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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
104 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 6
THIS route appears to have been first urged on the Government as far back as January[?] 1885, when Mr. Neil Campbell addressed the Minister, representing the surveyed line as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →UNDER this heading the Clarence Advocate recently published an article which we reproduced. It is not our intention to repeat the arguments which have already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT must be frankly admitted that it is seldom a public movement, encircled with characteristics so feasible and plain to all on being mooted, takes such deep root in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Friday next 20th June, a party of gentlemen will leave Maclean to ride over the proposed railway route between Maclean and Coraki. A meeting will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Polyphloisvo[?] Entha kai entha diokomen [?] phebesthai. —(Homer's [?]ad). Homo sum[?] Nihil humanum a me alienum puto. —(Terence)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a letter dated 4th March, 1889, Mr. Surveyor Sharkey drew a very unfavourable picture of the line. Mr. Traffic Surveyor Robinson thus refers to it. " Mr. Sharkey…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Clarence Harbour Works as recommended have passed, and the Grafton-Tweed Railway is being moved. SYDNEY, THURSDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN outcome of the news received early in the forenoon was the convening of a inseting to express thanks to Parliament and district members, for the adoption of the district railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OUR telegrams on Wednesday evening informed as that the railway—Lismore to the Tweed— was under discussion, but a decision had not been arrived at when the Telegraph Office…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN introducing the resolution for the construction of the railway Lismore to the Tweed, Mr. BRUCE SMITH said the Committee had made a greater modification in this instance than in any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE word "express, no applied to railway trains, has no invariable meaning, and is merely employed to indicate trains whose speed is relatively faster than ordinary ones,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—These three subjects are of essential moment to all of us in these North Coast lands, partly in ordea to challenge discussion and criticism, and partly also to disclose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE have read the leading article in the Clarence and Richmond Examiner of June 17th in reference to the proposed railway between Maclean and Coraki, which is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Friday evening last, pursuant to advertisement, a public meeting was held at the Bridge-street Hall, Coraki, to urge on the Government the desirability of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Will you kindly allot me a small space in your valuable journal to ventilate the greatest grievance which we have to endure in this locality, namely: The impassable state…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the public meeting held at Tum[?]ulgum on Saturday night, Mr. J. H. Pringle occupied the chair. The attendance numbered about 25, including some from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Some two months beak a deputation of residents of this town waited on Mr. Gracie and specially drew his attention to the seriously clangorous state of the Government road…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →THE uncertainty, difficulty and delay in the conveyance of goods consigned to Casino from the ocean boats to their destination has long been a source of serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. BRUCE SMITH, in moving second reading of the Grafton to the Tweed Railway Bill, said the only feature of the proposal upon which he anticipated any discussion was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perhaps no one has had experience more calculated to qualify them to speak on the subject of road management, than the majority of those who, as delegates, represented their…
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