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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Street and Road Spoiling

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

Just outride the Coraki Municipal boundary a contractor is at present carrying out a contract under the supervision of the Casino Resident Engineer,…

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Leicester's Creek Bridge and District votes

Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

In the Assembly lost week, Mr. Perry asked: What has become of the money we voted the year before last for a bridge over Leicester Creek in the Lismore district? I suppose it has been applied to…

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A Co-operative Railway

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 6

IT is a strange thing just now, when "Retrenchment" is the universal cry, an influential and representative deputation should be found to advocate a scheme…

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The Dairy Industry. To Dairymen and Others on Railways Line Lismore to the Twerd. [Per Favor Northern Star.]

Northern Star · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 2

SEEING that in various centres along the railway, now approaching completion, butter factories are about to be erected, I venture to call the earnest attention of all the residents to the great mistake,…

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Opening of teh Kiamn— Nowra Railway

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

THE railway oxtension from Kiama to Nowra, or, to speak more preeisely, to Bomaderry, where the line stops about two mile on the north side of teh Shoalhaven River; was opened on Friday last by…

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The Railway Dispute

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 4

A DIFFICULT question has arisen in the railway service, which has become more difficult by reason of the ' temper in which it has been dealt with. It seems…

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A Woman Loses Both Feet by a Railway Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 4

In reference to the railway accident telegruphed last week, the S. M. HERALD states: —Mrs. Solomon, of Victoria-street, Petersham, was admitted to the Parramatta…

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An Expensive Bit of Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

THE line of railway which formed the subject of dispute between Mr. Robb and the Queensland Government, ascends the Great cost atter the claim of the contractor has…

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Deifferential Railway Rates

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 July 1893 · page 4

To a 'Sydney Morning Herald' reporter who recently interviewed the Chief Commissioner for Railways, on the question of the dispute between the New South Wales and…

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Railway Freights and Land Settlement

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 4

Mr. W. E. Abbott writes the following to the S.M. Herald, which bread out the views in m recent article published by us from the pen of Mr. C. T. Bagot on the…

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The Railway Revenue

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 8

THE financial year, so far as the railway revenue is concerned, came to an end a few days ago. The "year" begins on the 1st July and ends on the 30th June. A pretty…

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The Tramp Musician

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 4

THE household goods of a ruined [?] sire were being sold at auction, and a fashionable assembly of bidders were present. The auctioneer came to…

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The Tenterfield-Casino Railway. Public Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Tenterfield Town Hall on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of considering the advisability of taking stops for the construction of the railway from Tenterfield to Casino…

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Railway Extortions

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 8

THE Armidale Chronicle says:—Messrs. J. Richardson and Co. sends us the following note as a fair illustration of how inland country towns are…

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Non-paying Railways in the Western States of America

Northern Star · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 6

IN the North American Review for May, Mr. H. P. Robinson, the editor of the Railway Age, writos:—In the States of Kansas, Missouri, Ai kansas, and Colorado, 72 90 per cent, of all…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, 16th AUGUST, 1893. the Opening of the Railway for Traffic

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 2

FROM what we hear, the first two sections of the railway are now nearing completion, and if desired could be handed over within a very short period. This would give communication…

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Non-Paying Railway Lines

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 4

THE revelations in the last report of the Railway Commissioners as to the non-paying railway lines are not new, they only startle us by being repeated at intervals of a year…

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The Minister for Lands and the Commission Ers for Railways

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 2

SOME correspondence which has recently passed between the MINISTER FOR LANDS and the COMMISSIONERS FOR RAILWAYS indicates a difference of opinion On a matter of important policy…

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Editorial Notes. Stoppage of Road Works

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 2

THE last stroke in the way of retrenchment made by our wise Government is that which affects our public roads. The decision to stop all road works throughout the country at the…

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Tram Line From Casino

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1893 · page 2

WE notice that a meeting is to be held to-morrow at Casino, for the purpose of considering the advisibility of urging the Government to construct a tramway…

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