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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1878

244 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 13

The Fatal Railway Accident at Currabubula. Coroner's Inquiry

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1878 · page 2

THE Coroner for the district (Mr. T. B. Boyce) held an inquiry into the circumstances touching the death of Hugh M'Bride and Cornelius Boyle at Currs[?]…

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Correspondence. the Bundella and Quirindi Road. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1878 · page 2

SIR.-Will you allow me a small space in your journal to reply to the petition presented by Mr. Hanley Bennett, for having the road from Bundella to…

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The Proposed Railways to Sydney. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1878 · page 2

Sir,—Considering the importance of the above subject at the presout time, I do not think it out of place to offer a few remarks regarding the route to be followed by the…

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The Railway to Sydney

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1878 · page 2

TO-MORROW afternoon the inhabitants of the town and district interested in the connection of the Great Northern Railway with the metropolis will have an…

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Railway Meeting at Inverell. (Abridged from the Inverell Times, June 15.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1878 · page 7

A large and influential meeting was held, in M[?]ther's Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. Most of the representative men from the tin fields, [?]squatters, agriculturalists, and business people…

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Railway Communication Between the North and Sydney. Public Meeting at Singleion. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1878 · page 11

On Thursday afternoon a public meeting was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Singleton, to take steps to petition the Government to construct a railway between the Northern districts and…

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The Railway to Sydney. Public Meeting

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1878 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon a public meeting was held, pursuant to advertisement, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Singleton, its object being to take further steps to promote the…

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Railway Extension in the North. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1878 · page 3

By the end of August next, it is confidently expected, the railway to Tamworth will be completed so as to be ready for traffic and with the completion of the Great Northern Railway so…

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The Trans-Continental Railway Scheme. (By Telegraph from the Herald's Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1878 · page 6

It is announced that an expedition has been organized by Mr. Gresley Lukin, editor and managing proprietor of the Queenslander, to effect a flying survey of the proposed line of…

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The singleton Argus. "Sworn to no Master, of no sect am I." " Be just and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be [?] untry's thy God's and Truth's." Wednesday, June 26, 1878. The Railway, project

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1878 · page 2

THE response to the Mayor's notification of a public meeting in connection with the proposal to connect the Great Northern Railway with Sydney, must…

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The Railway to Sydney. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1878 · page 2

Sir,—Allow me through the medium of your columns to have a word with respect to the much-talked of Railway from Singleton to the metropolis. I was present part of the…

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The Bridge at Gostwyok. Meeting at Paterson. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1878 · page 6

A public meeting was held in the Courthouse, Paterson, on Tuesday afternoon, to consider the propriety of publicly celebrating the opening and naming of the new bridge at…

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Original Correspondence. Railway Communication Between the North and Sydney. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1878 · page 5

SIR—At a meeting held at Singleton on Thursday last, with the object of forwarding the above project, arguments were made use of by same of the speakers which ara not very tenable,…

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Re the Connection of the Sydney with the Northern Railway. Meeting at Singleton. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1878 · page 2

SIR,—Being the exponent of the interests of the Northern Districts in your valuable publication, I make no apology for trespassing upon your attention as follows:…

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The Hobson's Bay Railway Company. (Argus, June 26.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1878 · page 6

Negotiations for the purchase of the Hobson's Bay Railway were commenced in 1873 4, when the Francis Government was in power. After much discussion, the Ministry submitted an…

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The Werris Junction Railway Station

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1878 · page 4

It may not be generally knows that a very considerable Government work is at the present time going on in West Maitland. Mr. M'Donald, the contractor for the railway…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Railway Connection with Sydney

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1878 · page 2

WE are indebted to the courtesy of a Citizen for the following telegram repecting the deputation which waited on the Minister for Works yesterday, with…

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Railway Opening Celebration

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1878 · page 6

IT wilt be seen, from an advertisement elsewhere, that a public meeting has been convened for Tuesday evening next, to take steps to celebrate the extension of…

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Railway Communication Between the North and Sydney. Deputation to the Minister of Works. [From Our Own Reporter.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1878 · page 3

On Tuesday forenoon, the Minister of Works, the Hon. John Sutherland, received at his office the deputation appointed at the meeting held in Singleton, to advocate the construction…

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Proposed Demonstration on the Opening of the Railway to Tamworth. (Abridged from the Tamworth News.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1878 · page 4

A public meeting called by the Mayor, in response to a requisition, was held in the Mechanice' Institute, on Tuesday, June 25, for the purpose of arranging for some demonstration…

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