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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
39 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
MR. EDITOR—A short time since I pointed out that unless the roads were marked out previous to the land being sold, confusion would arise. An instance has already occurred. The road from Willow Tree to Quirindi is one of the oldest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following paper, from the Engineer (London), has a direct end very obvious bearing upon the view that this journal has more than once advocated, namely, that the railway system adapted for opening up the interior of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Maitland Road Trust and District Council was held at Euat Maitland. Present: The Warden (Mr. J. B. R. Robertson), Councillors M'Laughlin and Mitchell. The minutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—The very many complaints that are frequently made upon the subject of roads seems to be of not the least avail with our paternal Government We still find that mail deliveries are not regular; and the drivers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The formal opening of the "Southern and Western Railway, yesterday, commenced a new era in the history of the colony, and one the advent of which has been looked forward to with much anxiety for some time past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident of the most frightful character has taken place at Rednal, a station on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. A large excursion train, consisting of thirty-two carriages, and drawn by two powerful engines, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large and influential meeting was held on Thursday evening last, at the Town Hall, Mudgee, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of surveying a line of railway between Mudgee and Piper's Flat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A short time back we published an abridgment of the Courier's report of the opening of the Queensland Southern and Western Railway. The report included a short address presented by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent who, as "an old resident of the Hunter," has a lively interest in the welfare of these districts, called attention in our last issue to a subject that has not of late received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several projects for secondary railways have been mooted of late, and many more are likely to be brought forward during the next or succeeding sessions. It is important that the relation of these projects to the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Having thus attempted to convey soma idea of what sort of a place Grass Tree or Muscle Creek is, I will now prceed, in accordance with a promise to that effect in my previous letter, to give some account of the progress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Monday last a special meeting of the Maitland Road Trust and District Council was held at East Maitland. Present: The Warden, Commissioners Mitchell, M'Lougblin, and Scholey. The minutes of the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constance Emilie Kent was indicted at Salisbury Assizes, on June 21, for the wilful murder of Francis Saville Kent, at Road-hill House, on June 29, 1860. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. [?]opes appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late on Friday night the dead body of a man was found on the Parramatta Road, near Petersham, by the constable stationed in that neighbourhood. The corpse was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A railway is to be constructed in Tasmania by a company, with a Government guarantee of interest. The Hobart Town Advertiser thus describes the intended work and the Bill passed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CAPTAIN MAYNE'S report on the alleged over-charges in the purchase of railway iron for the colonial Government in England has been laid before the house and published. We are glad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following paper was yesterday laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly:— 36, Cannon-street, London, 24th April, 1865…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. T K. Osborne has favored us with the following correspondence relative to the long-delayed opening of the surveyed road from West Maitland to Mulbring:— (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AMONGST the Parliamentary papers recently issued is a report by Mr. Bennett, the Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, on the state of the roads in this colony to the 31st March last…
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