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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 11
The following observations are from the Dubbo Dispatch of Sept, 28 on what was presumed to be and what has proved to be, the Government railway polloy. We shall give our own views as soon as possible:—"If it be true says our contemporary,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →AT last the Government has thought fit to make known its railway proposals. They seem to have been decided on with a view to catching as many votes as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS says a writer in the Queenslander: About this intention there is much that is noteworthy. It would not be easy to find a happier illustration of the triumphs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Dubbo a public meeting to protest against the portion of the Government railway policy providing for aline from Mudgee to Walgett was held on Friday evening, and although the night was wet the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Your article "What is best for the Country?" in Saturday's issue, justly and indignantly takes exception to the exceptional budget or railway policy of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I think every one who used their energy and influence in agitating for the Muswellbrook-Cassilis Railway must feel that their efforts have been most generously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday evening, a meeting was held in the Council Chambers of West Maitland representatives of the Northern Railway League. There were present:—Mr. Hyndes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SETTINg aside the Mudgee-Coonamble-Walgett proposal, we shall now say a word or two about the Government railway policy generally. The sum is large which Mr. Dibbs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the most enthusiastic meetings ever held in Dubbo assembled last night in the Masonic Hall, to express indignation against the Government railway proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day is the 29th anniversary of the opening of the first railway in Australia. On the 26th September, 1855, the railway line from Sydney to Parramatta was open for traffic,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SENSATIONAL loan announcements are the order of the day. Upon the top of the intimation that Queensland is to take authority to borrow £10,000,000, comes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dubbo Dispatch of Tuesday, in an article on the Government railway policy, says:— The proposed line from Mudgee through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Maitland Executive Committee of the Northern Railway League was held in the Council Chamber, West Maitland. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Northern Railway League was held in the Council Chamber, Newcastle. The chair was occupied by Mr. Stewart Keightley, Mayor of Newcastle. There were also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have been requested by the Hon. J. P. Abbott to publish the following official letter received by him:— Department of Public Works, Roads under Trustees,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday evening a public meeting was held in the School of Arts, West Maitland, for the purpose of protesting against the proposal to connect Walgett with the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident happened yesterday on the South-western Railway, between Brisbane and Ipswich, and resulted in the death of an enginedriver. Six passengers were seriously injured. The 5.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE railway, accident, which occurred on Friday evening proves to have been a very serious one, resulting in the death of the driver of the passenger train and severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a well-attended public meeting of the inhabitants of Tenterfield, held on the 2nd instant, for the purpose of protesting against the Government railway policy, so far as it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many of our readers will wonder, on opening their papers this morning, to find so much space taken up with a repetition of the report of the indignation meeting held in West…
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