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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
104 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 6
A report was current in Maitland yesterday that a rather serious railway collision had occurred in Newcastle yesterday morning, between the first train from the country and a coal train. From inquiries we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool, as usual at this time of the year, is very scarce, and prices cannot well be given. Sheepskins, however, come forward in fair quantities, and meet with fair treatment at the hands of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice md consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the greatest securities against the occurrence of railway accidents is the use of a brake which can be so applied as to stop a train within the distance of its own length; and the nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and skins at this week's sales showed no particular variation in price, and the lots offered were of no importance. Tallow was in better demand for both trade and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A letter from the Colonial Secret of Tasmania, published in the Times, has provoked a damaging discussion in reference to Tasmanian railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday morning, Mr. Henry Hough who is the lessee of the Railway Mill, Elgin-street, West Maitland discovered, on coming to work after breakfast that the silk-dresser on the middle floor had been on fire during the night close to the head,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool, as may be expected at this time of the year, does not come forward in quantities to fairly test the market; and in view of the very uncertain news which reaches us from London, it is not easy to say,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Mandat evening the inquest upon the fire (of Wednesday night, July 1) in the Railway Mill, Elgin-street, West Maitland, was resumed at Mr. Brewer's Railway Inn, by Mr. T. W. Pearse, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tallow.—The market for this article has at last improved, and by latest advices I think it will be some time before we again see such low prices as we have had to submit to lately. Quotations: Beef, 29s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Commisioner for Railways to the Undersecretary for Lands. Department Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 19th May, 1873…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following returns respecting trial-surveys ordered by the Minister for Works, reports on their progress by Mr. Whitton, and correspondence respecting the reservation of land for railway purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workmen are at present busily engaged in effecting repairs upon this railway, which is situated near Redhead. The line runs to Newcastle, where formerly coal from the tunnel used to be shipped in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool at the sales this week was in good demand, but prices were unaltered. Sheepskins were well competed for at improved prices, full fleece realising 6d to 9d, pelts 3d to 5d, according to condition and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE positively disgraceful state of the main northern road from a point about four miles from Singleton in the direction of Mai[?]land. is a matter which we cannot allow to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,— Will you allow are space in your valuable journal to make a few remarks about the dangerous coad to the New Church (St. Paul's). Up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The wool sales of this week passed off quietly, the lots offered being unimportant, as usual at this season of the year. Sheepskins were in excellent demand at 6d to 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway extension is still occupying a larga share of attention in Parliament and out of it. The other day a proposal to construct a railway from Port Augusta to Beltana was lengthily discussed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool.—Since my report of the 7th instant, but little alteration has occurred in the market. The catalogues offered this month were not very attractive, and buyers are evidently awaiting results of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following correspondence has been forwarded to us for publication:— Department of Lands, Sydney, August 11, 1874…
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