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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

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John Bridge's Weekly Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 7

Station Properties end Store Stock.—There have been no sales during the week, although several capitalists are waiting for suitable investments, the high rate of money and the low price of fat stock…

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Railway to Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 4

Mr. G. T. Chambers, Mayor, and Alderman Cunningham, East Maitland, interviewed the Minister of Works this morning, in order to remind him of a promise made by his predecessor that a trial survey…

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Poetry. the Young Tramp. (From the Detroit free Press.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 13

Hello, that stranger Whar yer from? Come in and moke yerself ter hum; We're common folks, ain't much on style; Come in and stop a little while;…

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Stoney Creek Bridge. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 6

SIR,—Allow me as another traveller to call the attention of the proper authorities, whoever they may be, to the dangerous and discreditable state of the above bridge. There…

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A Magnetic Motor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 2

A small machine, or apparatus, has been put together in Boston, U.S., equal to driving a sewing machine, or other light machinery, by magnetic power alone. The inventor is…

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Extension of Northern Railway to Queensland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 6

The following petition was adopted at an influential public meeting, held in the Town Hall, Armidale, on Monday, Feb. 10.:— To the Hon. the Legislative Assembly…

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The Singleton Argus. Wednesday, February 19, 1879. The Connecting Railway Promised

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 2

THE jubilation of some of the opponents of the movement initiated by the residents of Singleton was great when Mr. SUTHKHLAND lead delivered an opinion…

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Mr. John Bridge's Weekly Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1879 · page 2

Wool.—At this week's sales a fair amount of business was done wherever owners were willing to accept ruling prices, which, although low compared with prices that ruled for most part of this season,…

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Mr. John Bridge's Weely Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 7

In Station properties, there is nothing to report unless that the present is a bad time to sell, and the same can be said of store sheep. Fat Cattle.—1094 yarded for the week, and on…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, February 22, 1879. the Roads Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 4

MOST probably, the Roads bill will be taken over by the Government. Legislation on such a question ought not to be conducted by a private member. And the Government, if…

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Official Correspondence. Road—ellalong to Mount Vincent

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 3

Mr. Charles Wyndham having placed himself in communication with the member for East Maitland (H. S. Badgery, Esq.), relative to the impassable state of the above road,…

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Official Correspondence. Road From Clarence Town to Brookfield

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 4

The following letter has been sent to us for publication, for general information:— Department of Public Works, Sydney, 14th Feb., 1879…

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The Railway to Hay

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 4

THE projected railway from Junee to Narandera first appeared as one of the historical green lines evolved from the brain of the Minister of Works in the declining days of…

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Fatal Railway Accident. (By telegraph to the Melbourne Argus) Stawell, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 6

Another accident which has terminated fatally occurred last night on the Stawell to Horsham line, about six miles on the Horsham side of Glenorchy. A repairing gang of…

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Railway to Inverell

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1879 · page 1

AT a large public meeting, build on the 10th instant at Inverell, with reference to [?]ning for railway communication to be pushed on as speedily as possible to…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, February 27, 1879. the Government Railway Policy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1879 · page 4

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S description of our frontier on the north-west of India has long been applicable to the railway policy of New South Wales. It is haphazard rather than…

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John Bridge's Weekly Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 7

Btation Properties.—Some fine properties were offered this week, and in saveral cases sales were effected at prices said to be all in favour of the buyers…

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The Goorangoola Road Trust. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 2

SIR,—I wish to ask whether there is a Road Inspector in this district to whom the Trustees of the Goorangoola Road are responsible for the outlay of the public…

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Giving Railway Passes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 7

The extent to which passes are granted by American railways, especialy to men who have anything to do with shipping goods over [?] lines, is not generally known. In the…

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Railway Extension to Breeza. (Quirindi Correspondent to the Murrurundi Times.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1879 · page 7

The hopes expressed that Government would consent to the new line being opened from Werrie's Creek to Breeza, have at length been realized. I learned on paying as…

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