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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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The Motor Omnibus

Northern Star · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 10

It is the motor age or the infancy of the motor age—which? The indications are, perhaps, that the motor is going to be the supreme vehicle of transportation whether…

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Straying Stock on the Railway Line

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

On Thursday last passengers by the down train from Lismore to Byron Bay. had the peculiar experience of having the speed of the train limited by the rate at…

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Crafton-Casino Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

THE legal gentlemen who came over by the first passenger train on the new line express themselves as much impressed with the country en route. The…

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Grafton-Casino Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

YESTERDAY Mayor Cope received a telegram from the Minister for Works stating Mr. Stawell had been instructed to arrange for trains between Grafton and…

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Crafton-Casino Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 4

AT the eleventh hour the Works Department decided to run excursion trains from Grafton to Casino on the Lismore Show days, to junction with the train…

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Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 4

THAT it is not always advisable or wise to accept as infallible and definite the official opinion oftentimes offered in…

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Latest Telegrams. North Coast Railway. Deputation to the Premier. a Favorable Reply. Sydney, Thursday Evening

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

IN replying to a large and representative deputation, which waited on him to-day, to urge the construction of the North Coast Railway, the Premier…

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Latest Telegrams. North Coast Railway. Deputation to the Premier a Favorable Reply

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

SYDNEY, THURSDAY EVENING. In replying to a large and representative deputation, which waited on him to-day, to urge the construction of the…

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The Northern Star. Saturday Morning. March 4. 1905. the North Coast Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 4

The success of dairying on the North Coast, notably by the…

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North Coast Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 3

A LARGE deputation waited upon the Premier, last week, to urge the construction of the North Coast railway. After a lengthy speech by…

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Railway Accident Claim

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 6

A claim for £ 150 against the, Railway Commissioners was recently brought by William Rutter Hindmarsh. a Robertson farmer, in the Sydney District Court…

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Great Railway Speeds

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 8

DURING recent years there has been a considerable increase in the express railway speeds of the United Kingdom, due to the construction of more powerful…

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Trans-Australian Railway

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 9

A SPECIAL meeting of the Carcoar Municipal Council was held on February 9 th, at which the question of the proposed construction of the Transcontinental…

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Mr. Perry and the North Coast Railway

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 7

IN last, issue of the "R. R. Times" an extract from the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" was published, showing, that Mr. John Perry, M.L.A., for the Richmond…

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A Necessary Road

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

MR. J. MOORHEAD, secretary of the Casino Progress Association, has received the following letter from the Public Works Department :-"With reference…

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North Coast Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 4

MR. J. PERRY, M.P. for the Richmond, writes :—I notice in the "Daily Telegraph" an article in reference to this proposal, in which the following paragraph…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning March 15, 1905. the Railway Workshops

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 4

The additional railway rolling stock necessitated by the extension of the line,…

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Tenterfield Road

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 4

AT Tenterfield a deputation waited on Mr. Lee, M.P., in regard to extra votes for main and minor roads. Mr. Lee said that as the road from Tenterfield to…

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That Ettrick Road

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 4

IN connection with the statement made by the Public Works Department, that no reply had been received from the owners of Wooroowoolgen Estate in…

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Road up Back Creek

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 4

IN reply to a letter from Mr. J. Moorhead, secretary of the Casino Progress Association, Mr. C. Lee, M.P. States:—"Re expenditure of grant on road known…

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