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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
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THE address delivered by Mr. T. Bawden at Grafton on the above, subject has been well circulated, and has, no doubt, been carefully read by many in this electorate. All will concede…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Assembly passed a resolution to refer the Grafton-Tweed Railway to the Public Works Committee. (From the Members for the District.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE venture to say no stronger case for the construction of a railway was ever submitted than that which is disclosed in the report of the Commissioners for Railways, [?]on the Gratton-Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1888, Section 13, we beg to report as under:— The Enginerrr-in-Chief estimates the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To teh Editor of the "Northern Star." SIR,—Now that the construction of our Railway has been referred to the parliamentary public Works Committee, I would suggest that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Minister for Works early this year requested Mr. Whitton, Engineer-in-chief, to prepare an estimate of the cost of light railway lines for opening up the country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OUR attention has been called to the dangerous practice followed by farmers of ploughing up and cropping the Government roads to within a few feet of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PETITION, dated July 30, from the Coorabell Crook residents in referonee to the above road, waa presented by the Members for the district, and having been referred to the Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REFERRING to the railway question, the Melbourne Age says:—"In South Australia and Victoria the broad gauge of 5ft 3in. is the standard one, while New South Wales has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST Friday's Lower Clarenee Advocate says : -The establishment of a punt at Maclean, for the convenience of residents on the opposite side of the river, in an important item…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following evidence was taken on Tuesday afternoon:— James Barrie said he had resided in the district 12 year; the railway agitation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A GENIUS is at work a new railway carriage which will not burn or telescope. It is all iron and steel. The roof, sides, and end of the car are made of steel boiler plates riveted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE letter forwarded to the Public Works Committee by Mr. G. N. Griffiths, manager of Wooroowoolgen Estate, which was published in n recent issue of this journal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT no previous period has the report on our railways been looked forward to with so much interest as that recently issued, which is the first under the new management, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met last Wednesday for the purpose of considering the proposed railway from Kiama to Nowra…
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