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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

625 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 32

Threatened Tramway Employees' Strike

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 3

The Sydney tramway employees threaten to strike unless the Commissioners abolish the employment of pimps in the detection of…

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Threatened Tramway Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At a mass meeting held yesterday of the night-shift men employed on the Sydney tramways, a resolution was carried demanding immediate…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 2

A large meeting of the Bowranville railway longue was held on Monday, the object being the securing of the deviation of the North Coast railway as it passes through…

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Inverell-Coff's Harbour Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 9

An extended movement is taking place in the north and north-west (writes a Guyra correspondent) in connection with the proposed railway from Inverell to Coff's…

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Kyogle-casino Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Public Works Committee to-day decided unanimously in favour of the construction of the Kyogle to Casino railway proposal…

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Kyogle-Coraki Railway. One Section Only

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 2

The Standing Committee of Public Works has come to a decision with regard to the proposal to construct a railway line from Kyogle to…

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Girl Motorist's Escapade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 6

One of the most exciting reces ever witnessed between a motor car and a train occured on Long Island. New York, when Miss Marjorie Bourne, daughter of Commodore Frederick G…

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Kyogle-casino-coraki Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 4

The Public Works Committee, having turned Coraki down, that convenient centre on the Richmond, in company with so many other parts of the State which from…

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The Tableland Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 4

The forthcoming deputation to the Minister for Works on the subject of a railway from Guyra to Coff's Harbour will probably open up once again the whole question…

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The Tramway Trouble. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 5

The members of the Tramway Employees Union waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday afternoon to discuss their grievances…

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Obstructions Across or on Roads

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 3

As the question of public gatos is now so prominently before the public, we have been requested to call attention to the following ordinance:—…

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Upper Orara. Dissertation on Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

It is but a few years since our mads furnished an inexhautible subject for conversation, and especially for press correspondents…

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Bellingen Bridge and Fern Mount Ferry

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

The following copy of letter forwarded to the Bellingen Shire Council has been received by Mr. G. S. Briner, M.P.:—Referring to your communication of 9th June…

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Correspondence. [To the Editor] Roads for Settlers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

SIR.—I have recently noticed reports in various papers, including, i believe, your own, concerning the refasal of Dorrigo [?]lere to allow…

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Casino Kyogle Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

The Standing Committee of Public Works bun come to a decision with regard to the proposal to construct a railway line from Kyogle to Coraki. via Casino. The…

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The Woolgoolga Motor Launch

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

The motor launch, in which three Wool-goolga fishermen were blown out to sea, and from which they landed on Billinudgel Beach, after several days of privation, was…

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Rival Railway Routes. Evidence Before the Works Committee. E. F. Rudder's Evidence Continued

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

What draught of vessels could come into Coff's Harbour if the improvements yon think are required are made I Up to 25 feet…

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Inverell-Coff's Harbor Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 3

An extended movement in taking place in the north and north-west (writes a Guyra correspondent) in connection with the proposed railway…

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The Dorrigo Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

An Eastern Dorrigo correspondent writes in the following strain in the "Examiner" :—Our three delegates have returned from the conference. Up to the present we…

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North Coast Railway. Proposed Deviation. Meeting at Bellingen

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

A public meeting under the auspices of the Bellingen Railway League was held in the School of Arts on Thursday evening. Mr. J. T. Greer…

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