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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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The Motor Contest

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

To-day (Saturday) the motor race from Sydney to Melbourne will ' be completed. Only in a comparative degree has it been satisfactory. One of the objects in…

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The Motor Contest

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 8

The Dunlop Motor Holliibility Contest for, the,Buchanan Cup, which, started from. Sydney on Tuesday, concluded on Saturday. The first to arrive was H. L…

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Grafton's First Train

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

The first public passenger train to travel the Grafton-Casino line left here at 6 a.m. yesterday and carried about 100 passengers to the Lismore…

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Macleay Railway League

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

A meeting of the Macleay Railway League was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday to arrange for delegates to attend the deputation organised by…

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Our Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

THE gratifying fact that railway communication was possible between Grafton and Lismore yesterday, and that similar facilities for…

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North Coast Railway. Favored by the Premier. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 4

A VERY large and representative deputation of Members of Parliament and delegates representing various centres waited on the Premier to urge the construction of the…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 2

A MEETING, convened by Mr. F.R.H. Baker, in response to a requisition, and having for its object the selection of a delegates to represent the Bellinger on the North Coast…

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Road Contracts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

The following are the lowest tenders for the works named:—Grafton via Glen Innes to Inverell, James Tully, £108 8s 9d, 2 tenders; Apple Tree Flat to Cangai,…

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Grafton-casino Railway Train Trips to Lismore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 4

An important event in the history of Grafton is chronicled this week. It was what may be termed the unollicial opening of the Grnfton-Casino section of the…

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North Coast Railway. Deputation to the Premier. Most Favourable Reply

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 5

On Thursday a deputation of members of Parliament with representativa men resident in, or connected with, the North Const districts, waited upon the Premier…

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A Fall From a Train. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 3

Father Fey foll out of a fast travelling train at Eskbank (near Lithgow) yesterday. He crawled to a house near by, and was found…

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Our Grafton Letter [Written for the Advocate]. Grafton's First Train

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

THE majority of those who went by train to Lismore Show on Wednesday and Thursday returned on Friday afternoon, when a train of four well-filled carriages drew into Graf…

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"THE C. AND R. EXAMINER." Established 1859. Published Tuesdays and Saturdays. Head Office: Prince-street, Grafton. Sydney Branch: The Stock Exchange, 113 Pitt-street. Sydney Telephone: No. 1017. Grafton: March 7th, 1905 Examiner's Sydney Budget. the North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 4

Unanimity amongst the Sydney newspapers on any great public matter is one of the rarest of occurrences, but they are unanimous with respect to the North…

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North Coast Railway. Metropolitan Press Opinions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

Those who composed the deputation to the Premier last week in advocacy of the North Coast line were, in addition to Mr. M'Farlane, M.L.A., representing the…

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Our Sydney Letter. North Coast Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 5

Railway deputations from the North Coast are proverbial for their size, and, let us hope, the justice of their claims. Last week's deputation,…

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Jottings. About Railways

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 4

"Who killed Cock Robin?"--or rather, who got the train to run during the Lismore Show carnival? The "Examiner" claims the honor for the…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 2

REFERRING to the deputation which waited on the Premier, urging the early construction of the North Coast railway, the successful outcome of which was published in our…

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Where Dogs use the Pavements and People use the Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 7

it is better to be a dog among Turks than to be a Christian. Massaere of Christians are affairs of rejoicing among the Mnssualmaus, whereas even a turk who kilis a dog…

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Cycling. Motor Contest

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 8

The final contest from Melbourne to Ballarat and back, for the competitors who tied on the run from Sydney to Melbourne, eventuated on Monday. The…

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"THE C. AND R. EXAMINER." Established 1859. Published Tuesdays and Saturdays. Head Office: Prince-street, Grafton. Sydney Branch: The Stock Exchange, 113 Pitt-street. Sydney Telephone: No. 1017. Guafton: March 11th, 1905. Birthrate and Closer Settlement. Also, the North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 4

How very closely the birth-rate has a bearing upon the comprehensive question of closer settlement has probably not received the observant consideration it is…

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