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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1849

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British Extracts. Railway Capital Actually Raised and Authorised to Be Raised. (From the A[?]las, Sept. 30.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1849 · page 2

The following railway statistics, which we take from the forthcoming number of the Banker's Magazine, will be found very interesting at the present time…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, February 10, 1849. the Government and the Railway Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1849 · page 2

IT will evidently be necessary for the general community to watch closely the proceedings between the government and the new railway company. It…

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Government Gazette. Tuesday, March 20, 1849. ROADS

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1849 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor having deemed it expedient to open and make certain parish roads in the Hunter River district, as hereunder described: Notice is…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, April 4, 1849. the "Herald" and the Railway Guarantee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 April 1849 · page 2

ABOUT a month ago a meeting of the local railway committee was held at Goulburn, when a considerable degree of coolness was manifested about…

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Hunter River District News. New Road Over the Moonbi Range

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1849 · page 1

We have been favored with the following correspondence relative to the discovery of a new line of road over the Moonbi Range. This range is well known to all parties travelling…

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British Extracts. the Finance [?]F Railways. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, November 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1849 · page 2

Of late, some re[?]rka[?]e statements have been made respecting the financial condition, present and prospective, of railways. Although these statements may to a [?]ertain extent have…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, May 16, 1849. Common-road Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1849 · page 2

IN the Mercury of Wednesday last we quoted from the South Australian Register a brief account of the contemplated formation at home of a…

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Colonial Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1849 · page 4

In the Sydney Morning Herald of Friday last appeared a series of correspondence on the subject of railways in Australia between Mr. S. H. Marsh and the Colonial Office…

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Sydney News. the Sydney Railway Company. (From the S. M. Herald, May 12.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1849 · page 4

To many of our readers we are persuaded that some account of the line of railway recently surveyed by Mr. Shields, the engineer to the Company, will be interesting, and we…

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British Extracts. Extra Ordinary Robbery on the Great Western Railway. (From the Times, January 3.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1849 · page 3

A series of, robberies of the most extraordinary and extensive character were perpetrated on the up and down mails traversing the Great Western Railway, during the night of…

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Wallis's Creek Bridge.—public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1849 · page 2

Yesterday a public meeting was held at the Northumberland Hotel, West Maitland, pursuant to advertisement, to take into consideration the expediency of petitioning the Governor and…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, June 20, 1849. the Railway Correspondence

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1849 · page 2

AMONGST the Council papers recently published is one containing the correspondence which took place between the Provisional Committee of the…

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New Bridge Over Wallis's Creek. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 July 1849 · page 2

SIR—I perceive by a paragraph in your last issue that his Excellency the Governor has promised to place £1,000 on the Estimates, towards the erection of a new bridge over Wallis's Creek. That this grant will meet…

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Wallis's Creek Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1849 · page 2

The following is the official reply to the petition recently forwarded to the Governor, praying his Excellency to make provision for the erection of a new bridge over Wallis's Creek:…

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Government Gazette. Friday, July 13, 1849. Ferries at the River Paterson, on the Road Leading to Hinton From Paterson, and at Hinton Across the River Hunter

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1849 · page 4

The dues arising from the ferries as under will be put up to auction by the police magistrate of Maitland, at Maitland, on Thursday, the 26th instant, at twelve o'clock, for twelve…

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Council Papers. RAILWAYS. Copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, 8th February, 1849

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1849 · page 2

SIR—I have received your despatch No. 154, of the 14th July last, transmitting a copy of an address of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, and a report of a select committee of the Council appointed to take…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, August 1, 1849. the Railway Despatch

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1849 · page 2

IN our last we published Earl Grey's despatch on the Railway Report of the Legislative Council, with an enclosure from the Commissioners of Railways…

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Council Paper. Sydney Railway Company. Supplementary Report from the Select Committee on the Sydney Railway Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1849 · page 4

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council reappointed on the 18th July, 1849, "with a view to refer for their consideration and report the despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey, dated the 8th February,…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 25, 1849. the Railway Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1849 · page 2

IN our fourth page will be found the Supplementary Report of the Railway Committee on Earl Grey's despatch of the 8th February, 1849. This report…

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Government Gazette. Tuesday, August 28, 1849. ROADS. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 28th August, 1849

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 4

With reference to the government notice dated 19th March last, relative to the opening and making certain parish roads in the Hunter River districts, notice is hereby given, in…

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