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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 · Tuesday 17 June 1862 · page 4

A meeting of the Commissioners of the Maitland Road Treat, convened by advertisement and ciroular, waa held tra Saturday afternoon, at the Court-house, East Maitland. Present-Meurs. M'Loughlin, Brunker, Burns,…

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Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, June 17, 1862. Commencing the Morpeth Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1862 · page 2

THE ceremony to take place to-morrow, the cutting the first sod of the Morpeth and Maitland Railway, will be held hereafter of far more vital consequence, in the history of these towns, than…

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Maitland and Morpeth Railway. Turning of the First Sod

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1862 · page 2

The first sod of the railway between Maitland and Morpeth was turned yesterday, with all customary formality, in presence of a large assemblage of residents of the district. The spot selected was situated near the…

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Maitland and Morpeth Railway. Turning of the First Sod

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1862 · page 6

On Wednesday afternoon, the first step towards a praotical solution of the vexed question of the construction of a railway between Morpeth and Maitland was taken, in the turning of the first sod at Morpeth. The…

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Maitland and Morpeth Railway. (Per favor of the "Maitland Mercury.")

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1862 · page 3

THE Committee appointed to conduct the arrangements of the Railway Demonstration of Wednesday last learn, with much regret, that several gentlemen whom the Committee hoped to have had the pleasure of…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 28, 1862. the Simultaneous Railway Extensions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1862 · page 2

"WE think most persons will be surprised to see Mr. Leary's name as the mover of a resolution that the railway extensions, now to be gone on with, should omit the Northern line. Mr…

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Maitland Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1862 · page 2

A meeting of the Commissioners of the Maitland Road Trust was held yesterday, at the Court-house, East Maitland. Present, the Warden, and Messrs. M'Loughlin, Newman, Hart, Brunker, and Burns…

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Bridge Over the Hunter at Singleton. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 30th June, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1862 · page 7

Tenders will be received at this office until Tuesday, the 22nd July, at noon, from persons willing to contract for the erection of a bridge over the River Hunter at Singleton…

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Maitland Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1862 · page 3

A meeting of the Maitland Road Trust, convened by advertisement, was held on Monday, at the office of the trust, a room in the Mechanics' institute, East Maitland. There were present, the Warden, and Messrs…

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Leasing of Government Railways. (From the S. M. Herald, July 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1862 · page 6

A Supplement to the Government Gazette was issued on Saturday last, containing the conditions for leasing the Government railways, tenders for which will be received at the Public…

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Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 29, 1862. the Roads

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1862 · page 2

THE present Estimates show a more liberal provision than we have hitherto had for the roads of the colony—the great practical necessity of a country whose products are gathered from…

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To Contractors and Others.—first District, Great Northern Road. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 22nd July, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1862 · page 3

Tenders will be received at this office, until noon on Tuesday, the 12th day of August next, from persons willing to contract for the following works on the 1st District of the Great Northern Road, viz:…

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Road From Maitland to [?]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1862 · page 2

The proprietors and settlers of land at Dagworth, F[?]ley, Bloomfield, Wentworth Sw[?]mps, Ayrfield, Mulbring, B[?], and neighbouring localities, will be pleased to observe that the road from West Maitland to the village…

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Highway Robberies and Murder on the Araluen Road. (From the Braidwood Observer, Aug. 10.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1862 · page 3

The natural sequence of the daring outrages which have been committed in this district during the last few weeks, has at length to be recorded. The Intelligence that the life of an unoffending allen had been taken under circumstances of the…

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Maitland Road Trust

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1862 · page 2

A meeting of the Maitland Road Trust, convened by advertisement, was held on Monday afternoon at the Trust Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, last Maitland Present: T[?]e Warden, Messrs. M'Loughlin, Burns,…

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The Morpeth Road—the Road Trust Accounts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1862 · page 6

We extract, from the report in the Herald of Wednesday, the full discussion on Mr. Buchanan's motion in the Assembly, on Tuesday, for a sum for the repair of the Morpeth and…

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To Contractors and Others—bridge Near Narrabri. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 18th August, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1862 · page 7

Tenders will be received at this office until noon of Tuesday, the 16th day of September next, from persons willing to contract for the construction of a bridge over the Namoi, near Narrabri…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 23, 1862. the Morpeth Railway Company's Expenses

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1862 · page 2

IT is very singular how extra scrupulous some men become, under a species of monomania as to their position as guardians of the public purse. Mr. Piddington, usually one of the…

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The Northern Railway. (From the Herald's Mail Summary for England.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1862 · page 2

Considerable progress has been made with the works on the extension of the [?]reat Northern Railway from East Maitland to Morpeth, for which a contract was taken two months since by Mr. J. Martindale. The line…

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Original Correspondence Bridge at Aberdeen.—great Northern Road. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1862 · page 3

GENTLEMEN—Knowing your valuable paper at all times open to advocate the wants of the public by publishing in the columns of your wide circulated paper our appeal for a bridge, and would confer a lasting favour…

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