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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1862

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Maitland Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

A meeting of the Maitland Road Trust was held at the Court-house, East Maitland, on Saturday, the 28th ult. There were present Bourn Russell, Esq. (the Warden), and Messrs. Callaghan, Newman, and M'Laughlin—the Warden in the chair…

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Maitland Mercury. Thursday, January 9, 1862. the Morpeth Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1862 · page 2

NOT a few of our readers, we imagine, are curious to learn in what position the projected railway between Morpeth and the Great Northern line at Maitland, now stands. As far as we can…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, January 11, 1862. Mistaken Railway Science

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1862 · page 2

IT is strange how obstinately Mr. Arnold has made up his mind that Mr. Whitton is an indisputable authority, on all matters of difference between the railway constructors and the people,…

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Parliamentary Paper. Case of Mr. Quodling, Late Inspector of Roads in the Northern Districts. Progress Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1862 · page 3

The Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 26th November last, "to inquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the resignation of Mr. Quodling, late Inspector of Roads in…

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Road From Maitland to Buchanan

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 2

The following letter from the Under Secretary of Lands to Mr. Burns, M.P., respecting the proclamation of the road from Maitland [?] Buchanan, has been handed to us for publication:…

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ROAD. Department of Lands, Sydney, 22nd January, 18[?]2

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1862 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, 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 Grafton to Alumny Greek,…

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Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1862 · page 2

An ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company was held on Monday afternoon, at the Company's offices, Morpeth, pursuant to advertisement, for the purpose of…

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ROAD. Department of Lands, Sydney, 18th February, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1862 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, 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 Raymond Terrace to Stroud,…

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The Bridge Over the Hunter at West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1862 · page 2

The following letter has been forwarded to us for publication, viz:- "Department of Public Works, "Sydney, 24th Feb[?] 1862…

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Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1862 · page 2

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company was held at the Company's Offices, Morpeth, yesterday morning, for the purpose of considering the expediency of affirming a…

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Original Correspondence. to the Road or Punt Committee. (Per favor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1862 · page 3

GENTLEMEN—Permit me to call your attention to the very dangerous state of the flaps of the Pitnscre[?] punt. They are completely broken through, and only loose slabs laid on them, being quite unsafe for a laden dray;…

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The Northern Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1862 · page 3

The Newcastle correspondent of the Herald describes a visit paid to the Northern Railway extension, on Tuesday last, by Mr. Arnold, Mr. James Dickson, and other gentlemen:…

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Works Upon the Main Roads. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1862 · page 2

The following circular has been issued by the direction of the Commissioner for Roads to each of the road overseers:- I am directed by the Commissioner to request that you…

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The Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1862 · page 2

A meeting of the Maitland Road Trust was held on Monday. Present:—Bourn Russell, Esq., Warden; Messrs. Newman, M'Laughlin, Callaghan, and Brunker. It was resolved—…

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Inventions in Railway Locomotion. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1862 · page 6

The progress report of the select committee of the Legislative Assembly on the system of railway locomotion, proposed by Mr. F. Bell, together with the evidence, was issued from the Government printing office a few…

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The Roads. the Roads. the Roads. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1862 · page 3

GENTLEMEN—In your paragraph about the bad state of the roads of the Maitland district, you forgot to mention the Wollombi road and the Paterson road, via the Falls, both of which are in a far worse plight than…

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ROAD. Department of LandS. Sydney. 31st March 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1862 · page 3

Sydney, 31st March, 1862. Notice is hereby given, that the line of Parish Road from Waratah to the Waratah Raliway Station, mentioned in the Government Gazette of the 3rd September, 1861, No. 2.0, has…

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Maitland Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1862 · page 2

A meeting of the Commissioners of the Maitland Road Trust was held on Monday afternoon, at the Courthouse, East Maitland. There were present—the Warden, and Messrs. Middleton, Brunker, Newman, and…

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Great Northern Railway.—extension From East Maitland to Morpeth. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 7th April, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1862 · page 7

Tenders will be received at this office until noon, on Tuesday, the 29th April, from persons willing to contract for the construction of the works required for the extension of the Great Northern Railway from East…

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The Roads &c., and the Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1862 · page 2

A public meeting, called by advertisement, was held at Mr. Lloyd's, Morpeth Hotel, Morpeth, on Saturday evening, "to consider the best steps to be taken to obtain justice from the Government as respects the monies…

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