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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
81 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 5
SIR—Having recently had occasion to travel from Wallabadah to Nundle and the Hanging Rock, &c.; and also from Bendemeer to Bundarra and Inverell— I wish to call the attention of the public and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the courtesy of the Commissioner for Railways we are in receipt of the new tables of railway rates that will come into force the day on the Great Northern line and also of the new time-table. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Upper a Hunter Courier of the 4th inst. reports that at recent meetings of the Bridge Committee, held at the Muswellbrook Court-house, the following petition has been adopted,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. P. Green, of Windermere, his Kindly furnished us with a long extract from the London Times of the 2nd June last, containing a very interesting account of some experiments with Thomson's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday afternoon a public meeting was held in the Courthouse, Scone, for the purpose of memorialising the Minister for Works to place the road from Scone to Merriwa on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Most of our readers are of course frequent patrons of King Cobb, but they are satisfied with making use of his vehicles, and interest themselves very little about the method and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting was held at the Court-house, on Friday evening, August 11th, for the purpose of considering the conduct of the Government in raising the rates and fares by railway traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning the deputation which was appointed at a public meeting held at Goulburn a few days ago, waited upon the Hon. J. Byrnes, Minister for Works, with reference to the new railway goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Friday, June 2, just after midnight, two men, disguised in female attire, entered the pointsman's cabin on the Heckmondwike branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday evening last a public meeting was held at the Royal Hotel, Denman, for the purpose or taking into consideration the desirableness of erec[?]ing bridge over the Hunter, at Denman. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquiry was held by the Coroner for the district on Saturday, in the Penrith Hospital, touching the death of a young man named Hunt, who died on Friday from injuries received in a collision on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Fairlie, the railway reformer, has sent from London to the Melbourne Argus a reply to an attack upon his system published in that journal in April last, and written by Mr. Doyne. A considerable portion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE latest telegrams from Melbourne announce that the Government there has decided that the future railway gauge in Victoria shall be three feet six inches. This may be taken as another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following report was laid before Parliament of Victoria last evening:— The select committee appointed by your honourable House on Thursday, 11th May,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Before proceeding I wish to remark with respect to my silence at the Denman meeting. Could I have ensured a patient hearing I should have brought forward the same, any little interruption would have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Goulburn papers report the proceedings at a public meeting held in Goulburn on Wednesday last, to receive the report of the deputation appointed at a previous meeting to confer with the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very serious accident happened last night about a quarter past ten o'clock, on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway. From what can be gathered (for the railway officials refuse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Although notice of the fact had been published in the Gazette and in the Mercury a month ago, many people were taken somewhat by surprise yesterday, for travellers who had to cross…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE proceedings of the Intercolonial Conference are of coarse being held with closed doors, and the public will probably have to wait until after the close of its sittings, and until some official…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE drew attention some time ago to the fact that our neighbours in Victoria had, after much inquiry and consideration, resolved to give the narrow gauge system of railways a trial. And,…
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