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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
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A return of the earnings, working expenses, and net earnings with capital invested, and rate of interest, on all lines combined and open for traffic on 31st December, 1864, shows the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The passengers in the mail train which left Boston, on Tuesday night, for this city, were called upon to witness one of the most appalling horrors of railroad travel ever recorded in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A special meeting of this body was held yesterday afternoon, at East Maitland. Present: The Warden, and Commissioners Scholey, M'Laughlin, Whitehead, and Brunker. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WRITING at a distance from the centre of political action, it is not for us to say whether Mr. Cowper will or will not have yet another opportunity granted him for endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those who say that our railways ought to yield an immediate return of profit, and advocate the policy of raising charges instead of encouraging traffic, will do well to note the steps taken by the Melbourne and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Wandsworth Police Court, on Dec. 8 tu, the Rev. B. Hermitage appeared before Mr. Dayman, to answer a summons at the instance of Inspector Carpenter, on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The scene of the explosion of Sunday evening was visited by many thousands of persons yesterday morning, and, indeed, throughout the day; and, loud as was the report, and terrific the concussion, few came prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. RAE, the Commissioner for Railways, has submitted to the Government an elaborate report on the department under his charge. It is not confined simply to an account of proceedings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is the Herald's full report of the disoussion on the vote for minor roads, above referred to. The next estimate submitted was— MINOR ROADS…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A meeting of the Maitland Road Trust and District Council was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the usual place of meeting, East Maitland. Fresent: The Warden (Mr. Robertson), and Councillors M'Loughlin and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE cost of construction (including rolling stock,&c.), on the Government railways to the 31st December, 1864, is shown by Mr. Rae's report to have exceeded two millions and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Next forenoon we halted at the village of our old friend Mbame, to obtain new carriers, because Chibisa's men, never before having been hired and not having yet learned to trust us, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A revised table of rates to be charged on the public railways has just been sanctioned by the Executive Council. It was intended originally that they should have come into force to-day, but the change has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM the recent announcements of changes in the railway rates, and from the statement that those changes, though gazetted, may yet be modified, it is presumable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday afternoon. Present: The Warden (Mr. J. B. R. Robertson), and Councillors Scholey and Brunker. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nearly all the works under the department of minor roads in the Clarence and Richmond districts have been arranged for. Tenders have been invited for a bridge over the Saltwater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Northern extension, No. 2 contract was completed fifteen months ago, with the exception of Glennie's Creek Bridge. This viaduct was being constructed at the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Great Northern Road considerable advance is being made with the works, and a very decided improvement is manifest. The roads between Singleton and Grass-tree have been somewhat cut up by the late rains,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A correspondent writes us as follows on the deplorable condition of this road:— Muswellbrook, August 4,1866. It is said of our brethren, the English, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday evening, a public meeting was held at Mr. O'Brien's Hotel, Hinton, for the purpose of considering the desirability of petitioning Parliament to form a separate road trust for the electoral district of Morpeth…
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