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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 5 of 31

"THE C. AND R. EXAMINER." Established 1859. GRAFTON: 16th FEBRUARY, 1907. North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

At a public meeting held on Tursday night, it was decided to invite the co-operation of public bodies throughout the North Coast district in approaching the…

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North Coast Railway. Huge Deputation Proposed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 4

A meeting o! the N.C. Railway League members and the general public was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday night. Mr. A…

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Oyster Channel Bridge

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

Tenders close on 4th March for erection of Oyster Channel bridge. The contract provides that the work is to be finished within 30 weeks of the dale of gazettal of…

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Daily Train Service

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 5

The Member for the Clarence writes to the Chamber of Commerce enclosing the subjoined letters. The first is from the Railway…

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State Owned Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 3

The Swedish State Railways celebrated on December 2 their fiftieth anniversary, and it is hardly too much to say that all concerned in the development and…

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Disastrous Railway Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—An electric train on the New York Central line fell down an embankment at Bronx Park. Fifty passengers were killed, and many injured. The…

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In a Railway Carriage

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 3

The humours of travelling in Ireland are endless. A fastidious nonsmoker happened to find himself in a third-class smoking carriage in the company of a couple of gaunt-featured Southern…

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Scarcity of Railway Sleepers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 3

THE question of the supply of sleepers for the railway is one that is causing the department a good deal of anxiety, owing to the difficulty of…

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The North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 5

INSPECTOR USHER, of the Railway Department, has traversed the route of the North Coast railway from Maitland to Taree in connection with…

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The Railway to the Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 2

The qeuestion of conneeting the tableland of New England with the Coast is being revived by the action of our northern friends at the border, who have prevailed…

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The North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 4

The proposed deputation to the Premier and the Minister for Works, at Easter, to advocate proceeding with the North Coast Railway at several centres, meets with…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 12

Inspector Usher, of the Railway Department, has tracersed the route of the North Coast line from Maitland to Tarec, in connection with inquires respecting the…

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N. C. Railway Survey

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

Surveyors for the North Coast Railway have been in the vicinity of Durgog during the past few weeks Mr. Usher inspector of…

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Our Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 8

Mr. R. H. Lalor writes: Having appointed the Board of Commissioners to manage our railways, it is only reasonable to ask the Assembly to consider "the whole of the…

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The North Coast Railway. Tenders for the First Section to Be Called Next Month

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 5

Advantage was taken of the visit of the Hon. W. T. Dick, M.L.A., to Wingham last week for an interview by a representative of the local paper…

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Morth Coast Railway

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

Mr. A. Thompson, President of the Railway Leagne, has received a telegram from Mr. John M'Farlane, M.P., stating that the Premier has fixed 28th March as the…

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The Coastal Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 7

Mr. F. J. Thomas is urging the Minister for works to have the authorised railway line from Glen Ines to Grafton re-surveyed, with a view to sharpening the curves…

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The N.c. Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. A. Thompson, President of the Grafton branch of the N.C.L.S. and Railway League, has been informed that the Premier has fixed upon March…

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Railway to the Dorrigo

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 4

Mr. E. F. Rudder writes in the " Sunday Times":—I can endorse every statement supplied to your informant about the Dorrigo, and the urgent need of the…

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Motor Omnibuses

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 1

The motor omnibus is taking its place as a recognised method of conveyance, and is far displacing the horse-drawn vehicle. Many…

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