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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
43 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
The Minister for Works has issued new tables of passenger and trafiic rates, for all the lines of railway, to come into operation to-morrow. Some of the rates are increased, others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent forwards us the following tabular statement calculated from the new scale of charges on the railways published in a supplement to the Gazette on Tuesday, June 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—Some correspondence having occurred between myself and the Works Department, in reference to the approaches on both sides of the river to the West Maitland Bridge, those on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation from the H. R. N. S. Navigation Company waited upon the Minister for Works (the Hon. John Sutherland) at his office, yesterday morning, for the purpose of a[?]ranging a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Assembly made, we think, a grave mistake in rejecting the bill introduced by the Morpeth Railway Company. The bill was thrown out on the ground that it would have enabled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During this month an important decision has been given by the Supreme Court, to the effect that the Commissioner for Roads, or his properly authorised officers, have full power to put side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The report of the remarks I made yesterday, respecting the charges per mile for the conveyance of goods to and from Morpeth by the Great Northern Railway, is not quite correct…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was asserted a short time back in an English paper that sooner or later the engineers would be obliged to yield to the pressure of public opinion in favour of cheap railways, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOME years have passed since the Legislature formally adopted the policy of constructing the three trunk lines of railway, pari passu, to Goulburn, Bathurst, and Armidale. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The progress of the Morpeth railway extension has been so " melancholy " and " slow," that we are disposed to think that it has not been only unfriended, but has also been the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some new workshops are about to be erected by Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co. for the manufacture of rolling stock and other railway plant. They will be situated in Barker-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The S. M. Herald of the 26th instant contains a copy of tha new time table for the Great Northern Railway, which came into force on that day. On comparing it with the former…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Honorable John Sutherland, Minister for Public Works, has issued a new rate sheet for the Government railways, revised, it is said, with great care, advantage having been taken of all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I was surprised to-day, on travelling over the above road, to see the very great improvement made in a short time. On my up journey—six weeks ago—it took me nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the new tariff of rates for goods' traffic on the railway lines of the colony, the charges for wool were thus arranged as regards the longest distances, and for ordinary bales:—Under 80…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Can nothing be done to cheek the unaccountable mania of railway officials for locking up passengers in carriages? On the Underground Railway, for instance, at Westminster-bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The important coremony of opening this fine structure took place yesterday, under the auspices of the West Maitland Borough Council, which, assisted with goodwill by the various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is a Bill to amend the Laws relating to Roads, introduced on Friday last into the Legislative Assembly by the Hon. Minister for Lands (Mr. Forster). The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas by the Act of the Imperial Parliament fifth and sixth Victoria chapter seventy-six the Governor of the colony of New Sonth Wales is empowered by letters patent under the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. MACLEAY used in support of his railway resolutions on Tuesday last the same line of argument that he adopted some months ago at Gundagai and Wagga Wagga. He says that…
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