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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
216 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 11
SIR,—With reference to your letter of this day's date, respecting petition presented by you at this office for a sum of money to repair the road from J. Smith's c.p. to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the petition (presented by you) of certain residents of the Wollombi, Millfield, and Ellalong districts for the survey of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I am directed to inform you that the Secretary for Public Works has approved of the name of the road from Combo to Dyrring being changed to that of the "Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Station Properties, adopted for sheep, are now in good request, and could be placed at full prices, whilst for cattle stations inquiries are still limited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat Cattle were worth £4 to £5 per head, say 13s to 16s per 100lbs. Fat Sheep were plentiful and sold at 9s to 10s for good weights shorn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The crime that caused most horror in ancient times was the poisoning of the wells. In modern days the place of this outrage is taken by the wrecking of railway trains, and it may well create an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fat Cattle.—Market very quiet: £4 to £5 per head for good bullocks, or 13s to 15s per 100 lbs. Fat Sheep.—Market also quiet, viz., 7s to 9s for best wethers shorn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The advantages of what are called "inclined railways," in facilitating travel up and down a hill, are strikingly shown in the busy "iron" town of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fat Cattle.—Market well supplied! prices, say, 14s to 15s per 100 lbs, Fat Sheep plentiful, and worth 5s 6s to 7s 6d to 7s 6d, or 6s 6d for full weights…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deparment of Mines, Sydney, 30th November, 1880. Sir,-With reference to the patition presented by you on belialf of certain residents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent kindly informs us of an accident which happened near the Macdonald River, on Friday last. It appears that a party of men had fired off six dynamite shots,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fat Cattle.-—No change, at least for the better. Boot beef is to 14s per 100 1bs. Fat Sheep.—Market glutted ; 60-lb…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The report of the Commissioner for Railways for 1879 was laid before Parliament on Friday. This document, which is a very voluminous one, shows that at the close of the year 1878 the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Echuca telegram, dated Saturday, in Monday's Argus, says:—"A peculiar and disastrous accident occurred this morning to Stewart's bridge, an important viaduct…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First-class progress with the works on this line is being made by Messrs. Amos, Bros., and within next month, in all probability, the line will be completed as far as Corish's inn,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Catholic Review, prints the following " Railway Guide for Roman Catholic travellers on their way to Heaven," to which are appended the comments of the…
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