Reserve from Sale. Liverpool Plains District. for Railway Purposes
No. 1,316. county of Buckland parish of Cliff area about 20 acres. The Crown Lands within the following boundaries Commencing on the right bank of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1879
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 11
New Year's Day Races. JUDGE: Mr. John Alford; Stewards: Dr. R. Road, Messrs. E. Alford, J. W: W. Campbell, J. Dines, W. Watts, and T. Eather. Handicapper: Mr. W. Curtis; Starter; Mr. G. H. Singleton; Clerk of the course: Mr. John Fox
Though rather hot, Wednesday last was on the whole a favourable day for the New Year's meeting of the Patrick's Plains Jockey Club. The course,…
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Fat Cattle.—1,600 yarded this week, the majority of which were good to fair quality, the number far exceeded the requiremenhts ofthe trade, and prices fell accordingly. I quote best bullocks £5 to £6 10s;…
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Wool.—Large quantities of wool are being offered every week, but only a small proportion is cleared at auction. The wool market is decidedly dull, whatever may be reported to the contrary, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Railway Passenger Rates. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have been expecting to see in your columns some complaints about the reduced (!) railway fares which came into operation on the 20th of last month; but as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roads and Bridges of the Colony. (From the Herald.)
The operations of the Road Department, though rarely heard of except when fault is being found, have been for the last decade covering the colony with a network of roads;…
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The following official letter has been handed to us for publication:— Department of Public Works, Sydney, 15th January, 1879…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State of the Clarence Town Roads. Public Meeting. (From our own Reporter.)
A public meeting was held in the Court House, Clarence Town, on Saturday evening, called in response to a requisition " to take into consideration the management and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads in the Clarence Town District. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I noticed in one of your last week's issues a requisition signed by a number of gentlemen residing in and about Clarence Town, asking J. Lyall, Esq., J.P., to convene…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Accident on the Railway. (From the S. M. Herald of Jan. 24)
Another terrible, fatal accident occurred on the suburban railway line last night, the victim in this case being a young woman, not more than 19 years of age. The identity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. (From the Evening News)
A terrible railway accident occurred shortly before six o'clock on Thursday afternoon, at the railway bridge, a short distance from Homebush railway station, by which a young…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Court House Bridge. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
SIR,-By the last fresh in the page River the trunk of a large tree was carried down the channel and lodged near Mr. Teb[?]'s old flour mill, and it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waiting Rooms at Railway Platforms. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 17th Jan, 1879
SIR,âI have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, drawing my attention to the necessity for erecting waiting rooms at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on the Railway. Coroner's Inquest. (From Monday's Echo.)
The City Coroner held an inquest this morning at the Brecknock Arms Hotel, on the body of the young woman who was run over by a train near the Stanmore platform, on…
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Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Monday morning (says the Daily Telegraph) a terrible fatal accident occurred at the Footscray railway station, on the Williamstown line. A widow,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Deniliquin and Moama Railway. (By Telegraph to the Evening News.) Melbourne
The directors of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company have brought up their report, to be presented at the half-yearly meeting to be held on the 4th February. It…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Connecting the Great Northern Railway with Sydney. (From the S M. Herald.)
On Friday morning a deputation consisting of Mr. Badgery, M.L A., and Messrs. P. A. Jennings, J. Winter, A. Rodgers (Attunga), and A. Broad, waited upon the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quirindi. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Searous Railway Mishap
The ordinary 3.20 p.m. mail train, when approaching, Quirindi from Tamworth on Tuesday last, met with an unexpected, and somewhat out-of-the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Into Sydney. (From Wednesday's Echo)
In the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr. Lackey, in response to an interrogation from Mr. Pilcher, who asked if arrangements were being made for extending the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wollombi Road Bridge. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
Sir,—A few weeks since attention was drawn by "Traveller," through the medium of your valuable journal, to the highly dangerous [?]tate of the bridge over Stoney Creek. Nothing has yet been done to…
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