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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1881

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

The Great Northern Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1881 · page 6

Sir,—Why is it that all who travel from Greta to Maitland have to paya heavy toll for the privilege of using a very bad road? If the road was a good one I would not grumble, but while the road…

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Cessnock Road Contract. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 6

SIR,—In your issue of the 15th instant I find a letter signed H. J. Bouffier, in which he evidently implies that I, as a successful contractor, was the writer of the letter that appeared in your issue of…

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Denman Bridge and the Road to Muswellbrook. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 7

SIR,—In your issue of the 16th instant I notice a letter signed "Denman Correspondent," commenting on S. H. R.'s of the 8th. In reply thereto, I beg to state that if a misrepresentation of facts will get a…

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The Connecting Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 5

On Thursday next the Minister for Works is expected to move the adoption of the plans and books of reference prepared for the carrying out of the long-talked of connecting…

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Railway Agitation at North Shore. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 5

A public meeting was held on Tuesday night, at the School of Arts, North Shore, convened by the Mayor of St. Leonards, in compliance with a requisition presented to…

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The M[?]land Mercury. Thurs[?]ay, December 8, 1881. [?]E Connecting Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 December 1881 · page 4

NOTHING has been lost to the cause of those who ad cate the most direct route from the north [?]y rail to Sydney, by the rejection of Mr. [?]runker's amendment last Thursday…

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The Clarence Town Bridge. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1881 · page 4

SIR,—At nearly the close of the meeting about proposed bridges at Morpeth and Hinton, held at Morpeth last Monday evening, a statement was made by the chairman which ought not to pass…

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Roads Through the Australian Agricultural Co.'s Estate. Select Committee's Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1881 · page 5

Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.P. for Gunnedah, has sent us for publication the report of the select committee of the Assembly upon the necessity for opening roads through, and…

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Claims of New England for Railway Communication. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Grafton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1881 · page 7

A railway meeting was held this evening at the Theatre Royal. The Mayor presided, and there was a large attendance. The theatre was crowded. After telegrams…

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Subordinate Roads

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1881 · page 3

The classification and proposed distribution for 1882 of subordinate roads under trustees, showing the proposed distribution of the vote on the Estimates, is as follows for the Northern Roads; the…

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A New Form Of Railway Losemotive

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1881 · page 2

[?] C. Race, a practised railway engineer in the United States, has[?] [?] and patented a railway locov[?]tive differing from any we have seen…

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The Clarence-New England Railway Question. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Grafton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1881 · page 7

The following letter from the Premier, in reply to one addressed to him by Mr. See, member for Grafton, appears in to-day's Examiner, together with other…

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