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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 4 of 16

South Arm Bridge. Turning the First Sod

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

THERE wag a representatives attendance at the meeting convened by the Mayor in the Council Chambers on Friday evening, in response to a requisition, to consider what steps should be…

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Our Grafton Letter The Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 3

THE latest development in connection with our railway is conveved in a communication to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce from Mr. J. McFarlane, M. P., for the Clarence, who…

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Dorrigo Tram Line

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 6

THE member for Raleigh has been informed by the Department of Lands, in regard to further representations made by him to have…

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The South Arm Bridge. Turning the First Sod

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

THE ceremony of turning the first sod of the South Arm bridge was performed shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday, by Mr. J. McFarlane, M.L.A. Some hundreds of people assembled to witness…

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The Motor In Agriculture

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

It has been anticipated by those who have studied the capabilities of motors that in another 10 or 20 yours the horse will have been superseded for purposes of traction in…

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Murwillumbah to Tweed Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

The decision of the Public Works Committee of New South Wales, that it is inexpedient to extend their railway system from Murwillumbah to the Tweed Heads is…

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The Tweed Railway. Attack on the P. W. Committee

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

At the Bangalow, Show dinner, Bishop Doyle referred in indignant terms, to the P.W. Committee's action. The railway line from the Richmond to the Tweed…

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Road Improvements

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

Specifications are on view at the Courthouse for the following road contracts:— Arnold's to Apple Tree Flat, near 27 mile—At A. Hunter's residence, 100yds…

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The Railway Line

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 4

All things considered; very satisfactory progress is being made on the Grafton to Casino railway line works. Rodgers Bros., of Paddington, the…

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Railway Across the Anars

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

The railway across the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine Republic, which was projected twenty years ago, is at last to be completed, the Chilean…

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Roofing the Central Railway Station

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 2

The Minister for Works has had under consideration the question of the alteration of the design of the roof of the Central Railway Station. In the…

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Coraki Bridge

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

ON Friday week Mr. Mountney, contractor for the South Arm Bridge, arrived at Coraki with his manager (Mr. Marsland) to make…

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Central Railway Station

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

IN all probability an alteration will be made in the original design for the roof of the Central railway station. The present plan shows a large roof…

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Sobriety an the Railways

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 4

AN American paper states that the Wabash, the Rock Island, and Alton Railway Campanies have given notice to their employees that all use of…

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Motor Car Improvements

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 8

The great exhibition of motor-cars just held at the Crystal Palace, and promoted by the Society of Motor Manufacturars and Traders, was attended by more…

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Casino-Tweed Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

The following new time-table, which comes into operation on the Casino-Tweed line next Monday should prove interesting to a number…

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Tram Accident. Man Crushed to Death. Several Injured. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 5

A sensational accident occurred near Kensington at noon to-day, when a tram from Coogee jumped on the points and crashed into a…

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Serious Tram Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred near Kensington, Sydney at noon on Wednesday, when a tram from Coogee jumped on the points and crashed into a tram crowded with passengers going to…

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Railways Without Trains

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

It is settled that New York is to have a railway on the moving platform principle. This new railway without trains is to have a seating capacity for 70,000 passenger per…

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Serious Tram Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

A serious tram disaster occurred near Kensington Junction Signal box on Wednesday. Trams that are bound to and from Coogee respectively, collided with a…

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