The Euphrates Railway. London, April 5
The House of Commons rejected a motion in favour of the Euphrates Valley Railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1873
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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 12, 1873. the Morpeth Railway
EARLY in March last a paragraph appeared in the S. M. Herald, stating that returns of traffic of the Morpeth railway branch for the ten months ending 31st October, 1871 and 1872,…
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Wool.—The sales of this week show no alteration in value on current rates of previous transactions. The lots submitted are not of such a character as could be taken as an index of the future of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Assembly. Great Southern Railway
Mr. SUTHERLAND laid on the table the plans of the proposed extension of the Great Southern Railway from Goulburn to Yass. SUNDRY REPORTS AND PETITIONS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Roads. London, April 23
The New Zealand Roads Act Amendment Bill has received the Royal assent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Gates Act of 1873. an Act to Authorize the Erection of Public Gates Across Certain Roads. [Assented To, 24Th April, 1873.] Preamble
Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the erection of public gates by the occupants of inclosed land through which any unfenced public road may pass[?] Be it therefore enacted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Purchase of Irish Railways. London, April 30
In the House of Commons, Mr. Ion T. Hamilton, the member for the county of Dublin, brought forward a resolution to the effect that in the opinion of the House it was expedient that the State should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Railway Excursion Tickets. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—If you agree with me in thinking that the accompanying correspondence may prove interesting to the travelling public in the Northern district, perhaps you will kindly give…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(No 3.) Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 1st May, 1873
Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 18th ult., complaining that after having purchased an excursion ticket on the 11th ultimo, from Scone to Hexham, you were compelled, on returning on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(No. 2.) Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 2nd April, 1873 Government Railways.—Easter Holidays
Excursion tickets will be issued at all stations at a single fare for the double journey, available for return from 10th to the 19th April instant, both inclusive, for all distances over 15 miles; and for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Official Correspondence. the Victoria Bridge
The following letter has been kindly handed to us for publication by Stephen Scholey, Esq., M.L.A. for East Maitland:— Department of Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Camberwell. the Dangerous State of Rix's Creek Bridge
The following letter, a copy of which has been handed to us, will show that the necessary repairs to Rix's Creek Bridge (a portion of the approaches having been washed away) will be executed shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Coach Accident on the Western Road (From the Bathurst Times, June 11.)
An accident of a very terrible nature, by which one man lost his life and three other persons were severely injured, occurred on the Sofala road, within a mile or so of the village of Peel, late on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Jno. Bridge's (Of Irwin, Bridge, and Co.) Report
Wool.—No sales were held this week, and prices may be taken as still the same viz.:—Scoured, 17d to 25d per 1b.; fleece, 21d to 24d; fair, 18d to 20d; greasy, 10d to 14d for best, 9d to 10d for medium…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather, Roads, and Mails. (From the tamworth Weekly News, June 20.)
When we went to press last week, there were visible many indications of fine weather, and from Friday evening to Sunday evening most townspeople were refreshed, gladdened, and relieved from anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Charges
From the report of the Commissioner for Railways to the Government, now in course of publication by instalments, in the S. M. Herald, we extract the following passage on railway tariffs:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Projected Railway Extension
The following notice of trial surveys (from the report of the Commissioner of Railways) will give some idea of what has been done in the way of preparing for the future extension of the railways:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Dingo Creek Bridge. To MR. R. B. Smith, or Whom It May Concern (Per favor Maitland Mercury.)
HONOURABLE SIR—Yon were elected triumphantly over your opponents. Why then are our interests in reference to the bridge over the Dingo Creek so neglected? It is not long since Mr. Cross, a farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Jno. Bridge's (Of Irwin, Bridge, and Co.) Report
Wool.—No sales were held this week and the market may be regarded as still the same. Tallow has receded owing to adverse news from home, and increased freights. The trade are now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident in South Australia
The occurrence of a serious accident on one of the South Australian Railways through the breaking of the tire of an engine wheel has been reported. The Observer of the 28th ult. gives the following…
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