Railway Accident at Parramatta
THE 'Echo' says,—The first serious case of "telescoping " in connection with the railway system of the colony took place at Parramatta yesterday, afternoon, and it is almost…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
16 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Roads and Municipal Government
IT is not satisfactory to hear members of Parliament giving it as their personal experience that there is a great waste of money in connection with the expenditure of the…
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WE fully endorse the statement made by Alderman Barrie in the Council, this week, as to the state of the roads around this township, and leading therefrom, and think that…
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THE 'S. M. Herald' of the 17th March, says,—Mr. Johnston, the hon. member for the Williams, has been trying for some time to get a vote for the erection of a bridge…
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WE are glad to note that the terror to horsemen, nightmare to pedestrians, and incubus upon the well-doing of this township, in the shape of the swampy road at the end of…
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HE was jogging along o'er the rough country road In the morn, near the hour of five, Wondering where he should strike for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →H[?] at Wilson's [?]. Main Road
A MEETING of persons interested in the making and repair of the Lismore end of the Ballina road, was held at the Temporary Schoolroom, on Mr. W. Saville's Selection at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Lismore, April 24, 1880. Our Roads
IN the early days of Australian settlement, it was a common saying amongst residents "that this would be a fine country when it was all fenced in," but judging by what we…
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THE 'Echo' says,— Are we wiser or cleverer than were our forefathers? We may excel them in many things, but certainly not in the art of road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The [?]orthern Star. Lismore, June 12, 1880. Ballina Road
RIDING over the portion of the above road between Lismore and Ballina, last week, we had much pleasure in noticing that some very material alterations and improvements had…
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As bearing out what we have so often stated respecting the way in which the residents of this district generally are, and have been treated in the matter of their public, reads and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Mr. Curnow Stopped the Train
THE schoolmaster at Glenrown, Mr. Curnow, who was the means of preventing the wreck of the pilot-engine, and probably the train conveying the police to Glemowan, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The northern Star. Lismore, July 31, 1880. the Lismore Bridge
FEELING very unsatisfied respecting the present position of the above bridge (notwithstanding the assurance of our Casino contemporary—"That it was all right"), we…
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FROM Italy comes the news, welcome to intending tourists, that the Mount Vesuvius Rail way—happily brought to a most suc cessful termination—has been opened to…
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ONE day the usually impassive Leger Sombreker (an engine-driver on the Lyons railway) was found in the engine-shed giving way to a furious storm of passion because…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Lismore, October 30, 1880. Our Roads
AFTER the statements made by portions of the Press as to the great results achieved by our present member for the good of the district, since he has been in Parliament, it is passing…
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