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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

251 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 13

The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, April 1, 1886. a Railway Servants' Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 4

A FLOOD of writing and talk has been lately poured into the metropolitan papers, the source being a proposal on the part of the servants of the Railway Department to form…

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The Tramp's Daughter. (From Stories in Black and White,) PART I.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 1

"Whoever can that be at this time of night?" said Mrs. Layton, of Oaklands Farm, as a loud knock came at the front door. and startled the former from his…

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The Sunday Mail Train

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 4

We have received for publication the following official correspondence from the member for West Maitland:- Department of Railways,…

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The Mautland Mercury. Thursday, April 15, 1886. the Railway Employees Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 4

ALTHOUGH: Mr. Lyue would have declined to receive a member of Parliament, as usher of the deputation which waited on him the other day from the railway servante, hie…

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Sir John Fowler's Report on Light Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night Mi Dibbs laid upon the table the report of Su John Powler on the question of light railways as feeckis to the trunk lines of the colony. After…

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Tragedy of a Railway Car. a Drama in One Acr and Six Scene'. Scene I.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 1

SAINT LAZARE depot at night time. The train for Dieppe is just on the point of starting. Madams Monpavon butting against the closed door of the…

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The Extra Passenger Train to Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1886 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways has addressed the following communication to Mr. J. N.Brunker, M.L.A. on the subject of the additional passenger train which leaves West Maitland for Newcastle at…

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Railway Accident in South Australia. Five Men Killed. (By Telegraph to the Evening News.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1886 · page 3

A terrible railway accident, resulting in the death of five men and the injury of others, took place on the unfinished section of the Great Northern railway, between Hergott and Strongways Springs, on…

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Civil Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer and Juries of four). COOK V. the Commissioner for Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1886 · page 6

This was an action brought by Thomas Cook, of Turanville, near Scone, against the Commissioner for Railways, for damage caused to plaintiif's grass land, by the emission of burning matter from a…

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Railway Accident in South Australia (By telegraph to the Herald.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 2

A serious accident, which might have been attended with terrible results, occurred on the Southern line this evening. The passenger train which left Port Victor, at 1 o'clock p.m., and was…

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Science, a Portable Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

A patent has been taken out for a railroad which can bo laid down and taken up with astonishing case and despatch. The elaborate processes usually entailed in the…

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The Railway Employees Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 2

The Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister of Public Works, has written the following minute in reference to the proposed Railway Employes' Association:- "On April 9 last a deputation from the railway…

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Serious Railway Accident. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 2

LATER particulars [?] the coil [?] when took place on Saturday near Bowral, between a tourists train from Sydney to Goulburn, and a goods train…

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Railways and Public Works in Tasmania. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Hobart

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission on Railways and Public Works has been made public. It condemns generally the arrangements for the construction of railways, and the bridges on the…

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The Narrabri-Walgett Railway Project. Meeting at Walgett. (By telegraph from our own Correspondent.) Walgett

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 5

A large and influential meeting was held last evening for the purpose of urging upon the Government the advisableness of immediately extending the line of railway from Narrabri to Walgett…

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The Encroachment on Balwarra Road

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 13

Our parlimaentary report, [?] only portion of the answer of the Ministe of Mines to Mr. Burns' question relating to Bulwarra Road. We therefore print the question and…

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Railway Construction by Chinese Labour

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 17

We learn by telegram that the South Australian Government has accepted the tender of Messrs. Millar Brothers for the construction of the Pine Crook railway in that colony, at £605,424, and the…

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The Bridge over the Mulbring

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 7

A meeting was held at Mr. A. C. Pratt's Mount Tincent Hotel, on the 6th inst., in reference to sending an invitation to Messrs. J. N. Brunker and J. F. Burns, M.L.A., to open for traffic the…

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Proposed Railway from Byrock to Brewarrina. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Brewarrina

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 7

A largely-attended meeting of property-holders was held here last night for the purpose of further considering the scheme put forward at a recent public meeting by Mr. E. Millen, for guaranteeing…

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The Railway Station on the Queensland Border

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1886 · page 7

An interview took place yesterday (says Tuesday's Herald) between the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister of Works, and Mr. F. Curnow, Commissioner for Railways in Queensland, who is on a visit to Sydney,…

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