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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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Latest Telegrams. The Grafton-Tweed Railway. (From, the Press Telegram Association.) Sydney, September 15

Northern Star · Saturday 18 September 1886 · page 2

The construction of the proposed railway line from Grafton to the Tweed River was carried last night without a division. Messrs. Hogan and Ewing telegraph: The…

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Our Railways

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 September 1886 · page 2

SITTING in the Parliament, and hearing the drearly platitudes uttered by some honourable members night after night upon the question of the extension of railways in this colony, the…

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Our Railways

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 October 1886 · page 2

As will be seen from our telegrams the Legislative Council has agreed to refer the proposed Railway Extensions to select committees to enquire into and report upon, and…

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Our Railway Prospects

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 2

Perhaps the subject which is most prominent in the minds of the residents of these northern districts at the present time, is, as to whether the…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday, November 17, 1886. Our Roads

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 November 1886 · page 2

SUCH may not have arisen out of the late Ministerial Visit, but it looks passing strange to find tenders called for 30 Road Works in various parts of the district, so quickly after…

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Our Railway

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 November 1886 · page 2

IT was cheering to learn from the speech made by the Engineer for Railways (Mr, Palmer), at the late, banquet, that the plans and specifications of the proposed line of…

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Our Roads

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1886 · page 2

WRITING under the above heading the NORTHERN STAR jubilates most joyfully over the fact that tenders are called for thirty road works in and about Lismore,…

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The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the E. NEWS.)

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1886 · page 4

SIR.—The Legislative Council having referred the Grafton-Tweed Railway to a select committee, means that the members of that House required further information before sanctioning…

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The North-Coast Railway. To tlie Editor of the Evening News

Northern Star · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 2

SIR,—The Legislative Council having referred the Grafton-Tweed railway to a select committee, means that the members of that House required further information before sanctioning a measure…

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District Roads

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 2

THE following petition will be brought before the public meeting on Monday night next, for adoption:—"To the Honorable the Minister for Works…

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Our Roads, or Energy v. Apathy

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 2

THERE cannot possibly be two reasonable opinions about the fact that in the matter of the formation of roads the central portion of the Richmond River…

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Safe and Easy Railway Travelling

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1886 · page 5

AMONG the new scientific inventions that follow one another so rapidly, now-a-days, is a new system of railways, just patented, by which, according to the patentee, we…

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