Trouble Brewing Amongst Tramway Employees. Sydney
Considerable dissatisfaction is manifest among the tramway employees owing to the commissioners refusing them classification and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
301 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 16
Bad Roads
Mr. Editor.—It is a deplorable fact that many horses fall down in our main streets through the gaping holes in the road bed. The last day or two there have come to…
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During December the announcement was made that the contractor for the South Arm bridge at Maclean would commence operations immediately…
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There have been ugly rumours of a strike on the part of the tramway employees. The root of the trouble is in the withholding of certain…
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WITH regard to the expenditure on the Don Dorrigo road, contracts amounting to £1,838 have been lot, and progress payments amounting £1468 have already been made…
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The history of inventions is very entertaining. Quite a section may be devoted to suggestions for bridging the English Channel. Proposals have been made for an…
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A remark has been made upon the amount of gold reserve now held by Russia as a war fund. This remains over and above the sums that have already been expended…
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IN accordance with the decision of the last meeting of the Maclean Farmers' Union branch and Progress Association, the Secretary is sending out communications to the F, U. branches…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road From Dorrigo Scrub to Coff's Harbour. Necessary Exploring and Crading to connect the Dorrigo Scrub with Colf's Harbour by Road
I beg to report that this route has been thoroughly explored and graded by Mr. W. J. Woodfield. The land is suitable for closer…
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Mr. Robert Peters, an American, claims to have solved the problem which will make railway collisions impossible. As two or three companies of the native country have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Service for Grafton
Aldermen Page and Crispin, at the Town Hall on Tuesday, referred to the suggestion made in the Examiner," in regard to a tram service for Grafton…
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The present war may receive a dangerous check for Russia, because 14 miles of her railway to the East are under flood water' to the depth of more than 50 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Straggling Notes on the Road. T.H.J.
"Man proposes, but God disposes." Our intention was to spend a few weeks about Tenterfield; the heat dissipated it. We made our way to higher levels, seeking…
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TENDERS were opened on Friday for contracts as under:—Warby's to McRao's Harwood, 6 tenders, lowest T. J. Bloomer (late) £15, J. Doolan and C Mulville equal, £16 4s. Law's…
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The Siberian line is materially threatened, and if it be systematically broken up from time to time, then the war with Japan seems impossible of success. It now…
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The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from the Member for the Clarence with reforence to the road front Block's hotel to the top of the hill…
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In his report on the attack made by the Japanese fireships, the Russian Viceroy states that four steamers were destroyed: The harbour of Port Arthur and channel,…
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Mr. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief, Railway Construction Branch, giving evidence before the P.W. Committee on Tuesday, said he was unfavourably disposed to the…
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Inventions in England are very numerous, but seldom come to anything, Nevertheless Mr, P. Thornley, of Barton-on-Trent, announces a discovery that permits of…
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A public meeting will be held at Maclean on Wednesday, the object of which is to draw up a petition on behalf of the public organisations on the river…
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