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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

916 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 46

Delays in Road Construction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

In his monthly report to his councillors, the Engineer (Mr. Baldock) for the Dorrigo Shire on Thursday last directed attention to the vexations delny in…

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Coff's Harbor. Courthouse Too Small. the Dorrigo Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

[?] way. Judging by the last meeting of the Railway League at Dorrigo, they are afraid of any counter OUR Court House has grown too small for the town, and the P.M. has had to call attention to the lack of accommodation…

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The North Coast Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

AT a special meeting of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce, Mr. M'Farlane, M.L.A., referred to several district matters of importance. The…

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Coff's Harbor-dorrico Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

A Coff's Harbour correspondent writes:—The proposal made to open the matter of a direct route from Dorrigo to Coff's Harbour has been…

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Coff's Harbour Railway League

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 9

A largely attended meeting of the Coff's Harbour Railway League was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday. Mr. Robert Shepherd presided…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 11

The work of securing sleepers for the Taree-Gloucester section of the North Coast railway is now being entered upon in earnest in the immediate vicinity of…

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Goods Train Wrecked. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 3

A goods train of forty trucks, running from Perth to Fremantle (W. A.), was derailed owing to the axle of a truck snapping. The goods were…

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Sporting. Motoring

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 3

In a fuel consumption test, held at Buffalo (U.S.A.), a motor car, weighing complete With passengers 2948lb was driven 46 miles on a gallon of…

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The Manchurian Railway. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 3

There is an outcry in Russia against the proposed neutralisation of the Manchurian railway. At Tokio (Japan) the scheme is also…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 4

A report was published int he "S.M. Herald" on Friday stating that great satisfaction was felt at Coff's Harbour relative to the decision of the Government to…

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Delays in Road Construction

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

In his monthly report to his Councillors, the Engineer (Mr. Baldock) for the Dorrigo Shire, directed attention to the vexatious delay in completing the…

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Killed by a Train. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

Ganger Aldridge, while travelling on a railway tricyle at Junee, was overtaken by a train and received injuries, from which he died…

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The Dorrigo Railway. (To the Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. P. K. Power, of Eastern Dorrigo, is wrong if he thinks I am at this juncture advocating any particular line to connect. Dorrigo…

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North Coast Railway. Enthusiastic Public Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

In response to an advertisement bearing the signature of the Mayor of Grafton, and which appeared in "Wednesday's "Argus," a large number of…

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The Dorrigo Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

In Coff's Harbor just now the route of the Dorrigo railway is a fiercely burning question, and the members of the local Railway League are…

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Trams in Collision. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

Two trams collided an Elizabeth street to-day and two passengers were sertiously injured…

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Letters to the Editor. the Editor, While Publishing Letters, Does Not Necessarily Endorse Opinions Expressed Therein. the Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

SIR,—I beg to congratulate you on your first issue I have received. It is well-worthy of support, and I think it is to the interest of all Dorrigo people to…

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South Grafton-Glenreagh Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

AT a meeting of the South Grafton Progress Association, the following resolutions were passed:—"That the survey of the South Grafton-Glenreagh section of…

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The North Coast Railway. South Grafton-glenreach Section

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

A public meeting, arranged under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening to consider what steps…

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Railway and River Consignments

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

Following are current quotations to-day for railway and river consignments of poultry:—Old hens, choice 4s, good 3s to 3s 6d; roosters, choice 5s 6d, good 4s to 4s…

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