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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

721 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 37

Shocking Railway Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A— shocking accident occurred at West Footscray railway Stationen the Bendigo line, yesterday. Sydney Reynolds, aged 10 years, a son…

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Latest Telegrams. a Big Railway Smash. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 5

During shunting operations at Newcastle on Friday afternoon, a train of eight carriages crashed into three other carriages standing in the shed…

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Ocean Motor Boat Race. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 5

Glengarry won the ocean motor boat race from Sydney to Newcastle to-day, the Hinemoa being second. Afer a trying time, only the two…

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Ocean Motor Boat Race

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 8

The ocean race organised by the Motor Boat Club of N.S. Wales, from Sydney to Newcastle and back, a distance of about 134 miles, ended in a victory for…

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Motor Boat Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 5

The motor boat Myall has been wrecked at Broken Bay. There was no loss of life…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Grafton Council the Mayor moved—That the Members for the Clarence and Raleigh districts be asked to urge upon the Hon…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred at West February railway station on the Bendigo line on Thursday last. Sydney Reynolds, aged 10 years,…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

Satisfactory progress continues to be made by Messrs. Carson, Carey, and Simpson with the first section of the North Coast railway, extending…

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Mudgee-dunedoo Railway Opened

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

The first [?] [?] [?] day by the [?]ster for Works (Mr. C.A. Lee)…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation from the Glen Innes and Inverell Railway Leagues waited upon the Minister for Works to urge him to carry out his…

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Up the Orara. the Proposed Dorrigo Railway. No. III.—(Continued from Saturday's issue.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

As has been staled in a former contribution, the railways are to play an important part in the future of the Orara. The North Coast line is assured and Mr…

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Bridge Over the Orara. To the Editor

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 2

The Dorrigo Council have had within the last reighteen months two requests deferred to them to erect bridges over Bucca Creek, the one to connect by a much shorter…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 4
Also in Coffs Harbour Advocate

Mr. Timms, one of the contractors, and Mr. Brown, the paymaster, for the Taree-Gloucester section of the North Coast Railway, arrived at…

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One Class on Railways

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 5

It was held at the Labor Congress that only one class should be on the railways, and in future the Unions decided to allow all…

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New Railway Signal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 5

The mimerons railway accidents which have recently occurred in Germany because of the failure of engineers to observe the signals, have causad the Prussian railway administration to…

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Dorrigo Railway Route

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee before they visited the route of the proposed Dorrigo railway, Mr. M'Farlane, M.P., pointed out…

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South Arm Bridge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 2

Mr. G. Briner, M.L.A., has been informed by the Under-secretary for Public Works as follows:—"With reference to the deputation introduced by you to the honourable the…

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Dorrigo-coff's Harbour Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

T. W. B. writes:—I think that the Public Works Committee will be well advised to seriously take into consideration that the Coffs Harbour to Dorrigo line is only…

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Woodburn-chatsworth Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 6

On several occasions of late pointed allusions have been made in the columns of this paper to the disgraceful-state of the main highway for traffic between the…

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