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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
147 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 8
The following appeared in the American Machinist of the 26th [?]ltim[?], published in New York:- "A tramway motor has just been finisbed by the Baldwin Locom[?]tive Works for the New South Wales Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,- A team engine has Just been set up close to the first arch of the bridge, on the Singleton side, for the purpose of supplying river water to the station. It is unnecessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—We, the undersigned, in behalf and at the request of the inhabitants of this district of Brisbane Water, beg of you to give publicity to their expression of feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have received from Mr. A. J. Gould, M[?]L.A. for Patrick's Plains, the following official letter for publication:- Department of Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE underground electric railway. whose construction has been authorised by act of Parliament. will commence near the north end of Northumberland Avenue. Opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We (Newcastle Herald) are informed that on Monday morning about one hundred navvies, who had been working on Amos's contract on the section of the Waratah to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The transactions during the year are thus summarised in the Commissioner's report for 1882:- The total expenditure for construction was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Department of Public Works, Roads Under Trustees, Sydney 17th August, 1883. Sir.— In reply to your letter of the 6th instant respecting repair of a bridge near Paisley's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works Office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 12th October, 1883. Sir. Referring to your letter of the 26th alt.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident occurred at Steglitz on Sunday night, Sept. 2, which quite absorbs the entire interest of the place, all the victims being residents of this city. Steglitz is a favourite place of resort…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sydney papers publish the following proposed lines of railways and surveys, in connection with which instructions have been issued by the Cabinet to reserve all Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BY the courtesy of the Engineer in-Chief of the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, we (Daily Telegraph) are enabled to publish a list of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although here in New South Wales we are all apt to accuse the Government, as owner of the railways, and the railroad locomotives and carriages—of slowness, and being behind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE must take what we can get. The railway report for 1882 was published only a week or two ago, so that the information is the best part of a year old. Yet it is in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I see in last Tuesday's Mercury a letter signed by Mr. E. C. Close, of Barraba, complaining of the very bad state of some of the roads in this part of the Wollombi electorate. Well, I can bear…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Department of public Works, Sydney, 24th October, 1883 .-sir,-1 am directed to neknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our readers will have seen by our columns recently that some objections were made to the erection of the proposed railway bridge over Dora Creek, at the height specified…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SIR,—Will you kindly insert the enclosed, believing it for a general good? To the Mayor and Aldermen of West Maitland.—I wish to call your attention to the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SIR,—I heard some time ago that there was a sum of money granted by the Government for the repairs of this road, but where is it. I never saw it expended. I understands it was placed in the hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious accident occurred to-day shortly after noon on the line to the Flemington racecourse. The traffic to the races had just got in full swing, when a second-class train…
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