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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1872

59 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 3

Gold Mining Near Maitland. Prospecting for a Quartz Reef at Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1872 · page 2

In order to secure for our renders as much information as possible upon a subject respecting which they will naturally feel some interest, we have taken the opportunity since writing on Friday, to visit the…

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Gold Mining Near Maitland. Prospecting for a Quartz Reef at Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1872 · page 2

Blair Duguid paddock has been the destination of parties of visitors during the whole of the week, and as the company's men had resumed work in the shaft described by us last Tuesday, there was some…

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Messrs. Irwin, Bridge, and Co.'s Report. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1872 · page 4

Wool: The market this week, as is usual at this season of the year, is barely supplied. It would, therefore, be impossible to give any reliable quotations, inasmuch as the prices obtained cannot be…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, September 12, 1872. Leasing the Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1872 · page 2

MR. PARKES, when at Bathurst, vaguely intimated that the Government bad discovered a method of making the railways pay a direct profit to the country. Sir James Martin,…

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Wages of Railway Labourers. (From the S. M. Herald, Sept. 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 2

Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Wearne, M.L.A.; Mr. S. C. Brown, M.L.A.; Mr. Tunks, M.L.A.; Mr. Taylor, M.L.A.; Mr. F. Godding, Mr. F. Elliott, and Mr. E. Smith (the last three…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, September 26, 1872. State Railway Management

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1872 · page 2

LORD HARTINGTON'S encouraging speech in the House of Commons upon the proposal that the Government should be authorized to purchase and work the railways in Ireland, has caused,…

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Compensation to Injured Railway Employees

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1872 · page 6

We have received the following correspondence from Mr. J. P. Abbott, of Murrurundi:— "Murrurundi, 25th Sept, 1872. "SIR—Some time since a man named Michael…

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Messes, Irwin, Bridge, and Co.'s Report. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1872 · page 6

Wool: The sales of this week may be virtually recognised as the opening of the season, although on a comparatively small scale; there was, however, a considerable run on any portion of the new clip…

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Accommodation at the Murrurundi Railway Station. (From the Great Northern Advertiser, Oct. 12.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1872 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last a meeting of the Forwarding Agents was held at Mr. Potts' residence, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of securing an increase of accommodation at the…

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Elgin-street Railway Crossing

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 November 1872 · page 2

The following correspondence has been banded to us for publication:— West Maitland, October 24, 1872. To the Honorable Minister for Works, Sydney…

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Proposed South Coast Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1872 · page 5

The Illawarra Mercury of the 9th publishes a draft prospectus of a proposed Sydney and South Coast Railway, to be constructed upon a narrow gauge, and worked upon the Fairlie system, starting from a…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, November 19, 1872. the Railway Gauge Question

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1872 · page 2

The opposition of the Government to Mr. Macleay's railway-gauge resolution is hardly to be considered a remarkable thing. If that resolution had been carried, and the…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1872 · page 2

At thirteen minutes post 8 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd October, a terrible accident happened on the Caledonian Railway, at Kirtlebridge Station, about seventeen miles north of Carlisle, by which…

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Messrs. Irwin, Bridge, and Co.'s Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1872 · page 3

Wool.—The sales of this week passed off without animation, buyers are not willing to operate at vendors' reserves. The prices realised this week may be considered current rates of the time, and will barely…

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Cheap Railway Trains on Holidays

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Browne, M. L. A., has kindly forwarded us the following official correspondence for publication:— [No.72/1875.] Department of Public Works,…

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The Clarence Railway. (From the S. M. Herald, Dec. 14.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1872 · page 2

The following petition was adopted on Thursday last by the people of the Clarenoe in public meeting assembled:— To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of New…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, December 21, 1872. the Government Railway Policy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 2

FROM the outline of the Government railway policy, as sketched by the Premier when he delivered his budget speech, it was reasonable to conclude that the Government had no sympathy…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, December 24, 1872. the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Project

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1872 · page 2

A NUMBER of our southern colonists, principally residents in the town or neighbourhood of Deniliquin, have for some time past been considering how best improved means of communication can…

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Suez Mail Extracts. Shccking Railway Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 4

On Oct. 17, at Kelvedon, on the Eastern Counties Line a dreadful accident happened, by which one person was killed, and several seriously and many slightly injured. The…

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