Blocking Public Roads
SIR,-Will you grant me a space in your valuable paper to bring under the notice of Mr. Crummer, Road Superintendent, the following facts RE the road from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Blocking Public Roads
SIR,—I notice in your issue of 3rd January a writer, who signs himself "A Traveller," endeavors to bring under the notice of Mr. Grummer, road superintendent, the way in…
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IN a letter to the 'Balmin Leader,' a writer whom we take to be Mr. W. Kelleway, commenting upon the suitability of the district for sugar, and the recent movement to start…
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MR. JOHN L. RUTHVEN, of Port Macquarie, writes to the Sydney Mail as follows :—"In your last issue I noticed a paragraph to the effect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goonellabah-rous Road
SIR,—I wish to bring a subject under notice that needs looking into. At last meeting of the Chilcott's Grass Progress Association, on 24th ultimo, the subject of the maintenance…
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THE news that the tender of Messrs. Keric and Keric had been accepted by the Minister for Works for the construction of the first section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cane Growing on the Railway Line
A MEETING of landowners was held at the Burringbar Hotel on Saturday last, to determine upon action in the matter of growing cane for the Colonial Sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lismore-Tweed Railway
LATE last evening we received the following telegram from Mr. B. B. Nicoll, M.L.A.:—I have seen the railway contractors. They expect to be ready for…
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THE following important clauses have been added to the conditions under which road contracts are let by the Government. THE TRUCK SYSTEM NOT ALLOWED.—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Works. Cause of the Delay. Sydney
FOR the information of a number of men anxiously awaiting the commencement of work we communicated with the contractors yesterday by wire, asking when work was likely to be…
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THE following important cla[?]ses have been added to the conditions under which road contracts are let by the Government. THE TRUCK S STEM NOT ALLOWED.—The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Demonstration
AN adjourned meeting of the committee was held at the Council Chambers on Friday. There was a moderate but representative attendance, and several names were added to the…
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THE adjourned meeting was held last night. The following programme, sketched out by the sub-committe, was approved of:—Reception, Procession of Cavalry,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tweed Road School Picnic
SIR,—It will be in the recollection of some of your readers that the opening of the new school in Mr. Howell's paddock, Tweed Road, was to have been celebrated by having a picnic, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Demonstration
WE understand that, notwithstanding the endeavours of the committee of the Railway Demonstration to have the ceremony postponed on account of the inclement weather and short-time for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The N. S. Wales Railways
AT the opening of the Railway Institute Mr. Chief Commissioner Eddy made the following remarks which have a general as well as special interest to us here:—"It might…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Control of Railways
AN American paper says:—"A movement is on foot to, if possible, put the railways of the United Kingdom under Government control, to be operated for the nation and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Demonstration. Turning of the First Sod 8000 People Present
THE town from an early hour yesterday was all astir. The work of decoration which had gone on for the last few days, was continued up to yesterday…
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THE credit of initiating railway agitation belongs to our friends on the Clarence, who, as far back as 1872, started to work rigorously to induce their Government of the day to grant railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Celebration. Banquet to the Hon. Bruce Smith
THE complimentary banquet tendered to the Hon, Bruce Smith, Minister for Works, on the occasion of turning the first sod of the Lismore-Tweed Railway, took place on Friday night…
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