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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 14 of 16

LOCAL and General. Our Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 November 1904 · page 4

The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from the Member for the Clarence stating he will endeavour to see the Grafton-Casino…

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Road Contracts

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

AT the Bellingen Reads Office on Monday last no less than 85 tenders were received for 13 road contracts in this district, the approximate amount of the lowest tenders being…

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Railway Clerks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 4

Two youths were wanted to act as clerks in connection with the railways at Lismore, and applications for the positions were invited, but although the examination…

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Fatal Railway Accidents. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1904 · page 3

The mangled remains of a man, supposed to he Frederick Justham, a miner from Bega, was found on the railway line at Goulburn…

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A Road Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 8

Though the stars were shining brightly, there was no moon on the night of October 17, 1900, when Michael Francis M'Keon, a farmer…

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Cycling and Motoring

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

In the great French motor cycle race for the International Cup, decided in France on September 25th, the French representatives secured first…

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The Mono Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

It is intended to work the mono-fail line between Manchester and Liverpool by electricity at speeds as high as 110 miles an hour. The engineers have declared that a…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

THE Daily Telegraph's Grafton correspondent writes:— The progress associations and other bodies along the route of the proposed North Coast railway intend strengthening the…

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The Experimental Farm Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

We are requested to state that although the gates on this farm and now left unlocked, the road is not a public one, [?] persons using the road must take the…

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Railway Tourist Traffic

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 4

If Grafton-Cnsino railway had had opened for Christmas, as at one time hoped would be the case, a very fair sprinkling of Lourist traffic would have been booked…

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Graftom-casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 8

The member for the Clarence has obtained the following report from the Works Department, furnished. by.Mr. W, Hutchinson, one of its officers:—"T Inspected the,above line on.the 24th…

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Our Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 November 1904 · page 2

The member for the Clarence has obtained the following report from the Works Department, furnished by Mr. W. Hutchinson, one of its officers: -- "I…

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Our Grafton Letter The Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 2

MR. W. HUTCHINSON, one of the officers of the Public Works Department, has furnished a re-port on the Grafton Casino railway line. Mr. McFarlane has forwarded a copy of this report…

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Ploughing by Motor

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 3

Whother the horse will ever be superseded sy the self-propelled machine as a farmworker is, perhaps, a doubtful question. At the same time many. farmers have…

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Our Railways and Arbitration

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 4

Judge Cohen, of the Arbitration Court, has stated that the Railway Commissioners come within the jurisdiction of the Arbitration Court it was not really…

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Road Contracts

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 2

THE following are lowest of the tenders closed ing yesterday for road contracts:—No. 25, Ul-marra to Yamba, M. Duffy, £28. No 26, road between portions 6 and 7, Tyndale, J. McSwan,…

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The Man in the Train

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

The man in the train frequently gets his politics all tangled up, and it is not quite certain whether he knows enough about sugar…

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The Sketcher. Crack Goods Trains. The Fastest Luggage Carriers of English Railways

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

The Great Northern Railway Company is an easy first, both in regard to the speed and the number of its merchandise expresses, for this company stands…

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Grafton-casino Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 December 1904 · page 2

Mr. John M'Farlane, M.L.A., in a letter to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, states he has every hope that the Grafton-Casino line will be…

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The Railway Traffic

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 4

IT seems to be taken for granted that, when the railway between Grafton and Casino is completed, a large proportion of the passenger traffic between Casino and the Lower and Middle…

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