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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
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On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of this body was held at East Maitland. Present—the Warden (Mr. Robertson), Messrs Brunker, Scholey, G'Brien, and Mitchell. PERSONAL EXPLANATION.—After the minutes had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held at Mr. Robert Lloyd's, the Morpeth Hotel, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of petitioning the Parliament to obtain a separate Road Trust for the Morpeth electorate. About eighty persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious destruction occurred on the Great Northern Railway on Saturday night, June 9, in the Welwyn Tunnel, about 20 miles from London, under the following circumstances:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE movement begun at Hinton and Morpeth for obtaining a separate Road Trust for the electoral district of Morpeth is not likely to meet with serious opposition in the western part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following address was presented to his Excellency the Governor on Wednesday, at East Maitland, by the Warden, J. B. R. Robertson, Esq., J.P.:— To his Excellency the Right Honorable Sir John Young,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It having been arranged that his Excellency would open, or rather [?]risten, the new railway bridge at Singleton, a large concourse of people assembled about one o'clock to witness the ceremony. This magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The erection of the West Maitland Bridge was begun on Saturday, by the Hon the Minister for Works. As the structure will be composed of iron and wood, there was no fonndation-stone to be laid. Each pier of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last Fridays Government Gazette contains a statement of the revenue of and expenditure on the Victorian Railways for the half-year ended 30th June last, and separate statements of the same kind in regard to each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following letter from the Department of Lands, addressed to Messrs. Burns, Dodds, and Campbell, has been lately followed by the issue from the Treasury of £75 for the road from East Maitland to Dunmore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a manner, things have been taken out of the rather dead level which has prevailed for some little in the committees. One of what an excited North Britisher called last week "the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By the conrtesy of T.G.G. Dangar, Faq., M.L.A., we are enabled to publish the following letters, which will be of interest to many of our readers:— [COPY.]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday afternoon, at East Maitland. Present: The Warden (Mr. Robertson), Councillors Brunker, [?]'Brien, Mitchell, Scholey, and Eckford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have just received a Parliamentary Paper showing the classification of the subordinate roads and the proposed distribution of expenditure upon them for 1867 The sum of £2840 is set down for Sydney or metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The subject of railway construction is being freely discussed just now in South Australia. Various plans have been suggested for raising the required funds. The Adelaide Observer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How long a time passed I cannot tell; but so far as I could judge, about half-past two I was roused by a sort of tremor—I can call it by no other word—running through the carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Neale asked the Secretary for Public Works,—"1. What amount has been expended by the Government in the erection of coal shoots at Morpeth in connection with the railway?…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ONE of the members for East Sydney, Mr. Neale, has just made the public aware of his existence and membership by putting to the Minister for Works questions framed to elicit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bill to Amend the Laws relating to Minor Roads was introduced in the Assembly by the Minister for Lands, on the 28th ultimo. We abridge the substance of it, and give some of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A parliamentary paper has just been published, showing the classification and proposed expenditure for 1867, for subordinate roads under the Department of Public Works, Roads Branch, provided for on the Estimates for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Special meeting of the Maitland Road Trust was held on Tuesday morning. Present: The Warden (Mr. J. B. R. Robertson) and Councillors Brunker, Scholey, and O'Brien. The upset prices of the several punts…
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