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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
223 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 12
Sir,—The sum of Ninety, Pounds having been granted for a road from Wark worth Road to Jorry's Plaina Road. I am directed by the Secretary for Public Works to invite you to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—l am directed to inform you, that in accordance with your recommendation of the 3 May last the Screatary for Public Works has approved of the appointment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,- Referring to the pet[?]tion presented [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Referring to your representation that crane is much wanted for the loading and unloading of heavy materials. such as log timber, at the Singleton Station, I have the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE desire to say a word on the subject of railway accommodation,—a subject taken up, after much longsuffering, by the meeting whose proceedings we reported last Tuesday. Like…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MANY of our readers says (the Bathurst Times) will probably be surprised to hear that Mr. Higgs, railway stationmaster at Bathurst, has recently been under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool was well competed for at this week's sales, although the news of the opening of the London sales was not encouraging. Fair washed wools sold at 16d to 19d; superior at 19d to 23d; ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We have no lack of instances to prove how absurdly inadequate the arrangements on the Great Northern Railway are to cope with an unusual demand, but yet a demand which could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday evening at about a quarter past four in the afternoon, a collision occurred that might have been attended with considerable loss of life, but which providentially resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—In moving the first resolution at the late road meeting held at Denman on the 1st Nov., I spoke of an old pr[?]laimed road, which I said branched off the Denman and Jerry's Plains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is some months since the proposal was mooted for introducing upon our railways a method of working which has proved its efficiency in other countries, and which would…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →We return to this subject, and shall hammer away at it till an alteration is made The railway, we take it, is constructed for the purpose of carrying any goods which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following official letter has been sent to us for publication by Mr T. G. Danger, M P.: Department of Public Works, Sydney, 13th Nov., 1877…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following letters have been handed to us for publication. They tell their own tale:— Legislative Assembly, Nov. 30, 1877…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →If there should be any delusion in the official mind that the complaints we have hitherto published respecting the management of the goods traffic on the Northern Railway came from one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have received from Messrs. Wolfe and Gorrick copies of the following correspondence between Mr. H. E. Cohen, M.L.A., for West Maitland, and the Railway Department, relative to the extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Messrs. Wolfe and Gorrick have brought under our notice another instance of railway mismanagement on the Northern line. On the 19th November this firm consigned six bales of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fat Cattle were forward in good numbers, and on inferior pens there was a decline of 1s to 2s per 100 lbs., but fair and good lots sold freely at 27s to 28s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—I am very glad to see that you are bringing your influence to bear on the mismanagement of the railway, and beg to call your attention to the great loss and expense…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following letter has been sent us by the member for the Wollombi, Mr. Joseph Eckford, for publication:— Department of Public Works,…
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