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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 11
SIR,—With reference to the Petition forwarded by you on the 15th May last from certain residents of Broke, requesting erection of a Bridge over Barney's Gully on Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 17th May last, requesting erection of a bridge over Quirindi Creek at Quirindi, I am directed by the Secretary for Public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Is the money all being contracted for in a short time a sign of energy in our road inspector? The Public Works Department thinks so. Those who use the road know to their cost that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We (S. M. Herald) have been favoured with a copy of the following telegram, from the Hon. Sir John Robertson to Mr. T. K. Abbott and Mr. G. F. Evans, for the Railway Demonstration Committee at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The following remarks occur in Mr. Lackey's speech at the banquet at Liverpool, on Tuesday evening, as reported by the Herald:— The history of railways in this colony extended…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Some Station properties were offered this week, but the result has not transpired. Fat Cattle.—The Homebush sales showed a marked improvement, and at Thursday's sales the averages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Commissioner of Victorian Railways has issued his report for 1878. Our commissioner is behind-hand: the latest railway report for New South Wales is to December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Will you kindly insert these few lines, to be answered by those interested. On the 19th and 20th or this month, and also on previous occasions, I had occasion to visit the Morpeth goods station when the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A large and important meeting of farmers was held at the courthouse last night to consider the subject of railway extension to Forbes. The Mayor was in the chair, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No. 229. County of Inglish, parish of Moonbi, area about 110 acres. The Crown lands commencing on the right bank of the Cockburth River, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No. 1,474. County of Inglish, parish of Moo[?]nbi, area about 110 acres. The Crown lands commencing on the right bank of the Cockburn River, at the north-east…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →We (Echo) observe that some important alterations are being made at the Redfern Railway terminus, and we learn that others have been decided upon. A dwarf wall and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Our readers will have gathered from advertisements and other statements that the twenty-six miles' stretch of railway between Breeza and Gunnedah, being the completion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday the opening of the completed length of the North-Western railway between Breeza and Gunnedah, which branches from the Gre[?]t Northern line at Weris' Creek, was celebrated by a public…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →ON Thursday last an important event in the history of the Northern Railways took place, that being the day on which the extension of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Station Properties.—Nothing doing. In store stock also, there is not much to report, although there are now numerous inquiries after both cattle and sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We publish to-day the time-table for the [?]eat Northern and North Western Railway, [?]ich forms a supplement to the Gazette of [?] 10th September. No change is made in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tramway was set to work this morning, and is generally voted a success. For the present, and until the motors are fitted up, the haulage is done by horces, and as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Cattle at both sales this week sold very freely at quite 18s to 20s per 100 lbs., for fair and good quality. Fat Sheep were also in good request, and not many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool.—Nothing of any importance offered this week, and there is not much to report unless that latest news from London scems more hopeful. Sheepskins were offered in large purcels and sold…
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