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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 11

Merriwa. Our Bridge.—grand Demonstration on Setting the First Pile

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 16

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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Driving the First Pile of the Collaroy Bridge. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 12

The first pile of the Collaroy Bridge was driven on the 27th of May, by Mrs. Clive, of Collaroy station, who graciously undertook the task; and right nobly did that lady perform…

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The City Tramway. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1879 · page 2

The city tramway—which has inspired some persons with the hope that it will prove a cure for many of our vehicular evils, and others with a fear that it will serve but to…

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Road to Cooper's Flat. Department of Public Works. Roads under Trustees, Sydney, June 18, 1879

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1879 · page 2

Sir,—I am directed to inform you, that in accordance with your recommen0dation of the 17th instant, the Secretary for Public Works has approved of the appointment of…

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The Great Northern Railway. Some Particulars of the Work to Be Done From Tamworth to Uralla

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1879 · 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…

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The Sugarloaf Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1879 · page 7

SIR,—If you are not tired of the subject, would you kindly allow me space in your columns for a word or two about the Sugarloaf road. It would be of no use for me to…

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Muswellbrook Bridge (From our Reporter.)

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

ON SATURDAY last we had an opportunity of seeing almost the beginning of what promises to be a very extensive, important, and costly work—to wit, the…

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Presentation of Petition for Railway Workshops at Murrurundi

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1879 · page 1

THE following is the reply received from Mr. J. McE[?]one, M.P., with reference to the movement for the establishment of Railway Workshops at Murrurundi, and…

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The Inverell Road Question. (By telegraph to Echo.) Inverell

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1879 · page 6

A large, influential, and enthusiastic meeting was held here yesterday afternoon at German's Hotel, to consider the want of railway communication and the roads question…

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John Bridge's Weekly Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 7

Fat Cattle.—On Thursday some choice cows sold at £7 10s, or over 16s per 100 lbs., whilst light and inferior pons went at 30s to £3 per head, Market well supplied…

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Excursion Rates on the Great Northern Railway. (S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1879 · page 7

On Friday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. W. C. Browne, M.L.A., Mr. M'Elhone, M. L. A., Mr. Badgery, M.L. A., Mr. Bowman, M.L.A., Mr. George Loder, Mr. J. Moore,…

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Excursion Rates on the Great Northern Railway

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1879 · page 2

ON Friday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. W. C. Browne, M.L.A., Mr. M'Elhone, M.L.A., Mr. Badgery, M.L.A., Mr. Bowman, M.L.A., Mr…

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John Bridge's Weekly Live Stock Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 7

Station properties are particularly unsaleable, and whilst the money market remains as it is, but little business will be done. Store steck too are nearly the sams, although there…

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[Copy.] Rates to Be Charged at the Railway. Wharf Store, Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 6

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased, in pursuance of the Act ot Parliament, 22 Victoria, No. 19, to determine that the following rates shall be collected…

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Extension of the Great Northern Railway. (From the Tamworth News, July 11.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1879 · page 4

Messrs. Amos Bros., the contractors for the Tamworth-Uralla section of the extension to Tenterfield, evidently have no intention of letting the grass grow under their feet,…

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Rail-way Work Shops

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 2

THE following is the official reply to the potition sent through Mr. McElhone with reference to the establishment of Railway Workshops at…

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The Great Northern Railway Works. (Tamworth News of Tuesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1879 · page 6

In Friday's issue we gave a few particulars indicative of the progress being made with the railway extension from Tamworth northwards as far as Owen's Hotel, at Swamp Oak,…

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Extension, of the Great Northern Railway

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1879 · page 2

MESSRS. Amos, Brothers, the contractors for the Tamworth-Uralla section of the extension to Tenterfield, evidently have no intention of letting the grass grow…

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The Latest About Frank Gardiner. a Mormon Immigrant Train Stuck-up and Robbed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1879 · page 7

Intense excitement was occasioned in this city yesterday, by the tidings that a party of 43 immigrants from the East, and bound hither, were coralled the day previous in Trahoe…

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Elevated City Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1879 · page 2

The elevated railways constructed in New York have proved a very great convenience, as a matter of traffic, but a terrible nuisance to people living along the line, by the noise…

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