The Advent of the Motor-Cars.]
THE Westminster Guzette on November 14 nays: The[?] parade duly came off. The weather was damp, muggy, foggy, and vilely, slippery under foot; but this did not prevent…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
65 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 4
The Lismore-Tweed Railway. Increased Traffic
BY the courtesy of Mr. A. Crawford, District Superintendent, we are enabled to place before readers figures giving an idea of the traffic on the LismoreTweed line. As is always the case on a new line,…
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THIS terrible railway accident at Redfern a few years ago was all but repeated on Monday morning, when two passenger trains collided in the station yard. Fortunately no one was killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Clever Railway Swindle
A MYSTERY that has long puzzled the railroads radiating from Chicago was cleared up the other day, when a gang of thieves was unearthed that had…
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WE notice by last issue of the Express that a movement is on foot in the upriver town to urge on the Government the necessity of constructing u light line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Company
THE Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Co. have sold the last of their plant, finding that they can no longer run at a profit, and regarding the prospect of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Condition of the Tay Bridge
SOME alarming rumours with regard to the condition of the Tay Bridge have been current lately in Dundee and the neighbourhood. It was said that an unsound pier had been discovered, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Convention. Mr. John Bridge's Candidature
ON Saturday evening Mr. John Bridge, one of the candidates for the Federal Convention election, addressed the electors in the Theatre Royal, Lismore. His Worship the Mayor (Alderman J. F. O'Flynu)…
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SEVERAL complaints from dairymen, whose calling compels them to daily traverse the above road, having reached us of the very rough state of that…
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WHEN the delegates from Coraki to the railway meeting in Casino last Saturday arrived at their destination, after a deal of personal inconvenience, they found to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Conference at Glen Innes
THE following gentleman attended the Railway Conference to receive the report of the subcommittee:—Messrs W. A. B. Greaves, T. Page, J. T. M'Kittrick, (G. H. Varley (Grafton),…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Northern Star. Saturday Morning, April 3Rd, 1897. Another Railway Movement
THE public meeting to be held on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway League and Debating Society
Stn,—Lttt thore should be any misunderstanding in the minds of your renders re tho two meeting advertised for the same date and place, ponnit me to say that the Debating Society Cuiiunittcu have arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Public Meeting. Extension of the Lismore-Tweed Railway to the Queensland Border
A PUBLIC meeting for the purpose of urging on the Government, the advisability of extending the Lismore-Tweed line to the Queensland border, was held at the Council Chambers on Monday ovening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maclean-Lismore Railway
Now that that Federal Elections are over, the public of the Clarence may turn their attention to matters of more local importance, Foremost among these…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Maintenance and Progress. Associations
MESSRS. J. COTTERELL, A. S. Jaques, E. Hawkins, J. G. Robley, and Georg Anderson, members of the Ourimbah Progress, Association, were introduced by Mr. H. C. Wheeler, M. L. A.,…
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THE S. M. HERALD is a sub-leader on this movement writes:—It is scarcely likely that the amusing aida of the agitation now in progress in the Richmond and Tweed districts in the north in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Uniform Railway Gauge. Views of Federal Delegates
THE presence of the Railway Commissioners in Adelaide for examination before the Finance Committee has drawn general attention once more to the great question of uniform railway;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, April 14Th, 1897. the Moree to Inverell Railway
THE decision of the Parliamentary Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Roads Vote
A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs: O'Sullivan, Wright, Perry, M'Donald, Brown, Affleck, Rose, Ball, and Kelly, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for…
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