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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
81 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 5
As a general rule inventions of utility are but slowly recognised; they have to grow into fame by force of their own merits, and without the impetus of any great patronage. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another length of nine miles has at last been opened for traffic on the Great Northern Railway, and the inhabitants of Scone are now placed in communication with the sea coast and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday (Monday), as early as a quarter past four a.m., the rattling of vehicles could be heard in our streets—everybody going to Scone. In fact our town was quite deserted, and all places…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We gather from tbe remarks of Ministers at the opening of the railway to Scone, and from statements recently published in the papers, that the Government railway policy when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Buchanan asked the Secretary for Lands, —"1. Why the Government discontinued issuing to the Maitland District Council the sums voted by Parliament for roads in its district,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our readers will doubtless notice, by advertisement elsewhere, that to-morrow(Wednesday) and on Thursday (the Show days) the Government intend to run special trains, in addition to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting was convened, as per advertisement, to take place at Mr. Scott's, Warkworth, on the 13th May, to take into consideration the advisability of petitioning the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following bill to amend the Main Roads Management Act, was on Wednesday last introduced into the Legislative Assembly by the hon Minister of Works:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—The dil[?]pidated condition of the roads and the lack of bridges in tbe interior of this colony betray either a gross indifference on the part of the Government, for the comfort, safety,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are glad to see that the Government, on Thursday last, withdrew its opposition to Mr Lucas's motion about the grant for minor roads[?] The late Government, thinking that there wa[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN interesting contribution to the literature of cheap railways was published last week in Melbourne, in the shape of a report furnished to the Victorian Government by Mr. W. Elsdon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Derby, on March 7, Matthew Goodden was indicted for forging railway-tickets. The case has excited great interest, as the forgeries were very ingenious and extensive. Upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Byrnes, in answer to a question, said that the Schedule of Minor Roads would be laid on the table next week, the additional vote of £16,000 having rendered a redistribution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On March 4 the formal opening of tramway communication between the eastern end of Greenwich and New-cross-road, near to Peekham, took place, the directors of the Pimlico,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Garrett moved—"That the House resolve itself into Commuittee of the Whole, to consider the petitions of Mr. Andrew M'Cauley…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR—Knowing that the columns of your valuable paper are always open for the discussion of any matter in which the public are interested, I beg leave, with your permission, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Thames police court, recently, Clara Beard and Martha Evans were charged with attempting to commit self-destruction at the Old Gravel-lane swivel-bridge of the Loudon Dock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henry O'Meagher appeared on summons to answer a charge preferred by John Lievesley Beeston, Traffic Manager of the Great Northtern Railway, of having, at Newcastle, on the 2nd day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday evening a meeting of the inhabitants of the town and district of Muswellbrook was held at the court house of that town, for the parpose of initiating steps towards inducing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dr. Dill, borough coroner, held an inquest in the dining-saloon, General Hospital, Belfast, on the bodies of Ellen Bailey and John Moore Craig, who were killed by the collision on the…
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