Maitland Road Trust
This body met on Monday, pursuant to adjournment. Present—The Warden, Messrs. Kingsmill, Wilkinson, Evans, Gorrick, and Borthwick…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1855
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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, January 17, 1855. Colonial Railways
THE Commissioners of the Railway Board have been appointed, and there appears little doubt that the shareholders of the Sydney Railway and…
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This body met, pursuant to adjournment, on Monday. Present—The Warden, Messrs. Borthwick, Cathrow, Gorrick, and Evans. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, January 27, 1855. Colonial Railways.—ii
IN the Mercury of Wednesday, the 17th instant, we called attention to the necessity that has arisen, from the railways of the country being made public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Road Trust
The usual fortnightly meeting of this body was held in the Court-house, East Maitland, on Monday. In the absence of the Warden, Mr. Kingsmill took the chair. Present—Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Gazette. Friday, February 2. Roads or Streets
His Excellency the Governor General; with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open certain roads or streets, in the suburbs of Kempsey North,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To the Members of the Maitland Road Trust. Per favour of the Maitland Mercury
GENTLEMEN—Feeling convinced you will not continue intentionally to commit any act of injustice in the exercise of those powers vested in you as a public body, I am induced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of the Governor General to the Hunter Rlver Railway Works. (From a Correspondent.)
His Excellency having intimated his intention of visiting these Works, on his return from Maitland, to Mr. Wright, the contractor, that gentleman was in attendance at Hexham, where his Excellency arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Railway. (From the Empire, April 20.)
An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday, at the Company's Office, Pitt-street, for the purpose of considering and affirming or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hunter River Railway. (From the Empire, April 26.)
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Hunter River Railway Company, held a week since, a resolution was affirmed dissolving the company, and empowering the directors to dispose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miller's Forest Road. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
GENTLEMEN—Crossing the bridge at Mrs. Parrot's house, a few days since, my horse's hoof penetrated the surface covering of earth and clay, and entered an opening between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plank Roads. (From the Builder, January 13.)
Plank roads are not known in this country, and it is only in some exceptional cases that they could be economically and usefully employed. With a view to these cases,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local News. the Maitland Road Trust and the Police Magistrate
In pursuance of the resolution recently passed by the Road Trust, we learn that the Warden of the District has written the following letter to the Governor General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commencement of the Railway at Maitland
Yesterday afternoon the contractors, Messrs. Wright and Randle, with their friends, and a very numerous assemblage of the inhabitants of Maitland, Morpeth, and Newcastle, assembled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Commencement of the Railway at Maitland
On Tuesday, the 3rd July, the first turf of the second contract of the Hunter River Railway was turned, at East Maitland, in the presence of a large concours[?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, July 7, 1855. the Hunter River Railway
LAST Tuesday was an auspicious day for the inhabitants of the Hunter. It was not simply that the first sod of the second contract piece (between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Road Trust
The following letter, from the Warden of the Maitland Road Trust to Mr. Nichols, has been handed to us. Mount Vincent, East Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road From Morpeth to Raymond Terrace
The following memorial, and request for aid, has been forwarded by the trustees of the road from Morpeth to Raymond Terrace, through Miller's Forest, to the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wollombi Road. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
GENTLEMEN—I was pleased to see by your paper of Wednesday that the Warden called the attention of the members of the "Trust" to the non-fulfilment of their agreement as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council papers the Sydney and Hunter River Railways
The following is a statement of the cost of the two railways, as purchased by the Government, appended by the Colonial Treasurer to a detailed account of the negociations for the…
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