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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 11 of 31

Railways in the North

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

The Minister for Works, speaking with regard to the proposed railway from Tenterfield to Casino, status that a survey is being carried out on what is Iwown as the…

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Railway to the Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

In connection with the agitation for a railway from the Tableland to the Coast and the proposed conference in Armidale on the 27th May. writes the "Express."…

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A Railway King

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

All the talk in New York financial circles just now is of Mr. Harriman, the American railway Colossus, who hus forced, into the background men like J. 'P…

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North Coast Railway

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

Some time ago Mr. J. M'Farlane, H.P., Interviewed the Railway Commissioners with a view to securing a return-of the revenue of Grafton-Casino railway since it…

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The Coastal Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 11

What is being done to secure a revised survey of the lien from Grafton to Glen Innes? Some few issues back the "Examiner" pointed out the advisability of urging the…

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That Daily Train

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1907 · page 2

Practically the only obstacle to the running of a daily train between Grafton and Casino is the mule-like obstinacy which the Railway…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 2

A young girl named Aunic Mellin, finding the tram from St. Peters to Sydney crowded, rode upon a platform on the end of a car. A sudden lurch of the car…

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North Coast Railway Bridges

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 4

At a meeting of the Sydney Labour Council it was decided that a deputation of employers and employees in the iron trades…

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North Coast Railway Bridges

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 4

At a meeting of the Sydney Labour Council it was dnoided that a deputation of employers and employees in the iron trades…

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Railway Commissioners at Armidale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 4

The Railway Commisssioners were interviewed at Armidale last week, when Mr. E. G. Trim pointed out the disadvantages of the local saw millers in the matter of…

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The Dorrigo Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 4

A message from Bellingen states:--"There is reason to believe that the Government will order a fresh survey to be made of the proposed railway line up…

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The Tableland Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 4

A matter of vital importance to this district, but one concerning which, unfortunately, there seems to be deplorable apathy in Grafton, is…

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Unused Shire Roads

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

The "R. R. Herald" says:—A rather peculiar position has just been created by a pronouncement of the Crown Lands Department to the effect that it could not see…

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American Railways and Finances

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 8

Recent mails from America give details of the recent panic, referred to in our cables of some weeks ago…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 3

The Lower Richmond Cycling Club held a 10 miles road race on Wednesday afternoon with the following result—C. Lickiss (180 sees.), actual riding time 32mins. 17secs.,…

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The Combined Bridge Suggestion

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 2

The suggestion put forward by us in a recent issue, viz., that, in agitating for the site of the railway bridge across the Clarence being fixed…

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New Motor Buses

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 4

Dr. Vivers, of Glen Innes, who went to England some months back to purchase motor buses for a service between Glen Innes und Inverell, took delivery of the…

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The Brushgrove Bridge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 4

A meeting is to be held at the Brashgrove School of Arts to-morrow night to arrange a depute ion 10 wait on the Premier next, week re the proposed…

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The Casino Show Train Bungle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 4

The "Tweed Herald," in its last issue, says :--"Our esteemed contemporary the Grafton 'Argus' recently published an article blaming…

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Motor Cars for £40. "Wall-street Sure." Edison's New Battery

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 2

In fifteen years from now Edison prophesises that the horse will be a curiosity. The modern Wizard of Orange has, we are assured in the…

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