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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
244 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 13
During the past few weeks considerable agitation [?] existed in the minds of residents in the Brisbane [?]er district, for fear their interests should be ignored in the event of the railway being extended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inhabitants of that thriving, fertile, and picturesque district, Brisbane Water, alive to the importance of railway communication, have decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ball last night was an unqualified success. About 180 persons were present. The catering was much praised, and the music, led by Mr. Gou[?]st[?] Williams, was excellent. Ministers left this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Southern Railway was formally opened by the Hon. John Sutherland to Wagga Wagga on [?]day. The Minister of Works was accompanied [?] colleagues, the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. H. E…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →IT has taken us twenty-eight years to make 650 miles of railway in New South Wales. That is at the rate of 23 miles per year. This is not exactly go-aheadism—we could well afford to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting was held last night, reports the Pilot of Tuesday, at Mr. Milthorpe's hotel, Newcastle, of gentlemen who inten[?] protest against the expenditure of public money on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Providence Journal has the following account of a serious mishap to Mr. Jabez Champlin, an aged resident of that city, while returning home with his wife from a visit to his children in California: "They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A few minutes before 1 o'clock peals of distant thunder dissipated all doubt whether the overcharged atmosphere indicated blight or storm. As soon as the sky became generally clouded, the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The following is a draft of the petition, which was to be submitted last evening, at a meeting of the citizens of Newcastle, against the expenditure of public funds in the construction of a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Monday evening (reports the Newcastle Herald of Tuesday) a very large and influential meeting was held in the Court House, Newcastle, in accordance with public requisition, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Cattle.—On Thursday the yards were well filled, and many of the lots were of superior quality. Best pens sold at 25s to 26s per 100 1bs., the tendency being towards lower prices…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The report of the Commissioner of Railways (Mr. C. A, Goodchap) has been published, It deals with the year 1877. An amount of £12,298,161 had been authorised to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The memorial of the inhabitants of the city and port of Newcastle in public meeting assembled humbly showeth that your memorialists view with considerable surprise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very la[?]ge public meeting met at the court h[?]o, Wollombi, on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving and adopting a petition to the Hon the Minister of Public Works, asking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →READERS of our summary of Mr Go[?]d[?]hap's valuable report on New South Wales railways for 1877 will discover a vary cheering state of things. Our public debt at the end of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,- As you are aware about three months ago, a petition was adopted in Singleton and presented by deputation to the Hon. the Minister for Works praying that the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Oblige by the publication of the [?]nder letter for the information of all interested, and oblige yours obdiently, Dapartment of Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The day for the opening of the railway extension from Quirindi to this place bus been definitely fixed for Tuesday, October 15. The Governor and his suite, and also the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting was held at Mr. M. Woodbury's, Wyong Creek, on Saturday last; for the purpose of considering the movement for connecting the Great Northern Railway with Sydney, via Brisbane Water. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A VERY large public meeting met at the Court House, Wollombi, on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving and adopting a petition to the Hon, the…
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