"The Road Maintenance Men
Some time ago it was suggested that there were too many road omaintenance men in the State, and an inquiry was made into the matter. A departmental notice was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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The "C. and R. Examiner." Established 1859. Published on TUESDAYS and Saturdays. Grafton: 14Th February, 1903. Juggling With the Roads
A see-saw game is being played officially with roads-men. A while back a member of Parliament wrote to one of the morning papers, Sydney, and quoted a circular…
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A Swiss, serving under the Congo Free State Government, writes:—"The Government is at present constructing a road in the northern part of the State for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Sleepers for South Africa
The Premier stated that a South African Government had accepted a tender for the supply of 500,000 railway sleepers to be sent from New South Wales. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. a Road Grievance
SIR,—I feel sure you will be willing to lend your aid in doing away with a crying evil—that is the way in which the stone metal is spread over the roads here and elsewhere and left without blinding…
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IN View of the fact that the proposed railway from Glen Innes to Grafton has (says the Armidale Express) Virtually been added to the list of…
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Scrappy information is all that is available regarding the roads expenditure, that juggle to which the "Examiner" recently referred. In the course of a political…
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Specifications are on view at the Court House for the following contracts on district roads:— Southgate to Grafton.—From end…
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The last report of the resident engineer on the extension of the railway line from Nerang to the Tweed shows that during January the amount of material taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "C. and R. Examinar." Established 1859. Published on TUESDAY and Saturdays. Grafton: 21St February, 1903. Tableland-Coastal Railway
Armidallans are evincing a keen desire to join with the leading citizens and public men of Grafton in advocating the connection of the twin cities of the North by…
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Mr. Gordon, Attorney-General of South Australia, explains South Australia's big scheme for constructing a railway on the land grant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Arm Bridge
Mr. R. D. Fitzgerald, of the Works Department, was in Maclean last week, making final surveys for the proposed bridge over the South Arm at Maclean…
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We have received the following communication from our local member:-- Premier's Office, Sydney, 18th February, 1903. Dear Sir,--In connection with a…
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The latest from the railway works, which have been pushed along with vigor of late, is that a start will be made to-day driving piles for the local station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Resumptions
Referring to a press comment on the action of the Government with regard to the railway resumptions at Grafton, the membe[?] for Grafton forwards a report supplied by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The North Coast Railway. The Engineer-in-Chief Examined Sydney, Wednesday Night
GIVING evidence before the Public Works Committee yesterday on the North Coast railway proposal, H. Deane (Engineer-in-Chief) said he…
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MR. H. DEANE, Engineer-in-chief for Railway Construction, gave evidence before the Public Works Committee on Tuesday respecting the proposal to construct a line of railway from…
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Railway work on both sides of Casino are being carried on vigorously. On the Casino-Lismore section good progress is being made with plato-lying, and the ballast…
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A meeting of residents of Myrtle Creek was held on Monday to protest against the site selected for a railway station at that place. The reasons adduced in support of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Inquiry by the Public Works Committee
The Public Work[?] committee, under the chairmanship off[?] J. McFarlane, inaugurated an in[?] on Monday into a proposal that a [?] line should be…
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