Railway Accident. (From the Echo.)
An accident of a rather unusual nature occurred on the railway, near Picton, on Thursday night. It appeared that a tremendous gale was blowing, accompanied with…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1879
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 11
Railway Excursion Fares
THE following telegram from Mr, D Verson to Mr. H. Bennett, M.P., relative to cheap fares by railway, has been handed to us for publication :—…
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I visited and inspected this roa[?] on Monday last, 13th inst., in company with Messrs. Meldrum and Gordon. The last time I saw i[?] on June 4, the alluvial flat at Raymond Terrace e[?] was rutty, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. the Road From Raymond Terrace to Maitland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—For a very long time past I have been interviewing the Minister for Public Works and the Commissioner for Roads, and writing to the former time after time, and…
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The Report of the Commissioner for Railways, for the year 1878, was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last week. At the conclusion of the report, the transactions…
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THE Report of the Commissioner for Railways, for the year 1878, was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last week. At the conclusion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. a Modern Road and a Model Bridge. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—May I venture to ask, through the medium of your columns, why it is that that portion of the Fishery Creek road which intervenes between the bridge and the…
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The English Government are about to be asked actively to promote one of the most ambitious projects of engineering which it ever entered into the mind of man to conceive…
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A very serious accident happened on Saturday (says the Herald), on the tramway, near the Female Refuge, in Pitt-ttreet. The 5.5 p.m. car had just left the Redfern station, when, going down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Trial Surveys for the Northern Railway Extension to Sydney. (From a correspondent of the Herald.) Gosford
From what the Governor was made to say at the opening of Parliament, the question of railway extension generally will, it may be presumed, be taken into consideration early…
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The usual monotony of the township of Broke was broken on Sunday, the 9th inst., when it was rumored that we were to be honored by a visit from so…
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At the Central Police Court, this morning (reports Tuesday's Echo), Gavan Sutherland, 15, was charged with having, on Saturday afternoon, got into a tramway carriage while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Bad Time-keeping on the Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—Allow me, through your columns, to draw the attention of the railway authorities to the great want of punctuality in the arrival of the mail trains here and further down the line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Wednesday, November 12. Legislative Assembly. Received 10.30 p m. Northern Railway Extension
Mr. Lackey tabled the plans of the proposed railway extension from Tamworth to Tenterfield via Armidale. It is to go through the town of Armidale…
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Wool.—Owing to the latest English news of a favourable character, and to the presence of foreign buyers, our market has improved considerably since the opening sales of last week, and at Wednesday's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hexham Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have read a good many letters about one road or another, but I believe never read anything about the road from Hexham to East Maitland—if a road it may…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →[?]roposed Railway from Grafton to New England. (Daily Telegraph.)
The Minister for w[?]rks received a deputaton, on Friday, from Grafton, who presented [?]petition, for the construction of a line of [?]lway from that town to the table-land of…
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The driver and fireman of the mail train which was wrecked near Hendon on the 29th August, are progressing favourably, although the injuries of John Potterton, the driver, are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hexham and East Maitland Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of Saturday last appears a letter signed Traveller, complaining of the bad state of the road between Hexham and East Maitland. That very little in the way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Trial Surveys for the Northern Railway Extension to Sydney. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I noticed in the issue of your paper dated Tuesday, November 11, an article from a "Correspondent of the Herald" on the above subject. This article, after stating…
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