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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1846

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, June 3, 1846. the Roads and Bridges

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1846 · page 2

WE are glad to see that the residents of our own town and district are about to endeavour to obtain a portion of the public money last year appropriated for…

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British Extracts. Narrow Gauge Experiments on the Great North of England Railway. (From the Leeds Mercury, Jan. 3)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1846 · page 4

The publication of the experimental trips on the Great Western, under the inspection of the Commission on the Gauges, has already placed the public…

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Local News. the Roads—public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1846 · page 4

In consequence of a requisition addressed to Edward Denny Day, Esq., police magistrate, a public meeting was called by advertisement for Thursday last, for the…

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Meeting of the Maitland Road Committee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1846 · page 2

The Committee appointed at the late public meeting in East Maitland, to apply to the government for a portion of the money voted during the last session of Council, for the…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 27, 1846. the "Herald's" Defence of the Railway Committee's Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1846 · page 2

THE Herald, in accordance with its promise, has undertaken the defence of the Railway Committee's Report. In a series of articles which was brought…

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British Extracts. Dreadful Explosion on the South Eastern Railway. [From Bell's Messenger, March 2.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1846 · page 4

On Tuesday, shortly after twelve o'clock, an accident of a most appalling character, involving the loss of no fewer than 10 human beings, and serious injury to four or five…

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British Extracts. Railway Traffic, 1844 AND 1845

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1846 · page 4

The Railway Chronicle has an ingenious traffic diagram, which we reduce into the following form—each line showing a week's revenue:…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, September 16, 1846. the District Council and the Roads

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1846 · page 2

THE proceedings of our District Council, in regard to the expenditure of the £500 handed over to them by the government for the repair of the main roads in the…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, October 10, 1846. the Grants of Money for the Roads

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1846 · page 2

THERE seems to be a misapprehension in the minds of some of our Maitland District Councillors as to the amount of money placed on the Estimates for the…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, December 30, 1846. Wallis's Creek Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1846 · page 2

THERE is, it seems, no danger of the wooden bridge over Wallis's Creek falling just yet, the Clerk of Works here having surveyed it and reported to…

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