A Tramp's Ditty
The following was recently written by a profesional tramp on the walls of the casual wards of Deviz[?]s Workhouse:— I roam the count[?]y w[?]d and and fr[?]e,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
335 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 17
Railway Riot in China. London
Serious riots have taken place in the railway works at Fatshan, China. American engineers used revolvers against the rioters. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Road Race. Melbourne, Saturday Night
THE bicycle road race from Warnambool to Melbourne, a distance of 165 miles, which took place to-day, was won by Arnot, of New Zealand, with Skehan…
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The member for Raleigh has received the following letter from the Works Department:— "With reference to the letter from Mr. J…
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SIR,—I think it advisable for the Maclean business people to request the owner of the motor car to stop it running through the streets, owing to the fact of it frightening the horses that are being driven. I for…
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The idea of a Bishop going about his diocese in a motor-car is decidedly novel, and the "Church Times" comments on the gift of the diocese of Newcastle to Dr. Jacob on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ide's Creek Road
IN reference to a resolution lately adopted by the Bellinger River Union, asking that "the road lending from the North Arm to Beach road to Kethel's be placed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fall from a Bridge
IN our last issue we mentioned that Mr. William Dwyer bad been killed by a fall from a bridge on the Hunter. Further particulars show…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dr. Caldwell's Motor Car
DR. CALDWELL'S motor car has resumed running after extensive alterations. It is now a motor quadricycle, equipped with a single cylinder…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident at a Bridge
On Friday evening, a fatal accident occurred at a bridge in course of erection at Luskintyre, near Lochinvar. Mr. F. J. Carson (the contractor) and two workmen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Blue Ribbon of Motoring
What the America's Cup is on the water the Bennett Cup is likely to become on the land. This is the Cup which was raced for recently, by motor cars, in Ireland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Sleepers for Africa
SYDNEY, Friday.—The railway sleeper question in Sydney has assumed another phase. In the Assembly, Mr. O'Sullivan in answer to a question asked by Mr. Briner…
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The locomotive recently landed in sections from Sydney, to aid in the construction of the Grafton-Casino line, was got under weigh last Saturday and given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newchwang Railway. Probable Adsorption by Russia. London
Reports from Tientsin state that China is desirous to sell the Newchwang Railway, which is a commercial failure. The railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge over River at Coramba
In the Legislative Assembly, last week, Mr. J. Hurley asked the Secretary for Public Works (l.) Did his department agree to erect a foot-bridge over the river at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Fatality. London
A train collided with a waggonette while passing over, a crossing in Somersetshire. Two excursionists were killed and several badly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. the Coastal Railway. Sydney
THE Public Works Committee took further formal evidence yesterday on the Maitland-Grafton railway…
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MR. J. MCFARLANE, M.L.A., wired last evening that the Minister for Works has given instructions to road works to the amount of £1100 and river bank protection works to the extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway. SYDNEY
Mr. Davidson, M/P., gave evidence to-day before the Public Works Committee on Hastings River Harbour improvements, also on the Coastal Railway. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railway
The earthworks of the Grafton-Casnio line are now complete, and the only bridge incomplete is that spanning Sandy Creek. The navvies have, in…
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