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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 21 of 32

The Dorrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 2

It is satisfactory to have the assurance give the local member by the Minister for Works recently that an effort will be made to have…

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The Railway Conference

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 2

In support of the many appeals made by these in charge of the arrangements for the deputation to the Minister for works on the Coff's…

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Baby Thrown from a Train

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 7

The Orange coroner concluded an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a newly-born male child found near the Blooinfield railway platform on…

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Discontented Tramway Men

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At a general meeting of tramway men to-dny it was resolved to apply for a board for five employees from Unions under the Industrial Disputes Act…

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Guy Fawkes-dorrigo Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 9

In the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Lonsdale moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the urgent need for the immediate survey of a line from Dorrigo to…

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Coff's Harbour Requirements. Railway to Dorrigo and a Breakwater

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Price, in the absence of Mr. Briner, introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works, who urged the construction of a railway to connect…

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The Dorrigo Railway. the Minister Favorable

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night, Mr. Lonsdale moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to the urgent need of…

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Latest Telegrams. Another Tram Strike Suggested. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 3

A rumor is current to the effect that it is proposed to call the tramway men out on strike in Fleet week if the 200 men now unemployed are not…

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Cycling Road Race

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 5

Delightfully fine weather conditions prevailed at Bathurst on Saturday for the start of the Bathurst to Sydney bicycle road race. There were no fewer then 95…

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Railway Commissioners' Report

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 3

We have received the report of the Chief Commissioner for New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways for the year ending June 30th, 1908. The report…

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Train to Travel 120 Miles an Hour

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 3

If the claim put forward by Mr. E. W. Chalmers Kearney for his high-speed railway should ever be substantiated, the journey from…

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Rival Railway Routes. Evidence Before the Works Committee

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

John Cowling, farmer, Bogawa, near Coramba, sworn and examined— Chairman: Do those living in the same locality as you do the same as…

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Dorrigo-Coff's Harbor Railway. Deputation to the Minister

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. Price, M.L.A., in the absence of Mr. Briner, M.L.A., introduced a deputation (Messrs. Noble, Gilles, Bull, Walker, Peel, Henry, Budleigh,…

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Guy Fawkes-Dorrigo Railway. Discussed in Parliament

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

In the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Lonsdale moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the urgent need for the immediate survey of a line…

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Railway Requirements

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

The following letter has been culled from the "S.M. Herald" and shows the necessity for increased exertions on the part of those…

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Correspondence. (To the Editor.) Dorrigo Coast Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

Sir, The question of a railway from the Dorngo to the coast has now been before the public for [?]ome considerable time, and that it is a…

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The Derrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

The Minister for Works is to be congratulated on the statesmanlike view be takes of the question of a railway for the Dorrigo. On…

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Deputations from the North Coast. Dorrigo Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 9

A deputation from Bellinger Shire Council waited upon the Minister for Works on Tuesday, and asked for financial assistance for the construction of roads of access for…

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The Rush for the Trams

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 9

Records were established in the traffic on the harbour and tramways. To Bondi, about 21,000 people were taken by tram, 18,000 to Coogee, and the same number…

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Kylgle to Coraki Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 2

The Public Works Committee on Tuesday re-opened the subject of the proposed railway from Kyogle to Coraki via Casino, the last section of which—from Casino to…

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