Mr. J. Bridge's Report
Wool and Sheepskins.—At the sales held this week although the lots offered were unimportant the competition for wool and sheepskins was active, and showed that our market was affected by the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1873
101 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 6
Railways in China. London, July 10
Arrangements are being made for the construction of a line of railway from Tien Tsin to Pekin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Tramways—a Colonial Idea. (From the Maryborough Chronicle, Queensland.)
We have great satisfaction in being able to place on record a local achievement which, only three or four years ago would have been thought impossible. We mean the completion and…
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Recently we published, from a Queeensland paper, a brief account of a cheap locomotive just constructed at Maryborough, Queensland, for the working of a wooden tramway laid down at Messrs…
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Wool.—No sales were held in Sydney this week, but the improvement in the London market being now established, we may look for a corresponding advance in wool and skins at our next sales…
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Some time ago we drew attention to the complaints of the people of Yass, in the matter of the extension of the Southern Railway. It had always been understood that the line, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Correspondence. Road From Raymond Terrace to Maitland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—You would oblige by letting the under copy of a letter, in reference to the above road, appear in an early issue of the Mercury, as many of my constituents are interested in the subject—Obediently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 2, 1873. the Yass Railway Question
Wn cannot tell whether Mr. Grundy's proposals for bringing the southern railway extension into contact with the town of Yass, instead of passing that town at two and a half miles…
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Wool.—No sales were held this week, but the news to hand per Baroda, as well as by wire to the present date, leaves no doubt as to the establishment of pnces equal to those ruling before the late f[?]ll…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. "Novel Road Mending." (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—A paragraph with the above heading appeared in your issue of Saturday last; now, sir, only one statement contained therain is true, viz, the refere[?] to certain streets having been gravelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder on the Orange Road. (From the Bathurst Free Press August 2.)
The impression that the body of the man, supposed to be Muggridge, who had been murdered on the Orange road, had not been consumed in the fire where portions of the bones…
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Henry Jarvis was charged on suspicion with murdering one Henry Muggeridge, on the Orange Road —The prisoner had been arrested in Sydney by Detective Elliott on Tuesday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Blair Duguid Gold Mine at Bishop's Bridge
The following report of a mining engineer, Mr. E. F. O'Regan, respecting the sinking at Blair Duguid, beyond Bishop's Bridge, seven miles from West Maitland has been handed to us for publication:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder on the Orange Road. (From the Western Independent, Aug. 5.)
The inquest on the supposed remains of the missing man, James Muggridge, was commenced on Saturday, at Parker's Vittoria Hotel on the Orange Road, before the Coroner, Mr. T. J. Hawkins, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The English News. By Direct Telegrams. (Reuter's telegram to Australian Associated Press, in S. M. Herald.) Railway Accident. London, August 4
A railway accident, which caused the death of fourteen persons, has occurred at Wigan…
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Wool.—At the usual fortnightly sales held this week only a small quantity was offered, the prices, however, showed that the recent advance was fully maintained, and the desire shown to effect purchases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Supposed Murder on the Orange Road. (From the Western Independent, Aug. 8.)
The inquest on the body was resumed on Thursday, Aug 7, at the Vittoria Hotel, and we summarise the evidence produced by senior-sergeant Garvin. Lewis Ross saw a man standing on the near side of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Right to Take Road Making Materials. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIRâA sense of injustice from which I have long suffered, at the hands of our District Council, is the only apology that I have to make for asking for a small space in your valuable columns to make public…
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With reference to minor roads leading to important towns, such as Bathurst, Goulburn, Yass &c., the policy of largely-increased grants for their formation and repair appears to the association to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roads of the Colony. (From the Goulburn Herald, Aug. 9.)
The following letter has been forwarded to the honorables the Minister for Works and the Minister for Lands by the Argyle and Georgiana Roads Association It will be seen that it…
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