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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 15 of 31

The North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Works, is arranging for a practical start on the North Coast railway. Tenders will be called Almost immediately for the…

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Expanding Railway Revenue. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 3

The railway revenue for the past week shows an increase of over $10,000 over the corresponding week of last year. For the five months of…

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Railway Extension

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

The " Sydney Morning Herald " in aleading article dealing with North Coast progress and railway extension, says: " Railway…

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Pekin to Paris Motor Tour

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 2

The motor-car reliablility tour form Pekin to paris started on Monday from the Chinese capital. The course will traverse, Mongolin, the Gobi desert, Southern Siberia, the Ural…

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Railway to the West

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

On his last trip to the Clarence, Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.L.A., made a trip to Cangal, and was much impressed with the importance of that part of the district. He was…

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A Railway Smash. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 5

The Moree mail train when leaving the Werris Creek railway station struck the switch points with the rerust that two cars somersaulted…

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Shire Councils and Main Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 4

How Shire Councils were going to maintain some of the main roads was a problem. Mr. M'Farlane represented this matter to the heads of departments which…

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Delights of Queensland Trams

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 2

The Brisbane trains are a lesson to the other States for their cleanliness and comfort, while their acceptable polite guards might also go to other Australian centres…

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"THE C. AND R. EXAMINER." Established 1859. Grafton: Saturday, June 22, 1907. the Tableland Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 4

The suggestion made by Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.P., with reference to reviving the agitation for a railway from Grafton to the Tableland is one that should be adopted…

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Railway Smash at Werris Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at Werris Creek on Tuesday morning to the Morce outward-bound mail train. After leaving the platform, by some mischance the leading engine took the…

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Railway to the West

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 4

The Member for the Clarence sends us the following with reference to the construction of a railway west from Grafton:— "I am writing you a few lines respecting…

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Reduced Railway Fares

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Railway Commissioners propose to decrease the price for a single ticket and lower the return concession from 50 per cent, to 20 per cent…

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A Train Fired At. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 3

While the morning train was passim through South Kensington Station (Victoria) a bullet was fired through a window, just grazing a…

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Latest Cables. the Dangerous Motor Car. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 3

A motor car, while travelling between Naples and Caserta (Italy), swerved from the road and demolished a building…

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New Railway Line

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

The Member for the Clarence has, in a letter to a Grafton paper, drawn attention to the desirableness of taking action to open up that large belt of country in…

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Shocking Motor Tragedy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday—All Italy was shocked to-day by the news of a dreadful motoring disaster—a disaster in which a prince, a duke, a marquis and a…

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Mr. Griffith and the Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

Under the above heading, the "R. R. Times" (Ballina) publishes the following --Grafton " Angus,' seems a bit annoyed because Mr. A. H…

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Wrong Train Again !

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 6

An lrishman wanting to go to Belfast bearded a train at one of the Irish stations, and after sitting therein almost an hour an us discovered by a porter, and…

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Oyster Channel Bridge. Work to Begin in July. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 4

Mr. G. S. BriHer wired this evening:—The Minister for Works informed me to-day that the District Officer reports that contractors will begin work on the…

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Reduced Railway Fares

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 8

The Railway Commissioners propose to decrease the price for a single ticket and lower tho return concession from 50 per cent…

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