Lismore Tweed Railway
IN addition to the information given in the Minister's Banquet speech, he has furnished the following in reference to subsequent contract. The bridges, we may add,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Ministerial Visit. Turning the First Sod of the Lismore-Tweed Railway
FRIDAY last will long be remembered as a red- letter day in the annuals of the history of the Richmond River, being the occasion of the turning of the first sod of the lismore-Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Maximum Speed of Railway Trains
PROF THURSTON, who writes more l[?]cidly on subjects connected with engineering than almost any man living, discusses the question of speed in railway travel. He points out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wonderful Floating Bridge
THE greatest and most famous of floating bridges was that built by the Roman Emperor Caligula, in A.D. 30. An immense number of boats were anchored…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Progress
As will be seen from the following ex-tract, taken from an article in the MANNING TIMES, the southern section of the North Coast Railway is being rapidly…
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IN the Richmond valley there are many swamps and wet areas that an extensive system of drainage would convert into arable fields for the cultivation of rice…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Clarence River Advocate writes as follows regarding this much needed line of railway:-Great rejoicing has recently taken place at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Progress of the North Coast Railway
THE following report of progress on the southern section of tho North Coast Railway shows that the surveys are being pushed to completion; and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Roads Department
FROM a report forwarded to the Public Works, Departiment by Mr. E. J. Stratham, Engineer of Roads, and published in the Clarence. Examiner, we extract the following as of local interest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonial Sugar Refining Co. and Sugar-cane Growing Along the Railway line
UNDER date March 14th the General Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company wrote to Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.P., which was passed over to the Tweed Advocate. A copy of the…
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Under the English "staff system" when one train is too closely following another the official in charge of the staff will give a ticket to the first engineer, which cannot be…
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HIS WORSHIP the Mayor has received the [?]appended letter from the Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in reference to the proposed movement to cultivate sugar-cane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAPHIC. The Glen Innes-I[?]verell Railway. Sydney
At a meeting of the Public W[?]ks Committee on Wednesday, the Glen I[?]-Inverell railway proposal was under consideration[?] Mr. Barling, Under-Secretary for Public…
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THE following correspondence discloses the final decision of the Colonial Sugar Relining Company [?] [?]r[?]ction of another mill along the railway line:—…
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REGARDING the thorougfares of this colony the Sydney Echo has the following:—"In New South Wales the Legislature has been dealing with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. B. B. Nicoll and the Tenterfield Railway
DURING the last visit of Mr. B. B. Nicoll, M.L.A., to Tenterfield he was found out by the local press representatives, and the Star, reporting tho interview, says :…
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THE Logan Witness writes:—We are now in possession of the long-talked-of, and the oftensaid-to-be wonderful work of Mr. A. Meston. By no means does it come up to our expectations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glen Innes-Inverell Railway. The Sectional Committee in Glen Innes
MESSRS. Garrard, O'Sullivan, M'Court, and Trickett, the sub-section of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, arrived by train on Friday afternoon, and on the…
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WE have been requested to publish the following letter, addressed to Mr. J. Olive, Secretary of Bungawalbin Progress Association:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Railway to Jamberoo
A REPORT has been made by Edward B. Price, examiner of Public Works proposals, on the proposed branch railway to Jamberoo. It is the centre of one of the best dairying…
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