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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
55 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
On the main Northern Road the works in the first district are well advanced; tenders have been accepted for the construction of three bridges between Scene and Warland's Range. The cutting of a new road avoiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident occurred last evening, at the Burwood railway station, resulting in fearful injuries to a woman named June Hunter. It appears that she and her husband desired to come to Sydney by the down train from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disaster occurred on the Erie Railroad, near Port Jervis, on the 15th April, by which twenty-four persons were instantly, killed and about fifty more badly injured—some of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are favoured by the H.R N.S.N. Company with notes of a deputation on Thursday on these subjects to the Honorable the Minister for Public Works, on the part of the H.R.N.S.N. Company, the deputation consisting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE find, from the reports in the Sydney papers, that some questions of public interest were raised during the recent interview between a deputation from the H.R.N.S.N. Company and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In our last we give a report of the interview held on Thursday, in Sydney, between representatives of the H.R.N.S.N. Company, and Mr. Byrnes, the minister for Works, on four matters of complaint brought under his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN our last issue we discussed Mr. Byrnes's railway policy in one of its unfavourable aspects, protesting against the Great Northern line being so worked as to advance Newcastle at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—Your intended visit to the above districts, anticipated to result in the realisation of the "great anticipations." of its busy inhabitants, and should you be accompanied by your two colleagues, the Chief Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The occupation of the country far west from the Darling, on the Warrego, Paroo, and towards Cooper's Creek, drew the attention of the Government to the necessity for making water along the leading lines of traffic from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We understand that the following resolutions were agreed to at a preliminary meeting of gentlemen interested in the movement, held at the Council Chambers, West Maitland, last evening. The public meeting, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday evening a meeting was held, in the hall of the School of Arts, of persons interested in the reduction of the fares by the Great Northern Railway to a similar ratio to that charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At 9 10 last evening we received the following telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— "In consequence of communications from Singleton, Messrs. Burns and Tighe had an interview with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government have issued a table of rates for merhandise traffic and a table of fares for passengers, on the Great Northern Railway. The goods conveyed by merchandise trains are classified as special, first, second,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are indebted to Messrs. Burns and Tighe, who have for some considerable time past been stirring in the matter, for a copy of a revised scale of charges upon the Great Northern and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—Through the medium of your journal I wonld call the attention of road superintendents and others to their liability for the obstruction of public roads, and I would do so more particularly at the present time owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A gentleman who feels concerned about the bad condition of the Victoria Bridge, and who has lately been corresponding with one of our public men on the subject, has favored us with the following letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The branch steamer Rangatira arrived at Glenelg Pier at noon, after a run of 100 hours from the Sound; the upward trip occupied 108 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A most shocking occurrence happened at the Leamside Station of the North-Eastern Railway, on Sunday, May 31. About noon an engine and tender entered the station from York, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TRAVELLER in the United States some time ago described the sensations with which, under the charge of a reckless cab-driver, he was rattled furiously over a level railway crossing as a train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday last the Hon. the Minister for Works instituted an official inquiry into the cause of the collision which occurred near the Chippendale railway tunnel on Friday morning last. The inquiry was resumed and…
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