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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1859

62 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 4

Friday, December 24. Railway Rates. Abolition of Classes and Reduction of Railway Rates for the Conveyance of Goods, Parcels, Doys, and Live Stock. Department of Public Works. Sydney, 21st December, 1859

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 December 1859 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor General, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament, 22 Vic, No. 19, to abolish the classification of goods, and to determine the following reduced rates and charges…

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The Morpeth Railway. Port Stephens v. Newcastle Harbour

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1859 · page 2

We find in the Empire of Thursday the following rather extraordinary leading article. The advice may be that of an "experienced captain," but bardly that of any person knowing much of the localities treated of,…

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