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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Dorrigo Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 4

Mr. Lee is to be congratulated upon his change of attitude in regard to the Dorrigo Railway. In an interview with Mr. Briner he admitted that it would be a…

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Fatal Railway Smash

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 4

A serious accident took pince on the westorn line on Tuesday. A goods train was bound for Sydney, and while on the up grade of the zig zag near the Crarence…

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An Aeroplane Invasion. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 5

Sir Hiram Maxim declares that Germany, by an outlay of £7,500,000 sterling, could build aeroplanes capable of landing 100,000 Germans in…

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Local and General Altered Train Arrangements

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 2

There has long been an [?] in Grafton in favor of the trai is [?]om asino reaching here in the inertiae and returning in the aftera her…

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An Aeroplane Invasion

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Aero Club of the United Kingdom have formed a league to encourage the inventors of aeroplanes. Speaking at a dinner of the Aero Club…

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The Dorrigo Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

The final determination of the Minister for Works to submit to the Legislative Assembly a proposal for an ordinary gauge railway to the Dorrigo is a full and…

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A Dangerous Road

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 4

Mr. E. J. Raymond, of Bellingen, had a narrow escape from serious accident while driving a sulky from Bowraville last week. Moving his head restively, the horse got it…

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Dorrigo Railway Proposals

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 4

Writing regarding the Minister's decision to submit to Parliament proposals for an ordinary gauge railway between Dorrigo and Coff's Harbour,…

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Signor Scarf[?] in London Tales of Life in a Motor

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 4

R. de Chateleu writes in the "Daily Mail" of September 23:—Athletic, tall, with a swarthy complexion, bright black eyes, the volubility…

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The Dorrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 2

The Dorrigo railway project has just now reached an interesting stage. The Minister for Works has submitted a proposal for a standard…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 3

Mr. Editor.—In reply to letter in your issue of 12th inst., appearing over the signature of Mr. H. J. Kipping, and on the subject of a lengthy devlation in the above…

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Kyogle-casino Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 6

The Mayor of Casino presented a report on the deputation to the Minister for works (From. C. A. Lee) in connection with the Kyogle-Casino…

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Tramps In Norway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 10

In Norway an able-bodied loafer is warned by the police against his manner of life and told whore to apply for work. If a person rufuses to do the work assigned, or…

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Mangled by a Train. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 7

John King (27), an agricultural laborer, was cut to pieces by the Goomalling-Dowerin train. It is believed that he had, fallen asleep on the line…

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Our Dangerous Roads

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 4

After reading the burial service on Tuesday, at the interment of the late John James Keogh, the officiating minister, the Rev. T. Hengel Jones,…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 5

Mr. Briner has learnt that local Railway Leagues will be informed when the survey of the section of the North Coast railway between…

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Railway League Meeting

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the Bowraville Railway League was held in the School of Arts on Saturday night, the 19th inst. at 8 p.m. The President, P. Lamph,…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 4

In the Assembly last week, Mr. R. A, Price, M.P., said that some time ago a proposal was made by the combined district Progress Associations tomato a deviation…

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State V. Private Railways

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 4

Colonel Lassetter on his return from Europe the other day paid a tribute to the management of our state-owned railways which is directly contrary to much that…

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Railway Progress

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 4

Reviewing the year's record of public works, the "S.M. Herald" says:—It had been decided to divide the construction of the North Coast railway into sections, the…

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