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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1858

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Parliamentary Paper. Final Report of Commission on Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1858 · page 2

The final report of the commissioners appointed to Enquire into the causes of the recent accident upon the Great Southern Railway, and the report whether the existing regulations and the general management of…

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Road

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1858 · page 7

Notice is hereby riven, that the parish road from Stockton to Raymond Terrace, and the branch road therefrom to Saltash, mentioned in the Government Gazette of the 14th August, 1857, have been formally marked…

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Original Correspondence. Queries?—to Surveyor of the Northern Roads. Per favour of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1858 · page 6

GENTLEMEN—Are the recommendations of Captain Martindale being carried out in the making of the roads?. It is well said that the roads from Singleton (outside)…

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English Extracts. Railway Dividends in England

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1858 · page 3

The Times of the 16th of August gives the following report of the half-yearly meetings of several of the large Railway Companies in England. This return will be found interesting, as it showw that the rate of dividend…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, October 30, 1858. Commencing the Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1858 · page 2

The following reply, by Mr. Robertson, in reference to the subject now exciting so much attention, the immediate commencement of the railway extensions, in order to employ the…

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[?] ROAD. Department of Land and Public Works, Sydney, 28th October, 1858

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1858 · page 3

With reference to the Government notice, doted 31st October 1857, relative to the opening and making of a parish road from Adelaide-street, Raymond Terrace, to the proclaimed parish road from Raymond Terrace, to Clarence Town: Notice is…

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Road

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1858 · page 6

His Excellency the Governor General, with the advice of tho Exccutive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make a parish road (to be maintained at the exponse of the parishes through which it passes) from the…

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New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, November 17. Legislative Assembly. The Speaker took the chair at half-past three. Road at Manly Cove

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1858 · page 2

In reply to a question from Mr. SMITH, Mr. ROBERTSON stated that a sum of £100 had been granted for a new road from Bantry Bay to Redborough but without further enquiry, hw could not say how much had been yet expended…

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Great Northern Railway. (From the Herald, Dec. 1.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1858 · page 4

On Friday, 26th ultimo, a deputation, consisting of the following gentlemen, had an interview with the Hon. the Minister for Lands and Works, at his office, to present the following petition and memorandum relative to a…

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Government Railways Act

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1858 · page 2

The Act to make more effectual provision for the construction, by the Government, of railways in the colony of New South Wales, and for the regulation of the same, assented to on the 24th November, has been officially…

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Railway Charges

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1858 · page 2

In our last number we gave, from the S. M. Herald, a report of the meeting of the deputation from the Hunter, Williams, and Paterson residents with the Government, and also a report of the last meeting of the…

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Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, December 7, 1858. Charges on Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1858 · page 2

In another column our readers will find the letter from the Secretary for Lands and Works, to the Newcastle Improvement Committee, replying to the Newcastle petition for a reduction…

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English Extracts. Substitution of Coal for Coke in Railway Locomotives. (From the Times, Sept. 9.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1858 · page 3

During a considerable time past, the attention of railway managers has been directed to the advantage of some contrivance by which coal may take the place of coke in locomotives. It is essential, that the smoke…

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Maitland Mercury. Thursday, December 9, 1858. Railway Charges

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1858 · page 2

In another column, we give, from the Herald, a full report of the public meeting held in Sydney on Monday, to petition for a reduction in railway charges. Our readers will find that Mr…

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Reformation in Railway Management. (From the Herald, December 7.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1858 · page 2

A meeting, in pursuance of the following advertisement published in the Herald of yesterday, was held in the Lyceum Theatre last night:—"Reformation in Railway Management.— A public meeting will be held at the Lyceum Theatre, Sydney,…

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ROAD. Department of Land and Public Works, sydney, 6th December, 1858

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1858 · 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 parishes through which it passes), from…

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The Great Northern Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1858 · page 2

In our last we copied, from the S. M. Herald, its report of the Railway Charges' public meeting, held in Sydney, on Monday, the 6th instant. We find in the Newcastle Chronicle of Saturday last a much fuller…

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The Morpeth Road

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1858 · page 2

The following memorial to the Commissioner for Internal Communication, is now, we learn, in process of signature:- To the Commissioner for Internal Communication, &c., &c., &c.,…

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