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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 11
SIR,—I enclose you a letter for publication which I received from W. O. Browne, Esq., M.L.A., in answer to mine asking him to have a public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool.—Some fair parcels and many small lots were offered this week, and buyers were very willing to do business; but prices, of course, corresponded with latest London account sales and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A trip to the scene of action during the present week enables me to report very favourably of the rate of speed with which Mr. Watkins' contract for the extension to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As will be remembered, for some time past the idea of improving the lighting of our railway carriages has occupied the attention of the authorities; but, though many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Since the recent alterations made by the Executive to the time-table of the Goulburn and Western Railways, by which a vast addition to the number of trains into and out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It will have been noticed that during the past fortnight or so, there has taken place here a considerable influx of working men, numbering some hundreds, and who, we are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very few persons have any correct idea of the progress being made by the contractor for the railway extension from Orange to Wellington and Dubbo. Although the work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Station properties command but little attention, still the difference between sellers and buyers rendering business nearly impossible. Store Stock, for some reason, are very unsaleable,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Being a resident near East Maitland, and a constant traveller on the road between East Maitland and Mount Vincent, I trust that through your widely circulated newspaper the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation consisting of Mr. Coonan, M.L.A., Mr. Beyers, M.L.A., Mr. W. G. Bladen, and P. J. Macnamarra, had an interview on Friday with the Minister for Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Having seen a paragraph in your Tuesday's issue from your Wollombi correspondent, in which he goes on to say there is something like lagoona and water-holes on the road between Wollombi and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—I am directed to inform you, that in accordance with your recommeadation of the 28th ultimo, the Secretary for Public Works has approved of the appointment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,— I am directed to inform you, that in accordance with your recommendation of the 17th ultimo, the Secretary for Public Works has approved of the appointment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I am directed to Inform you, that in accordance with your recommendation of the 8th instant, the Secretary for Public Works has approved of the appointment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting of the residents of this place and Quirindi Creek was held last night, at the Marshal Me Mohan Hotel. In order to In the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR,—In looking over last Saturday's issue, I observed a letter signed "Justice," speaking of the roads between Laguna and Wollombi. They are in a most disgraceful state:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In station properties there are still too many sellers, and the money market forbids business unless at very low prices; and similar remarks apply to store stock, unless indeed that for sheep of best ages…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT our usual lounge we were talking about that capital cartoon in Punch illustrating an incident of railway travelling in Ireland. " That wheel sounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In station properties the feeling is rather better; but busines is not easily done, owing to the differences between buyers and sellers; and the same remarks apply to store stock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wednesday, the 11th June, was a red letter day for Merriwa; never before was such a crowd of people brought together as assembled on the occasion of the setting the…
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