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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1883

147 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 8

Cricket. Albion C. C. V. Railway Clerical Club

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1883 · page 5

The last match of the season was played on the Albion Ground on Saturday afternoon, between the above clubs, the result being a win for the Albions by 52 runs. A pleasing…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Camperdown

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1883 · page 4

An inquiry was held to-day before Mr. Heron, P.M., and a jury, into the circumstances attendiag the death of the girl Sarah Boland, who was killed on Saturday…

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Junction of the Victorian and New South Wales Railways. (By telegraph from yesterday's Herald.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1883 · page 5

The Melbourne Argus to-day, in discussing the proposal to have two changing stations on the intercolonial railway, condemns it as absurd, and argues that both economy…

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Cost of Tramway Locomotion

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 5

Letters in an English paper of February, from engineers, give some information respecting the cost of steam traction on tramways. In Paris the writers state that, with…

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The Quarrabolong Road

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1883 · page 3

The following letter has been received by Mr. C. Foster from the member for East Maitland (J. N. Brunker, Esq.) in answer to a communication referring to the state of the…

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Building Railways under Streets and under Houses

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 4

Any one desirous of realising at this distance how great are the liberties modern engineers take with public property, and private property also, should examine the…

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Railway Dangers in the United States

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 7

In the year 1880, 86,781 miles of railway were in use in the United States, and they had cost in all rather more than one thousand million pounds sterling (5659 millions of…

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Fatal Railway Accident at the Zigzag. (Echo, May 17.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 7

At a quarter-past 10 o'clock last night a serious railway accident, resulting in the death of a fireman, the injury of another, and the destruction of several goods trucks loaded with live stock, occurred…

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Fatal Railway Accident near Lithgow. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Lithgow

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 6

A collision, attended with fatal consequences, occurred on Wednesday last about 10 p.m., within two miles of the Esk Bank Railway Station, and about one mile from the…

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Supreme Court. Friday, May 18.—Second Term. Banco Court. (Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Faucett, and Sir G. Innes.) TOOHEY V. Commissioner for Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 3

Mr. Darley, Q.C., and Mr. Pilcher, instructed by Messrs. Slattery and Heydon, appeared for the plaintiff, to[?]move for a new trial; Mr. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. C. B…

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Railway Accommodation at Glennie's Creek

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1883 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of residents of the district was held at Mr. Drane's at Camberwell on Saturday afternoon, to consider what steps should be taken to…

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Important Bridge Meeting at Denman. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 7

A meeting of great importance to this and also the surrounding districts was held in the Denman School of Arts on Monday afternoon last, at three o'clock, to take into consideration the course taken by the…

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Electric Haulage tried on a London Tramway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 4

A curious difficulty occurred on March 10th in the trial trip of a tramcar, propelled by electricity, on the lines of the West Middlesex Tramway Company. Fifty…

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A Whole Family on the Tramp

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1883 · page 7

The Lyttelton Times (N.Z.) publishes the following interesting paragraph, contributed by a correspondent: During the last few days there has travelled over the West…

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Re the Bridge Meeting in Saturday's Issue. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1883 · page 2

SIR,—I would not trouble to reply to the above if it was a faithful report, but your correspondent sticks about as close to facts as he does to his business. In reporting what I said at the meeting he…

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Interrupting Traffic on a Main Road[?] (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1883 · page 2

SIR,—As a holder of ground, will you permit me to point out to drovers and selectors a great grievance we have been subject to. The case speak[?] for itself. A mob of 13,000 sheep for the Warr[?]…

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Tramways Declaratory Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1883 · page 2

We are indebted to the kindly promptitude of Mr. J. N. Brunker, M.P., for a copy of the bill introduced by the Government, to authorise the use of steam motors on the…

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[?] Plains Road. [?] Works, Sydney,23rd May, 1853

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 3

[?] to your letter dated the [?] that teh [?] [?]…

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Bridge Over Falerook. (To the Editor of Singleton Argus

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 2

SIR, [?] to [?] [?] of [?] over [?] A [?] ago I was [?]…

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