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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
144 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 8
Manly Cove to Balgowlah, 2 miles, £50 Wiseman's Ferry, via Shepherd's Gully, to St. Albans, 12 miles, £120 Newcastle Municipality to Wallsend, 9 miles, £90…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Skins.—At this week's sales no alteration in prices could be noticed, except that skins were in rather more favour. Tallow remains scarce at recent prices; freights to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE are many considerations, it will be readily allowed, entering into a discussion of the question which occupied the attention of the public meeting at East/Maitland on Monday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening a public meeting was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, East Maitland, for the purpose of petitioning against the sale of intoxicating liquors at the railway stations. Mr. S. Scholey, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Illawarra Mercury is of course a strong advocate for the construction of the proposed Government line of railway between Sydney and Illawarra. In its issue of the 27th April…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool.—No sales held this week. Tallow.—An increase in rates of freight has caused a decline of say 10s per ton on recent prices, but otherwise the demand is brisk, and stocks are light…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It will be remembered (says the P. D. Tele' gram) that the road now in use to Aramac was first surveyed and marked by Mr. Clewett. It was not a popular road, and little used…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Murrurundi Times of Saturday reports the opening of the tunnel through the Liverpool Range, for the passage of the Great Northern Railway, on Tuesday, May 4th, in the presence of a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We are favoured by Mr. H. H. Brown, M.L A. for the Paterson, with the following letter and enclosure—which will gratify a large number of our readers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool.—No sales were held this week, but the favorable news to hand by wire has inspired a degree of confidence not felt for some time past; and any lots of wool or skins that may meet the market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and skins at this week's sales were well competed for, and prices shewed increased firmness for all descriptions. Tallow, owing to continued scarcity of tonnage, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are favored by Mr. Robert Wisdom, M.L.A. for Morpeth, with copies for publication of the following letters to him from the Department of Roads and Bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On examination of the new Northern railway time table (which is to come in force on the 1st June, Tuesday next), and comparing it with the old table, which has been in force for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Live Stock.—Fat cattle are dearer, 23s to 25s per cwt. being the present price, with no prospect of any decline. Sheep are worth 10s to 15s, the market being scantily supplied. Lambs of fair quality are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An adjourned meeting of persons interested in the erection of an embankment on the Oakhampton Road, was held at Mrs. Risby's Hotel, on Friday evening, to receive the report of the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Skins,—As might be expected at this week's sales were eagerly competed for at prices in advance of anything seen during the last six months. I sold skins at 5d to 8d, skin wool at 13d to 18d,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE report made by the gentlemen appointed by the Government to examine the railway iron received from the Park Gate Company reveals a state of things highly discreditable to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Australian Chronicle reports that on Monday afternoon, May 31, Mr. J. Harvey, J.P., held an inquest on the body of a man named Henry Burnett, or Barnett, which had been found on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN extract from the[?] appeared [?] May last [?] against the railway Management" making…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and Skins.—No sales of these were held this week, the market can, however, be reported firm, since the latest news from London fully confirms the favourable reports received during the May-June…
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