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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
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THE Sectional Committee appointed to inspect, take evidence, and report with reference to the proposed railway from Grafton to Casino, commenced its sittings at Grafton on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following report has been printed:— The Sectional Committee, consisting of Mr. W. J. Trickett, M.L.C., and Messrs. Watson and M'Farlane, M's. P., appointed on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE report of the Sectional Committee on the above line, though expressing no opinion as to whether the line should be constructed or not, indicates clearly enough that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Writing in the R. R. Express on the recent railway proposals in this district, "Bushman" says :—" As to the country between Grafton and Casino, it is only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE latest addition to the metropolitan, tram system appears as near perfection as any humanly-devised mechanism can get. The George-street service is a distinct advance upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE need be no more jolting on railway trains. A Mr. Hachmann, of the United States, has secured a patent for a rail joint that will enable cars to pass as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SAD fatality occurred at Byron Bay yesterday evening when a very popular official on the Lismore-Tweed railway, in the person of Mr. Charles Sayer, railway guard, lost his life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Wednesday afternoon. Mr. J. Ellis of the Commercial Hotel, Mr. J. Hart, Storekeeper, and Mr. J. Ricketts, Sheriffs Officer, went ont for an afternoon's fishing at Cooper's Creek, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is a matter of history that the initial attempt to introduce tramways in Great Britain was made at Birkenhead in 1860 by George Francis Train. The "step rail," which held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Time and time again, in talking with men who have achieved distinguished success, we have wondered how they did it. Men of small talent often succeed, while men of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Victorian Cabinet has approved of a proposal by an English syndicate to construct a narrow gauge railway from the Lakes En-trance to the Mount Deddick milling field,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RECENTLY a motor carriage has been introduced in France which combines many novel features. It is normally propelled solely by an oil engine, but on hilly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Sydney Daily Telegraph under the above heading, has the following leader on the proposed connection of the Lismore-Tweed railway with Brisbane:—The request of the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE article published…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. R. PYERS, M.P., wired us from Parliament House last night:—"I have interviewed the Minister for works reconstruction of the Lismore Casino railway to-day. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER about 70 years of plodding progress on the lines of Stephenson and Brunel, we (the Liverpool " Daily Post " says) are promised developments in travelling which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the course of further evidence before the Public Works Committee on Wednesday afternoon on the subject of constructing a line of railway from Grafton to Casino, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We received the following wire last night from Mr. R. Pyers, M.P.:—"The Minister for Works gave notice last night that he would move 'That it is expedient that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE residents of Ballina, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE meeting to urge upon the Government the necessity of constructing the branch line of railway to Ballina, connecting the Lismoro-Tweed line with the…
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