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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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That Daily Train

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

THE following letter from the Railway Commissioners has been received by Mr. J.H. Harper, secretary of the Casino Progress Association:—"With reference to…

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The Centre-street Bridge

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

ADVICES from the Public Works Department, in reply to letters from the Municipal Council, state that the plans and specifications of the Centre-street bridge have been…

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The Finest Railway Station in the World

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 10

THE new Sydney passenger station, the writer considers, should have been located nearer the City's center, otherwise it's up to all necessary requirements of the Metropolis and State, and…

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Tableland Railway

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

RECENTLY we ventured the opinion that the time with ripe for the Richmond to take concerted action in the matter of securing a settlement of the proposals for railway…

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A Railway Handicap

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

ANOTHER anomaly. If a Casino resident wants a timber train to convey log or other timber from Myrtle Creek and elsewhere to Casino he has to pay, beside the usual…

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Tenterfield to Ballina Road

Northern Star · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 3

The Secretary of Casino Progress Association has received a letter from Mr. Lee, M.P., the contrests of which are as follows:—Yours of the 19th instant to hand,…

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Daily Train

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

THE time has arrived when there should be a morning should be a morning train daily from Casino to Lismore,…

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Balloons for Railways

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 3

It is proposed by a German engineer to use balloons for railway purposes. A stationary balloon is fixed to a slide running along a single steel rail. This…

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Tragedy of a Wreck. Railway President Killed

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 5

The New York correspondent of the London "Express" gives further particulars of a tragic event which was the subject of a cable message…

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The Tenterfield Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

A letter from the Works Department read at the last meeting of the District Council of Progress Associations in reply to a request that a survey of this…

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Motor Car of the Air. Aeroplanes Will Be in General Use by the Year 1911

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 12

Keen interest is being taken in Great Britain in M. Santos Dument's remarkable performances with his flying machine acronaut has succeeded the air, the machine…

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Minor Roads

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

THE Casino Council has received the sum of £149 8s 7d subsidy, to be expended on the minor roads in the Municipality. This carries the Council up to June, 1907. The…

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Re-survey of Tableland Coast Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

MR. SURVEYOR LAWSON, of the Railway Department, arrived in town (says the "Tenterfield Star") on Tuesday last to resurvey the Tableland Casino railway route…

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Casino Railway Station

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

MR. G. Henson, Superintendent of Railways at Lismore, has decided to visit Casino next Thursday with a view of reporting on the advisability of removing the Casino…

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Railway Facilities

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

MR. J. N. ALCOCK, of Mongogarie, is in receipt of the following letter from the Railway Commissioners:—"With reference to your letter asking for the provision of…

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Proposed Daily Train Service to Grafton

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 4

Casino Council is in receipt of a communication from the Railway Commissioners, re daily train service on the Grafton-Casino line, Stating that the service…

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Railway Matters

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

THE natural position of Casino as the distributing centre of the Upper Richmond and its solid progress is causing the Lismore people much uneasiness…

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The North Coast to Tableland Railway

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

APPARENTLY the grandiloquent members of the District Council of Progress Associations, which, as at present composed, is by no means a…

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Motoring Contest.—brisbane to Adelaide

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 5

The possibility of a big Australian automobile reliability contest, down the east coast of Australia has been suggested by the Dualop Rubber Company, and is a…

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Tableland- Coast Railway

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 4

IN returning thanks for his election to' the Mayoral chair of Tenterfield las week Aid. Kneipp took the opportunity to put in a plea for a mare vigorous and sustained advocacy of advocacy of…

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