The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, January 3, 1880. the Railway Rates
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 4
MR. WATSON announced in his budget speech, that the Government would attempt to make the railways and other great services pay better. It is a pity that as to the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Railway Collision. (From the Echo.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 6
We are informed that the Minister for Works has received from the Secretary for Railways, on behalf of the Commission appointed to inquire into the circumstances…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1880 · page 1
THE report of the inquiry held by Mr. Vernon Secretary for Railways, on behalf of the Commissioner, into the cause of the recent accident at Parramatta…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 4
OUR leaders have in this issue the full text of Mr. Vernon's report to the Minister respecting the alarming collision at Parramatta on Boxing Day. We are not among those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Railway Accident. Official Report. (Echo.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 14
The following is Mr. Vernon's report to the Minister of Works on the accident which occurred at Parramatta on the 26th December:—…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 2
THE following is the minute of the Minister for Public Work:- I have read over carefully the papers in the above case, and cannot help…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan News and Notes. (From our own correspondent) [?]Reat Success of the Tramway
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 1
THE most successful venture of the past [?]ear has been the starting of the tram[?]ay cars. At the rate things are now [?]oing on, this undertaking will pay for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road from Quirindi to Middle Island. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1880 · page 1
DEAR SIR,-You would oblige by publishing the enclosed letter in the next Argus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road to Yarraman. (From Our Correspondent.)
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 1
A PUBLIC MEETING took place at Mr. A. Pyke's stores, Yarraman, on Wednesday the 7th instant, to take stops for having a road surveyed and proclaimed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death by Accident on the Railway. (Newcastle Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1880 · page 2
An inquest into the circumstances attending the death of the unfortunate man Walter Phillips, was held by the District Coroner, Mr. C. B. Ranclaud, at Martin's Hotel, Wickham, on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Kill the Czar. a Mine of Dynamite Placed to Blow Up the Imperial Train. (From another paper.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 13
Moscow, Dec. 2.—After the arrival of the Emperor last night, and while the second train containing the baggage was on the way hither, an explosion occurred. One luggage…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1880 · page 2
Station Properties.—No improvement yet, money market not sufficiently recovered. Fat Cattle.—Very dull; best beef 10s to 12s—recent improvement not sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge's Weekly Circular
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 1
Station Properties.-No improvement yet, money market not sufficiently recovered. Fat Cattle.—Very dull; best beef,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway from Gunnedah to Wellington
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 1
AT the monthly meeting of the Coonabarabran Progress Committee, held recently, we learn from the Bligh Watchman that the following discussion took…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Bishop's Bridge
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 8
Anniversary Day being the day chosen for the annual distribution of prizes and school treat to the scholars of St. Andrews' C. E. Sunday School, our township presented a…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 4
MR. COMBES' case in his own behalf miscarried. He failed utterly to prove that he was right in reducing the railway rates in 1877, and that Mr. Lackey erred in increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thefts by a Railway Porter
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 4
At the Middlesex Sessions, on Monday Nov. 24 William Bavington, porter, who last sessions pleaded guilty to three indictments charging him with having stolon jewellery, amounting in value to £150, from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Bridge's Weekly Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2
Fat cattle sold on Thursday at 11s to 13s per 100 lbs. for good quality, the supply being limited and buyers plentiful. Fat sheep were in more favour and sold at 7s 6d to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge's Weekly Circular
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 1
Fat Cattle sold on Thursday at 11s to 13s per 100 lbs for good quality, the supply being limited and buyers plentiful…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Georgo III. on the Road
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 1
WHEN he first found his Way month in 1786, travelling, not by rail, but by carriage, in a very simple and unpretentious cortege with few attendants,…
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