Collision on the Great Northern, Railway
On Friday afternoon an accident occurred on the Great Northern Railway, not far from the Branxton station, which caused for some hours an interruption to the traffic, and had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1870
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The Oakhampton Road
On Saturday evening a meeting of residents of Oakhampton, called by public advertisement, was held at Mrs. Risby's Falls Hotel. There was a large number of persons present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, February 10, 1870 the Economy of Railways
OUR readers are probably aware that during the last session of the last Parliament a select committee was appointed, " to inquire into and report upon the best mode of facilitating inland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Hexham. Meeting Respecting the Dangerous State of Iron-ba[?]k Bridge
A public meeting was held at the late Hexham. Hotel, on Wednesday evening last, at seven o'clock p m., lo consider the present dangerous state of the Iron-bark Bridge, over the creek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Railway Travelling
An " occasional correspondent " of The Times has written an interesting sketch of a journey by rail across North America. His first letter is dated September 14th, and he writes:—" We…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Travelling by the Pacific Railway—murderous Villages. (From a tody correspondent in the Daily News.)
A few miles further on we came to the Great Salt Lake Valley, and had a magnificent view of the lake from its northern head. A fine foreground of rocks, below it the valley and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, April 7, 1870. the Railway Department
AMONGST the parliamentary papers printed this year is a somewhat lengthy return of reports and correspondence respecting the state of the rolling stock on the existing lines of railways,…
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The completion of the passenger station on this line, at the terminus beyond the New Company's wharf, may be looked for by the end of May, when also will be finished the platform at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Bishop's Bridge. (From a Correspondent.)
A very pleasant reunion took place on Easter Monday, in a most delightful nook of Stony Creek, about a mile above the station. It seems that the Bishop's Bridge people are in the habit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, April 28, 1870. the Debate on Railways
THE decision of the Government to withdraw the vote for extending the present lines of railway beyond Bathurst, Goulburn, and Murrurundi, is in any case a matter of importance;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, May 5. Legislative Council. Public Roads Bill
The Public Roads Bill was discharged from the paper, on the motion of Mr. Owen. DEFICIENCY LOANS. Mr. Owen moved the second reading of the…
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The New York papers contain the account of a fearful accident to the regular morning train on the Mississippi Central Railroad for New Orleans. The train leaving Humboldt behind…
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An accident of a fearful character happened on the 11th Feb., near Gartsherrie, on the Caledonian Railway, to the Glasgow section of the London Express, due in Glasgow at 12-40…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow and Cheap Railways. the Fairlie Bogie Engines. (From the London Scientific Correspondent of the Melbourne Australasian.)
During the last month there has been such a superfluity of scientific lectures, addresses,and articles, that I hardly know how to attempt to make a selection. As, however, I wish these…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, June 2,1870. Colonial Railway Construction
The publication of the results of an official inquiry in Great Britain into the working of Mr. Fairlie's engines on an extremely narrow-gauge railway cannot fail to have its effect in this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Steamers. the Thompson Road Steam-waggons at Work. (From the London Scientific Correspondent of the Melbourne Australasian.)
In my October letter I briefly referred to the successful working of Thompson's road steamer, so far as it had been then tried. This steamer is now coming rapidly into general use. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dungog. Bridge Over the Williams
At a public meeting held at the court-house, this afternoon, and presided over by Mr George Mackay, J.P., the following resolutions were unanimously passed:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Roads. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—The majority of your correspondents up this way (and their name is legion), however antagonistic on some points, all testify to the badness of the roads between Dungog and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROADS. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—In noticing your correspondent's letter in the Mercury of Saturday last, signed "Native," I do not intend calling in question the general truthfulness of his remarks as to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Original Correspondence. the Wollombi Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—I beg through the medium of your excellent journal to call attention to the present state of the above road. It is some twelve months since anything has been done in the…
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