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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
78 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
The following letter has been received by the Secretary of the East Maitland Improvement Committee, in answer to a petition lately sent to the Railway Commissioners, praying for the establishment of additional crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 parishes through which it passes), from Wallis' Creek to the proclaimed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Bankers' Circular, of September 26th, 1857, we extract the following interesting remarks respecting the Railways of the united Kingdom. It will be observed that the rate of interest paid on the total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The meeting of the District Council yesterday did not take place, in consequence, of a quorum of councillors not being present. The commissioners in attendance namely, Mr. Portus (in the chair), Dr. Brown, and Mr. E. C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A report has recently been presented to the Board of Trade, which gives an interesting review of the railway world in 1856. At the end of that year 8635 miles of railroad were open for traffic within the United Kingdom,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pursuant to adjournment, a meeting of the Maitland Road Trust was held on Saturday. The members present were Messrs. Portus, Eckford, and Close. Mr. Portus in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer from the Hunter that brought down the Maitland portion of the mail for England stuck on the flats, and the mail arrived too late for the Eme[?]. This is an annoyance to the residents in that locality quite sufficient to justify the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Maitland Road Trust was held yesterday, pursuant to adjournment. Present—Mr. Walsh, Mr. Callaghan, and Mr. Eckford. Mr. Walsh in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of the abovenamed Trust have appointed and directed the Tolls hereinafter mentioned, to be demanded, taken, and levied upon the following Roads and Ferries:-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A parliamentary paper has been issued, in return to an order of the Assembly dated August, 18[?]7, being a return of all applications during that year and the previous year for sums to be expended in the construction or repairs of roads, ferries, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE picture drawn by Mr. Cowper, at the Campbell-town railway banquet, was one that might well make a doubter on railway matters give up his doubts. With railway construction reduced from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting was held at Mr A Murphy's, Governor Gipps Inn, West Maitland, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of considering the decision of the Railway Commissioners relative to closing up Abbott-street. Mr. Isaac Robinson in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For some time past something more than curiosity has been excited to witness what effect the damming up of Wallis's Creek at its mouth, and the cutting of a new outlet into the river—almost at a right angle, for railway purposes—would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To the inhabitants of the Lower Hunter, Williams, and Paterson Rivers. (Per favor of the Maitland Mercury.) FELLOW-COLONISTS.—May I beg of you to "read, mark,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening an adjourned meeting of persons interested in the state of the low lands on Wallis's Creek, Fishery Creek, and the neighbourhood, was held at the Plough Inn, West Maitland. Mr. H. Rourke was called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following reductions upon the published rates for season tickets, will be made to two or more persons, being bona fide members of one family:—To two persons, 25 per cent.; to three persons, 40 per cent.; to four or more persons, 50 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALTHOUGH there was much truth in the objections taken to the mere form in which the Government asked the advice of the house, on Tuesday as to the further construction of railways, we think, the course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From London to Manchester and back for 5s., with an allowed interral of seven days. Such is the invitation advertised by the London and Nonh-Western and the Great Northern Railways. The public, perhaps, will think it a great advantage,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It will be perhaps, not without Interest to your readers to follow the Infant steps of the first railway in Turkey. Railways have now spread their network almost all over Europe, so that the progress of each new line scarcely excites any attention…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following correspondence will be read with great interest, The official reply from the Railway Commissioners, it will be observed, is confined to the railway crossings question, and shows their willingness to comply with any reasonable…
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