The maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 16, 1873. the Yass Railway Question
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 2
WE return once again to this subject for the parpose of directing attention to the remarks of Mr. Parkes in reply to a deputation from the Yass Railway Committee on the occasion of his…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1873 · page 2
A second meeting was then held to take steps to bring before the notice of the Government the present condition of the road through Miller's Forest Mr. H. D. Portus was moved into the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder on the Orange Road. (From the Western Independent, August 15.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1873 · page 3
The inquest on the supposed remains of Muggridge was resumed on Tuesday, at the Vittoria Hotel. Several witnesses were examined, the bulk of t[?] proving that Jarvis and Muggridge passed…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1873 · page 2
The following letter, received on Tuesday by Mr. Dodds, Mayor of East Maitland, has been handed to us for publication:— "Department of Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orange Road Murder. (From the Western Examiner, Aug. 16.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1873 · page 2
The inquest was resumed and concluded on Thursday, the 14th. The following is the evidence:— William Goode, on oath deposed: I am a farmer living near Guyong; I recollect Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder on the Orange Road. (From the Bathurst Free Press. Aug. 23.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1873 · page 4
The Bathurst police have been unremitting in their endeavours to discover additional facts that may tend to place the murder of James Muggeridge beyond the possibility of a doubt,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway From Grafton to New England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1873 · page 2
The Evening News of Tuesday publishes the following report of a public meeting held at Grafton, from its Grafton correspondent:— A public meeting, convened by the railway league,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The English News. By Direct Telegrams. (Reuter's Telegram to Australian Associated Press, in S. M. Herald.) Railway Casualties. London, August 27
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1873 · page 2
There has lately been an extraordinary frequency of railway accidents. Yesterday there was a collision with a goods-train and an excursion-train, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, and many persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Colonial Railway. (From the Queenslander, Aug. 30.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 6
In another page we commence a somewhat lengthy description of the process of sugar making carried on at Yengarie, in the Mary district. There is another feature in connection with the establishment,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Carriage Shed and Repairing Shop, Honeysuckle Point
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 3
Persons who have had occasion to travel by rail to Newcastle lately must have noticed, on the northern side of the line, and not far from where the old Honeysuckle Point station formerly stood, a new…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1873 · page 4
The gentlemen appointed as delegates at the meeting recently held at Grafton, to agitate the construction of a railway from Glen Innes to Grafton, have been visiting Glen Innes, Tenterfield, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Persian Railway. Bombay, September 26
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1873 · page 2
The first and of the Persian Railway was turned at Reshd, the capital of the province of Ghilau, near the Bay of Enzelle, on the Caspian Sea. One mile of the railway is completed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursion Train Days
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 4
Our readers may remember that in the Mercury of Saturday, August 23, we called attention to the number of complaints that had arisen, respecting the insufficiency of the railway excursion train…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 6
A special despatch to the Chicago Evening Journal from Des Moines gives the following account of an attack on the train of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad:—"The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Bridge's Weekly Produce Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1873 · page 4
Wool.—At the public sales held yesterday a spirited competition was shewn for nearly every lot submitted, and prices ruled slightly in advance of previous sales. Quotations—Scoured, 19d to 27d;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. to All Parties Interested in the Road Leading From Jerry's Plains Up the Right Bank Of'the Hunter. (Per favour of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 4
GENTLEMEN—As an effort is now being made to stop the travelling of stock destined for the Sydney and Maitland markets along the right bank of the Hunter, tia Jerry's Plains, and it has long been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Bridge's Weekly Produce Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 4
Wool.—As parcels of the new clip are now arriving, the weekly sales were resumed yesterday, and buyers being eager to secure lines in time for the February sales, a keen competition was kept up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway From the Clarence to New England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1873 · page 4
The following petition, from 1820 residents of the Clarence district, was ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed on the 24th September last:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Correspondence. Railway Station at Greta
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1873 · page 4
The following letter has been forwarded to us for publication:— "Department of Public Works, "Railway Branch,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Denman. Improving the Road From Denman to Jerry's Plains
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1873 · page 3
A preliminary meeting was held at Denman on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the Government to construct low-level bridges over the Hunter at…
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