in Paris. Two trains ignited in an underground railway in the city and over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Tramway Accident. Sydney, Wednesday Night
A terrible accident occurred on a Sydney tramway this morning. A clerk, employed in the Crown Law Offices, named Wiseheart, was…
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THE Scottish marriage law was revealed in a romantic aspect in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, in an undefended action for declaration of…
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Tenders are invited for the following contracts, specifications of which are on view at the Court House. Arnold's to Apple-tree Flat—At Sandy…
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Another fire has occurred in the Paris underground railway, but no great damage was done…
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