Siberian Railway
A BRITISH engineer who has just returned home from the Far East has been interviewed by a representative of the Pall Mall Gazette on the subject of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
301 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 16
The Orara Bridge
Seven tenders were opened on Monday for the construction of a low-level, timber beam bridge at Hazzard's; Crossing, road Grafton to. Coramba. The lowest tender…
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The Canadian Pacific Railway runs a train daily from Montreal terminus on the Atlantic Ocean, to Vancouver, B.C., terminus on the Pacific Ocean, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cable Tram
The cable tram way in King-street is to be superseded by electric traction as soon as the additional power which is required can be installed. This will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Interest. Dorrigo Road
WE are informed that the Works Department has decided to expend £1000 in improving the road from the top of the cutting on the Dorrigo road to Little Plain, and another…
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A cable last week states that the Cape-to-Cairo railway has reached Victoria Falls, on the Zambesi. As the crow flies, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Motor Cars
The railway motor car, really a very old device, though only perfected quite recently, is proving an unqualified success in Great Britain,…
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The blue riband automobile contest of the world—the Gordon-Bennett Cup—is to take place on the 17th instant. The race takes its name…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beach Road School
On Monday evening a meeting of residents of tho Beach Road was held in the new school build-ing recently erected there, to confer with Mr. Durie, the Inspector. Mr. W. Nicholson…
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Mr. TEMPERLEY, a candidate for the Richmond, in his address at Wood-burn, mentioned tho Chatsworth-Woodburn traffic as opposed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Arm Bridge. Driving the First Pile
Several hundred people assembled at the site of the bridge on Wednesday afternoon, to wit-ness the ceremony of driving the first pile, which Mr.M[?] had consented to perform…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Engagement near Port Adams. The Siberian Railway. LONDON
In an engagement near Port Adams, the Japanese' feigned retreat. The Russians, following closely in the[?] rear, were entrapped and cut up by…
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Work is proceeding slowly on the Grafton-Casino line, and it is said that the latest "retrenchment" effected was dispensing with the…
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There was a large gathering at the site of the new bridge over the South Arm at Maclean on Wednesday, to witness the ceremony of driving the first pile of the…
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The Railway Commissioners are cugaged in formuluting a scheme of retrenchment ill counection with their department. Their present intention is to close the machine…
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A private cable states that the Gordon-Bennett motor road race was won by Therry (France), with Genatzy (Germany) second…
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The following are the lowest tenders for the contracts named:--Harwood to Woodburn, No. 44, James Murphy, £121 17s 6d, No. 45, £71 5s; Harwood…
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The President of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday received a telegram from the member (Mr. Jno. M'Farlane), stating that the Premier…
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TENDERS close on Monday next, at Bellingen, owing to the urgent character of the work, for the undermentioned contracts on the road to the Dorrigo:— No 54, between the 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. South Arm Bridge
THE piles on the Maclean side have all been driven, and a start is being made on the Wood-ford Island side to-day. Mr. Jesse R. Holland, of this town, is the Government Inspector of…
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