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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

603 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 31

Dorrigo-Coff's Harbor Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

The people of this district are exhibiting a very proper determination to leave nothing unsaid or undone that will assist in getting a…

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Dorrigo-Coff's Harbor Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

The people of this district are exhibiting a very proper determination to leave nothing unsaid or undone that will assist in getting a…

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The Railway Bridge Site

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 4

A matter of vital importance to Grafton and South Grafton--in fact to the whole of the district--was discussed at Monday night's public…

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The Crafton Railway Bridge. an Important Question

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 5

At the public meeting on Monday night, called to make arrangements for the Premier's visit, Mr. Samuel See brought forward the question of the…

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Latest Telegrams. Expanding Railway Returns Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 5

The railway revenue for the first quarter, ending March, 31, shows an increase of £145,363, as compared with the corresponding period of last…

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The Railway v. Harbor Works

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

Sydney "Bulletin" which always barracked for the North Coast railway, reckons that expenditure on harbor works is madness in view of the fact that the line is to be built…

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Mr. Rudder on the Railway

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

Mr. Eugene F. Rudder writes to the "Herald" :—The creeping slowness that has characterised everything in connection with the North Coast,…

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North Coast Railway Bridges

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

At a meeting of the Sydney Labour Council it wan decided that a deputation of employers and employees in the iron trades wait on the Premier, and ask him to have all the…

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Local Interest. the Dorrigo Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

The tableland towns are bestirring themselves to secure the connection with the coast at Coff's Harbor, via Dorrigo. At a meeting of the Armidale Railway League it was…

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Accidents on Amreican Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

According to an official report which has recently seen the light in the United States, there were no fewer than 9703 persons killed and 80,008 more or less seriously injured by…

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Speedy Motor Boats

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 11

The two fastest motor boats in Australia on Saturday raced round Manly and back in a gale of wind and a nasty choppy sea in an endeavour to capture the blue…

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Casino Show Train Bungle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1907 · page 2

A large number of Clarence River residents who visited the Casino Show on Thursday had an experience which, in all probability, will…

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The Object of the Railways. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1907 · page 3

Mr. T. R. Johnson, the Chief Railway Commissioner, speaking at the Commercial Travellers' Association rooms last night, said the…

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Upper Coldstream Bridge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 4

Mr. Briner, M.P., says that the promise that tenders would he called for before the end of April is not being ful[?]illed, and that the [?]ault lies not with him. The…

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The Dorrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 2

It is reported that the tableland towns are bestiring themselves to secure the connection with the coast at Coff's Harbour, via Dorrigo…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 8

As showing the immunity of the modern motor-car, Mr. Cecil Bourchier claims to have driven his car 14,000 miles on the Continent…

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Occupation of Roads

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

At Woodburn Shire Council meeting the Engineer reported that in several cases in the district settlers had "erected thier homes on unused…

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Bellingen-hydes Creek Road

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 4

Lost issue of the "Gazette" contains particulars of land withdrawn for the road from Bellingen to Hyde's Creek, in the parish of North Bellingen, county Raleigh,…

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Mr. Rudder on the Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

Mr. E. F. Rudder writes to the "Herald" :"The creeping slowness that has characterised everything in connection with the North Coast,…

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The Grafton Railway. Service

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 3

The provision of the special train service to Gratton this week at show time is the occasion when the subject of a daily train to Grafton may be fittingly reviwed. Those…

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