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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
43 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
Some time ago tenders were invited for leasing the public railway of this colony. Several offers were known to have been sent in, but none were accepted. As the reason given for refusing them all was one which had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of this body was held on Monday afternoon, at which the Warden, Messrs. Brunker, Burns, M'Loughlin, Newman, and Whitehead were present. The minutes of the previons meeting were read and confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE completion of the Morpeth Railway—a work which the Government refused to entrust to private hands, and which has consequently been subjected to all the delays which are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following petition, forwarded to us by our Paterson correspondent, has been adopted by the committee appointed at a recent public meeting for the purpose of petitioning the Government for a grant to form a new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening an adjourned public meeting was held in the court-house Morpeth, for the purpose of urging upon the Government "the necessity of speedily determining upon the permanent site of the East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE member for Orange, by bringing forward tis railway resolutions at the present juncture, fairly laid himself open to the charge of popularity hunting, if not of obstructiveness. His…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE decision of Mr. Holroyd in the matter of the Morpeth and Maitland Railway appears to us the most sensible one that could have been arrived at under the circumstances. That…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday afternoon a conference between the municipal authorities of East and West Maitland was held at Mr. Mullen's office, for the purpose of considering what measures should be taken towards obtaining the transfer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held at Hinton, on Monday evening, for the purpose of considering the propriety of memorialising Government to place the management of the local roads under a special trust. About thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE passing of the Main Roads Act is of sufficiently recent date to admit of our distinct remembrance of the constant complaints to which the previous management or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE total amount voted on Tuesday evening by the Committee of Supply for the construction and maintenance of the Great Northern Road from, Morepeth to Armidale, was £22,800…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About noon yesterday a special train from Newcastle conveyed Mr. Whitton, Engineer-in-Chief, Mr. Moriarty, Mr. Wade, and Mr. Beeston from Newcastle to the East Maitland station; whence, after a short stay, they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In preparation for the opening of the Morpeth branch of the Great Northern Railway, a new time table and a table of rates for passengers and goods have been published in the Gazette. The times of arrival and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon the Minister for Works, [?]oom panied by Mr. Moriarty and Mr. Licensed Surveyor Maitland, determined the site for the West Maitland bridge over the Hunter. After going…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The branch line of railway connecting Morpeth, at the head of the navigation of the Hunter, with the Great Northern Railway at East Maitland, was opened yesterday for public traffic by the Hon. the Minister for Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As the main road through the towns of East and West Maitland has not yet been transferred to the control of the Municipal authorities, it is to the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of this Counoil was held yesterday, at East Maitland. Present: The Warden (Mr. J. B. R. Robertson), Councillors M'Laughlin, Mitchell, Burns, and Whitehead. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The public are indebted to Mr. T. Dangar, M.P., for obtaining the privilege of sending small packages, under 112 lbs., by any of the trains, the practice hitherto having been to send them by the passenger trains, the charges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter, received by the Municipal Council of East Maitland, will be read with pleasure by the many residents of the district who are interested in the execution of the very important and necessary work to which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The present Government, shortly after its accession to power, stopped the execution of the contract entered into by the late Government for the erection of a bridge at Pitnacree. The…
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