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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

301 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 16

Railway Fares

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 4

The new by-laws recently framed by the Railway Commissioners provide for increasing the concession fares to press representatives from half the full fare to…

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Lismore-tweed Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners left Sydnoy on Friday for Casino, in order to make their annual inspection of the Lismore-Tweed railway. The dairying industry in the Tweed district is…

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Casino Tweed Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 4

The Commissioners (who inspected the above line last Monday) intend, says the Casino paper, to make certain alterations during their visit,…

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Latest Telegrams. Another Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

The body of a Chinaman named Lu Chun was found on the railway line near Canterbury last night in a terribly mutilated condition…

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Motor-car Humours

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 2

Restrictions on motor-cars on the Conti-nent have begun to border on the farcical. In Antwerp and Brussels regulations were made that automobiles must not travel in…

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Railway Extension to Kyogle

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 4

WITH reference to the proposed line from Casino to Kyogle, the Commissioners, interviewed at Casino during their visit last week, would not commit themselves to any promise, as they knew…

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Road Contractors and the Truck Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 2

At the Lismore Quarter Sessions, on Saturday, Thomas Croke and Phillip O'Connor appealed against a decision of Messrs. F. G. Adrian, P.M., and D. Campbell and…

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Interesting to Road Contractors

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 4

RECENTLY, at the Casino Small Debts Court, a plaintiff named Keating obtained a verdict against contractors O'Connor and Croake for £6 10s,…

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The Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 4

The annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30, 1904. was presented to Parliament. The number of miller of line open for traffic on June 80 was 3280 and…

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Unprofitable Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 4

The Commissioners point out that losses have beenincurred in connection with all the railway that have beenconstructed during the last few years. That, of course,…

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Railway by Laws

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 4

Comment was made in a recent issue of the "Examiner" on the new by-laws made by the Railway Commissioners. One of these that was not referred to in the note…

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Episode on a Train. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 5

An exciting incident took place on the Melbourne express early yesterday morning, when a man entered one of the compartments…

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Reducing Railway Freights

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 4

A deputation representing the dairy, industry of the North, asked the Railway Commissioners on Monday to reduce the coast of the carriage on…

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Sealed Road Race

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 September 1904 · page 2

A good deal of interest is being centred in the sealed road race now in progress under the Grafton Cycle Club. Twenty-five nominations have…

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Railway Sleepers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 4

On Monday the Railway Commissioners opened tenders for the supply of 40,000 9ft. railway sleepers for use in the metropolitan district. Forty-one tenders were received. The prices…

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Sealed Road Race

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 4

The second division of the above was run off last afternoon, eight competitors putting in an appearance at the post, all of whom finished. The race--from…

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Land Settlement and Railway League

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 5

Mr. Eugene F. Rudder, of Coramba, who recently visited the Manning district as a delegate on behalf of the Land Settlement and Railway…

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The Dorrigo Road

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 2

AT meeting of the Bellinger Union held on Monday evening last, it was unanimously decided to warmly co-operate with the local bodies at Dorrigo in urging the Minister for…

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Ba aages for Railway Smoke

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 2

On 24th May, 1886, a British florist obtained in a court of law a very large sum of money for damages done to his garden stock by the smoke. of passing railway…

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Grafton-casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 3

The Grafton-Casino section of the North Coast line, connecting with the Lismore-Tweed line at Casino, will, it is expected, be completed about the end of the year, and will be opened for…

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