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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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North Coast Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, is advised that for all practical purposes it is not possible to start the line at different places. What he intends is to…

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Reduction in Railway Fares

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

It is gratifying to notice that there has been a substantial reduction in train fares, commencing with to-day. The following is the scale on the Grafton-Tweed line:…

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Terrible Railway Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A train going from Arbroath, Forfarshire, to Dundee, was awaiting at Elliott Junction the signal to proceed when the North British Express…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 3

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is…

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A Costly Train Accident. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

The wrecking of the postal van in a disaster to the Cologne-Hamburg express has caused the destruction of a large parcel of bonds involving a loss…

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A Railway Disaster. Due to the Snow. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

A terrible railway disaster, due, it is believed, to the severe snowstorms, has occurred at Elliot Junction, Forfarshire, Scotland, as the…

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The Estimates. District Roads. Proposed Appropriations

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The following are the proposed appropriations (writes Mr. Briner) on the roads in the Bellingen district from July 1, 1906, to December…

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Two Miles a Minute. Terrible Speed of the Latest Motor-car

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 1

Two miles a minute is the latest ambition of the intrepid, danger scorning, space-annihilating motorist. Had any, one predicted but a year…

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Railway Accidents. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

A passenger and a goods train came into collision near washington, The deaths are between 15 and 40; 100 people were injured. An express train from Hamburg to…

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Disastrous Railway Collision. Nineteen Persons Killed

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 8

The Caledonia Railway Company's train from Arbroath (For farshire) to Dundee was a waiting at Elliott Junction, one and a…

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For Motor Cars

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 6

Air costs nothing and petrol one shilling per gallon, but few car-owners make any effort to use as much of the atmosphere as possible to propel their cars. There are…

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The New Railway Commissioners. to Be Announced To-day. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

The names of the now Railway Commissioner will probably be announced today. All sorts of speculation is rife as to who will gain the coveted positions…

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The Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. BRINER, M.P., has recently made urgent representations to the Government in favor of commencing the construction of the South…

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Railway Commissioners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Nothing was settled at the meeting of the Cabinet yesterday in regard to the appointment of the Railway Commissioners. Mr. Carruthers explained…

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A North Coast Railway Deviation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

Wingham and Tarce are disputing over an alleged deviation in the route of the railway. As a matter of fact, there has been no deviation such as that complained of…

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Railway Collisions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Black, M. P. died from injuries received in the accident to the Scotch express. A passenger and a goods train came into…

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Shires' Burdens Lightened Main Roads and National Works

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

The following are classified as main roads in accordance with section 38 of the Local Government Extention Act, and section 119 of the Local…

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Railway Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

As the 4.30 p.m. train, Sydney to Parrmatta, was leaving Granville on Friday, the last carriage jumped the points, and left the line. It bumped along the permanent way for…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 8

A correspondent writing to the metropolitan press says: I notice that the Minister for Works says, in referring to a request from a portion of the residents of the…

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North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

Sir,--You doubtless noticed a letter of mine which was published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 14th ult. under the heading "The…

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