North Coast Railway
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met on Tuesday afternoon under the presidency of Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.L.A…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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Methodist Church Wardell Road
The ten meeting in connection with the opening of the Methodist Church, Wardell Road, eventuated on Wednesday, the 30th ult., and was a decided success. Some 250 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railways. Big Loss for the Year
THE report of the Victorian Railway Commissionors for the year ended 30th June last was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glenn Innes to Inverell Railway. Adverse Report
A REPORT in regard to the proposal to construct a line of railway from Glen, I[?]nes to Inverell was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coraki-casino Railway
THE name of the originator of the famous "three R's" of education is buried in obscurity: but his ignorance of orthography perhaps tended to better perpetuate the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Terrible Death. Head Severed by a Train
A DREADFUL railway fatality occurred near the North Williamstown (Vic.) railway station early on Tuesday morning. The dead body of a woman was found lying on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino-Coraki Railway
AT the risk of being considered tedious, we again make a few remarks in reference to a line of railway from Casino to Coraki, a short length of some 18…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tweed Heads - Murwillumbah Railway
TUESDAY'S Brisbane "Courier" has the following very sensible remarks in reference to the visit, of the N.S.W. Public Works Committee in reference…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Connecting Link. Murwillumbah-tweed Railway
The Public Works Committee of the New South Wales Parliament, who are inquiring into the proposal to connect Murwillumbah and the Tweed Heads, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →``The Northern Star.'' Saturday Morning, 17Th October, 1903. Proposed Tweed Heads Railway Extension
THE Parliamentary Public Works Committee this week has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed Heads-Brisbane Railway
The "Brisbane Courier" states: The Queensland Corumissioner for Hallways says, with reference to his recent visit to the Tweed Heads, that there is a growing traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car on Fire
A MOTOR car was the cause of an exciting and unusual scene in the Strand recently (nays a London paper). At about half-past 9 o'clock an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Roads Vote
FROM all quarters, and friends as well as foes, Mr. O'Sullivan has had a rather bad time of late in reference to the reduction in this year's estimate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road Vote
On the question of vote for public works in the Assembly on 29th ultimo, Mr. Coleman (Lismore) said the road vote for the Lismore district this year had been reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"The Northern Star." Saturday Morning, 7Th November, 1903. Cutting Down the Roads Vote
The State Estimates recently submitted showed a reduction of £150,000 on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Railway Station
AN interesting return was presented to the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday afternoon by the Minister for Works, with the object of showing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Roads Votes
In the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Affleck aslem Mr. O'Sullivan a most irritating question. "Is it a fact," he inquired, "that instruction." have been issued to the different…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Open Column. Our Roads. To the Editor of the Northern Star
SIR.—Possbly there is no subject which, at the present time, lies nearer to the heart of the majority of your readers than, that of our roads, and the present wet season is forcing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"The Northern Star." Wednesday Morning, 25Th November, 1903. Some of the Causes of Bad Roads
While the principal cause of had roads is insufficient funds to properly form, grade, metal and maintain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed-Lismore Railway
A correspondent writes complaining irr strong terms of the management of the Tweed-Lismore railway. He alleges that— (1) the staff is treated badly (2) passengers…
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