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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Casino to Coraki Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

No. 1 estimate, amounting to £65,396 10s 3b, is for a station site at Coraki on the flats near the Rifle Range with the line extended beyond the station to the…

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Railway Commissioners' Report

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Proposed Line from Casino to Coraki, estimated at about 19 miles. In attendance with the request of the Minister of Public Works, and in terms…

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Local News. North Coast Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 4

Is the wet[?] with the [?]…

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The Northern Star. Published Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday. Saturday, April. 7, 1906. The Railway Department and Guarantees

Northern Star · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

The Casino Agricultural Society, like the Grafton Society, we learn, had to give a guarantee for about £70 in order to obtain a special train service at the time of…

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The Lismore-Tweed-Brisbane Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 5

The following letter appeared recently in the "Brisbane Courier":—"Your leading article re the above is opportune. Many years ago I advocated the construction of…

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Closing of Fawcett Bridge

Northern Star · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 2

Notice is given by advertisement to-day that it has been found necessary to close Fawcett Bridge for all traffie from 11 o'clock to-morrow (Tuesday) evening until…

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Special Grants for Roads, etc

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

Mr. G. T. Hindmarsh, M.L.A. for Rous, in a memo last evening informs us of the following special grunts for road work in Lismore district:—To Lismore Council…

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The Tenterfield-casino Railway

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

AT a public meeting held at Ballina, on Thursday evening, in support of the construction of the Casino-Tenterfield railway line, forcible speeches…

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Railway Inquiry Report. Mr. Oliver Censured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 6

THE report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the administration of the Railway Department was published on Friday last…

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Open Column. That Ballina Meeting and the Railways South and West. (To the Editor of the "Northern Star.")

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

Sir,—Your contemporary, the "Ballina Beacon" of last issue, supplies good reading regarding the above. The resolution passed or adopted was virtually this:—…

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Railway Meeting at Ballina

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 3

The meeting held in the Australian Hall, Ballina, on Thursday night, under the auspices of the Casino-Tenterfield Railway League, was attended by about…

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The Northern Star. Published Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday. Wednesday, April 11, 1906. The Ballina Railway Meeting

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

The railway meeting held at Ballina last Thursday, it was stated, had been called by the Organising Secretaries of the Northern Rivers and New England Tableland…

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The Railway Commission's Report. Mr. Carruthers Recognises His Responsibility

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

The "S. M. Herald" reports:—Mr. Carruthers, interviewed, said that his colleugues had not yet had an opportunity of reading the report, and consequently…

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Railway Commissioners

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

[?] the [?] of the [?]…

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Wanted a Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 5

THE "Tente[?]ield Star" states that "Mr. G. H. Doyle's potatoes, of which we recently made mention, won the first prize at the Casino Show. They rather…

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New Bridge at Maclean

Northern Star · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 5

The new bridge over the South Arm of the Clarence River at Maclean was opened on Monday. It was built by Messrs. Mountney and Co., of Pyrmont, and cost…

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The Rule of the Road

Northern Star · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 5

The ferry boat had just "put alongside," the gangways had been run out, and with a look of satisfaction, not to say joviality, the skipper stepped from his wheelhouse to…

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Hauling Cedar. 15 Early Days. Bridge Over Fawcet's Creek, Kyogle

Northern Star · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 2

This engraving depicts a bullock team with waggon loaded with cedar logs on Cyogle Station en route to Casino. Kyogle is now an important township with banks, hotels, and the centre of an important dairying district. Daly farms cover the original cattle station, and a large and up-to-date butter factory is located close to the spot here depicted…

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The Railway Inquiry. Report of the Commission

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 8

The report of the Railway Inquiry Commission as published showe[?] the conclusion arrived at was that inharmonious relations existed between…

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