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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
147 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 8
As it is understood that the transit of goods across the Murray by rail will not be provided for until the completion of the permanent iron bridge, the progress of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A public meeting to urge the construction of a railway was held at the Theatre Royal, Grafton, on Wednesday evening, July 18. There were about 350 persons present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I noticed some time back your Dungog correspondent spoke in strong terms of condemnation of the road from Dungog to Stroud, and drew a pretty correct picture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A very large and influential deputation, composed of residents of the Glen Innes and Inverell districts, waited upon the Minister for Public Works on Friday to urge upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Would you allow me space to give publicity to a very great injustice, from which the travelling public are suffering. All along the Northern route, from Sco[?]e to Mungindi,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—As the Ministry are shortly expected in Maitland, and to be lionised, I again draw the attention of the authorities to the dangerous state of the foot-bridge at Belmore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From the attached official correspondence it will be seen that the senior member for the Upper Hunter (Mr. John M'Elhone, M.P.) is deteimined that his constituents shall have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now that the suspension bridge between New York and Brooklyn has been completed, and is in constant use, it appears to be commonly agreed, not only in America but also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large meeting was held in the Council Chambers, this evening, pursuant to a requisition from the citizens regarding the railway to Crookwell and Taralga. Mr. W. Davies,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday morning the hon. Minister of Mines, in the presence of a large assemblage, which included many ladies, lowered to its place, ready for sinking, the first cylinder of the iron bridge which is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Department of Public [?] 7th August, 1883.-Sir, I am [?] acknowledge the receipt 6th instant on the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As a long resident of Liverpool Plains I think it my duty to contradict a report that appeared in a country journal of the 11th, and copied by that paper from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A RAILWAY accident occurred on the Newmarket-Essendon line last night the train left Spencer-street at 9.45 p.m. and consisted of two ordinary and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A number of reports have been received respecting the railway collision last night; they show that the signalman at Newmarket junction was most to blame. He mistook the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DEPUTATION which last Friday waited on the Minister of Works, introduced a new feature into the business. It was a very large deputation; it was armed with a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A comparative table of railway speeds, as given in an English journal, shows that some of the fastest; trains in the world are those run between Leeds and London. From King's Cross the distance by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What seems at first sight a wanton objection has been taken into the low courts of the United States, against the continuance of the costly suspension bridge just opened,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Below we published some of the correspondence that has passed between the honourable member for East Maitland, Mr. J. N. Brunker, and the Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Department of Mines, Sydney, 21st September, 1883.—Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the petition of certain, residents of Goorangoola, St. Clair,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Maryborough General Sessions to-day, before his Honor Judge Quinlan, Edmund Chowne, a commercial traveller, appeared to answer a charge of common assault on Elizabeth Greenha[?]gh, of…
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