Original Correspondence. Roads and Bridges. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1857 · page 6
GENTLEMEN—Herewith you will receive a printed return moved for by our attentive member, Mr. Scott, of the moneys expended since the appointment of the Northern Road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electric Telegraph to Albury. Railway Department, Sydney, October 19, 1857
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1857 · page 7
Tenders will be received at this office until Monday, the 9th November, at noon, from persons desirous of contracting for the supply of material and workmanship, necessary for the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1857 · page 2
Our readers will see by an advertisement in another column, that a meeting of parties interested in the erection of a bridge to connect West Maitland with the county of Durham, will be held on Monday next, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Gazette. Tuesday, November 3, 1857. ROAD. Department of Land and Public Works, Sydney, 31st October, 1857
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1857 · page 6
His Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make A parish road (to be maintained at the expense of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Gazette. Tuesday, 10 NOVEMBER, 1857. ROAD. Department of Land and Public Works, Sydney, 10th November, 1857
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1857 · page 7
His Excellency the Governor General, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make a parish road (to be maintained at the expense of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smoking in Railway Carriages. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1857 · page 3
GENTLEMEN—Allow me to appeal to you, as guardians of public propriety, against a breach of "good manners" becoming now very prevalent. During the last month I have travelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney News. Public Railways and Public Debt. (From the Adelaide Observer, Oct. 31.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1857 · page 6
The debate in the Legislative Council on Tuesday, on the motion for the second reading of the Gawler and Kapunda Railway Bill, was one of the most animated of the session. We…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliamentary Paper. Internal Communication of New South Wales. Railway Department, Sydney, 21st August, 1857
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1857 · page 4
SIR—On assuming the direction of the Railway Department I have thought it my duty to submit, as early as possible, a brief general Report on the Internal Communications of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliamentary Paper. Internal Communication of New South Wales. Continued from Thursday's Mercury.) 3.—The Condition of the Existing Roads
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1857 · page 6
The short period that has elapsed since my arrival in the colony prevents my speaking from personal experience, at present, upon this subject; but on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, November 26, 1857. Roads and Railways
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1857 · page 2
WE gather from Captain Martindale's report on the railways and roads of the col[?]ny a conclusion the very opposite of that apparently arrived at by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Maitland Floods and Railways. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1857 · page 4
GENTLEMEN—No one rejoices more than myself at the rapid progress now making in the works of the extension of the Newcastle and Maitland Railway to West Maitland, we have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Railway. Petition of Inhabitants of East Maitland
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1857 · page 2
The following petition, signed by 141 persons, has been transmitted to the Railway Commissioners:- To the Commissioners for Railways in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollombi Bridge. Railway Department, Sydney. 24th November, 1857
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1857 · page 3
Tenders will be received at the Police Office. [?] lombi, until Tuesday, the 8th day of December next, at noon, from persons willing to contract for the erection of a Bridge over the Wollombi Brook at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Friday, 27Th November. Northumberland Bridge. Railway Department, Sydney. 24th [?], 1857
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1857 · page 3
Tenders will be received at the office of the Maitland [?] East Maitland, until Tuesday, the 8th [?] day of December next, at noon, from [?] [?] contract for the repairs of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliamentary Paper. Great Trunk Lines of Railway. Report
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1857 · page 4
1. In the course of their investigation, your committee have ascertained that, from the effect of heavy rains, and a variety of causes, the great trunk lines of thoroughfare are in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Armidale and M'leay Road
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1857 · page 2
We find the following correspondence in the last number of the Armidale Express:- (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.) G[?]TLINNEN—Since my last Mr. William Smith has…
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