Murwillumbah to Tweed Heads Railway
The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Murwillumbah to the Tweed Heads was considered on Wednesday by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
114 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 6
Daring Train Ride
A PERILOUS ride of 120 miles on the step of a railway carriage travelling at over 60 miles an hour has just been accomplished by "George Brown."…
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LONDON BRIDGE, the new extension of which is nearing completion, has an extraordinary history. Originally built in 994, it was soon destroyed by…
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THE Secretary of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce has received as communication from Mr. John M'Farlane, M.L.A., stating that he presented the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Correspondence. Casino-kyogle Railway. (To the Editor of the Richmond River Express.)
SIR—You are aware that the construction of a railway in any district is a part, of the responsibility of the State representative. The Federal Parliament has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclist Killed by a Tram. Body Much Mangled
A SAD fatality occurred in Scott-street, Newcastle, on Saturday. A young, man named Leslie Hollinshead, only son of Mr. Arthur Hollinshead,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tweed Heails-Murwillumbah Railway, Remarks by New South Wales' Ministers
At the banquet given by the Bangalow Agricultural Society at Bangalow on Tuesday evening sixty people, representative of the dairying industry and commercial interests…
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THE ceremony of turning the first sod in connection with the erection of a bridge over the south arm at Maclean was performed on Thursday by…
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The "Cou[?] " has the following leading article:—" We took occasion last week to [?]ofer to the decision of the Public Works Committee of New South Wales by a bare…
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The decision of tho Public Works Committee of New South Wales, that it is inexpedient to extend their railway system from Murwillumbah to the Tweed Heads…
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BY the courtesy of Mr. Marsland we have been afforded an opportunity of viewing the very elaborate plans and specifications of the South Arm Bridge. The structure will consist of nine…
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This much vexed question, was once more brought before the local Municipal Council on Tuesday evening, by means of a very largely signed petition…
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On Friday last Mr. Mountney, contractor for the South Arm Bridge, arrived at Coraki with his manager (Mr. Marsland make arrangements for starting work immediately. Mr. J…
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When the work in connection with the Casino-Grafton railway line was in course of construction through Casino, application was made by the Municipal…
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We are glad to learn from the 'Richmond River Herald' that this bridge is to be proceeded with, and the contractor, Mr. Mountney, has arrived. The ' Herald' says:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Road to Bilongin Hospital. (To the Editor of the Richmond River Express.)
SIR—I see by the last meeting of the Municipal Council, and your comments on the above subject, that the matter is again shelved, and is practically at the…
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LAST week Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.P. (in the absence of the member for Grafton), and Mr. G. H. Varley (representing the Grafton Chamber of Commerce), had…
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MUCH attention will be attracted by a new scheme to cope with the vagrant and unemployable, which has been put forward by General Booth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Over Ninety Miles an Hour on English Railways
MR. CHARLES ROUS MARTIN, writing in the "Engineer" on the British Locomotive Work in 1903," records a series of speeds of ninety miles an hour…
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IT is understood that the reason why the majority of the members of the Locomotives Commission recommended that the sixty new engines…
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