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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

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Bridge Over Jump Up Creek

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 December 1885 · page 1

Department of Public Works, Office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 3rd December, 1885.—Sir,- With reference to your letter of the 30th…

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The New Building at the Railway Station

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 December 1885 · page 1

BEFORE many months have passed the Singleton railway station will be pointed to as one of the most complete and convenient on the Northern line. A…

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Peculiar Railway Accident at Parramatta. (From the S. M. Herald's Correspondent.) Parramatta

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1885 · page 3

Engine No. 238 and three second-class carriages, attached to the midday down passenger train from Parramatta to Penrith, got off the line just after leaving the former station, and travelled three…

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Department of Railways. Sydney, December 17th, 1885

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1885 · page 4

Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 25th ultimo, urging the necessity which exists for widening the Railway gates where Regent-street, Maitland, crosses the line, I have the honor by direction of…

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Department of Railways, Sydney, December 17th, 1885

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1885 · page 4

SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 25th ultimo, respecting a promise given by the Minister for Public Works some months ago, that a vacant piece of land at the corner of Elgin and Steam…

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Railway Matters in West Maitland, &c

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1885 · page 4

The following official letters have been handed us for publication by Mr. R. W. Thompson, member for West Maitland. The private opinion of the heads of Departments in Sydney might probably…

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The Queen and the Canadian Railway

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1885 · page 15

The Completion and opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway has been suitably recognised by a telegraphic cengratulatiom from the Queen. The message cabled to Mr. George Stephen the President…

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Killed on a Railroad Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1885 · page 2

Pitlsfield, Mass, Aug. 16.—The details of the accident on the Housatonic River Railroad bridge, below this town, last evening, are peculiarly distressing. James Carney, Mary and Bridget…

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About The Road to the Bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 December 1885 · page 2

PROBABLY this old letter which we have just found among some papers will throw a little light upon the vexed question of the road to the Singleton…

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