Official Correspondence. Access to the Laggon on the Newcastle Road
Mr. S. Scholey, M.P., was handed us the following official letter for publicslion:- Department of Lands. Sydney, 9th May, 1877…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1877
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Mr. John Bridge's Weekly Report
Wool.—I deferred my sale this week pending news as to the [?]ondon May sales, but I offered a considerable catalogue of sheepsk[?]ns, which sold at high figures…
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Fat Cattle were in fair supply this week, and prices varied but little from those of last week, say 21s to 24s per 100 lbs. Fat Sheep on Monday sold at 12s to 14s for fair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clarence and New England Railway. Railway Between Grafton and Central New England. (Abridged from the Clarence and Richmond Examiner, May 5
In accordance with a resolution passed at the last fitting of the Grafton Municipal Council, a public meeting was held at the Sohool of Arts, Grafton, on Wednesday night, to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Armidale Railway Question. the Northern Railway Extension From Tamworth to Armidale. (Abridged from the Armidale Express, May 11.)
A public meeting, called by the Mayor in response to a requisition, was held in the Town Hall, Armidale, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of considering several important matters in…
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Fat Cattle.—Market well supplied, and prices for beat pens 21s to 22s per 100 lbs. Fat Sheep.—Market overstocked with inferior stock which sell at 3s 6d to 7s, while fair to good lots…
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A MOVEMENT has been began in Muswellbrook which ought to have the support of the people of the Hunter River Valley, at once on national and local grounds. As our advertising colomns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 19, 1877. Accommodation on the Great Northern Railway
FOLLOWING up the just complaints of Mr. Wisdom and others, we desire to point out that the Great Northern railway line—on which there is an insufficient supply of carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Beggars and Tramps. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
Sir,—It is said that a colony of eagles soon find out a carcase. The bird of prey soon discovers the carrion. I begin to think that the charity of Maitland has become carrion, the flavour of which brings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tamworth Railway League. (From the Tamworth News, May 18.)
An adjourned meeting of the Tamworth Railway League was held at Mr. Porteus's Hotel, Peel-street, on Wednesday afternoon, the 16th instant, Mr. Nathan Cohen in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Singleton Argus. " Sworn to No Master, of No Sect Am!" " Be Just, and Fear Not; Let All the Ends Thou Aim'st at Be the Country's the Qod'8, and Trusth's." Wednesday, May 23, 1877. Railway Extension
It is exceedingly satisfactory to find the country so fully allive to advantages derivable form an extension of our railways system. Where there is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Meeting at Uralla. the Northern Railway Extension From Tamworth to Armidale. (Abridged from the Uralla and Walcha Times, May 19.)
A fairly attended meeting, to advocate the claims of the direct railway route from Tamworth via Armidale to the Queensland Border, was held in the Temperance Hall, Uralla, on…
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We are favored by Mr. Scholey, M L A. for East Maitland, with the following official correspondence, for public information:- Department of Public Works,…
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Fat Cattle.—No change in value since last week. Fat Sheep of good quality sold this week at 12s to 14s 6d, whilst inferior stock, which were very plentiful, were saleable at very low prices only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 29, 1877. the Muswellbrook-mudgee Railway Project
A DOUBT whether the Muswellbrook people have not been too late in moving in this matter is not warranted by the short debate which took place in the Assembly on Friday evening…
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On Saturday afternoon, a public meeting of the residents of the district of Muswellbrook was held in the hall of the School of Arts, Muswellbrook. It had been called by…
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By a telegram from Muswellbrook we learn that the Mayor of that place has called a public meeting, to be held next Saturday (to-morrow) evening, with the view of urging on the…
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BY my troth," said Edmund Yates," they are merry follows in the Town Council of Galway [?] A plan was laid before that body at its last meeting for the erection of a new…
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Wool.—At this week's sales the quantities offered were small, and the linee unimportant. The condition of the market is firm, considering telegrams lately received from London. I sold scoured wool…
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So far Mr. PARKES and his colleagnes seem to be keeping to thier programme, and amongst the latest proofs in support of the assertion is the fact that…
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