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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
251 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 13
SIR—As a regular subscriber to your paper allow me through your columns to call the attention of the above road trust to the disgraceful state of the Pokolbin road between Rothbury Post Office and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In reference to some alleged extensive frauds in the railway department, it is stated that Mr. Abigail will bring the matter before Parliament tomorrow, and will explain how he became possessed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday. IN consequence of an article appearing in the "Australian Christian World" to the effect that the Railway Department has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHERE there is smoke, there is fire, according to the proverb; and about the alleged frauds in connexion with the goods traffic on the railway, very much smoke indeed has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Following is the S. M. Herald's full report of the debate in Parliament on the above subject:— Sir Patrick Jennings stated that certain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On Friday morning the Hon. J. W. Lyne, Minister for Works, proceeded from Milson's Point by tram to the terminus, and thence by coach to Pierce's Corner (Hornsby), where the junction of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation composed almost entirely of members of Parliament, numbering about 30, interviewed the Minister for Public Works on Thursday to urge the Government to proceed with the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That there is something in the railway frauds is now certain, and one of our largest carrying firms is spoken of as being the chief culprits in a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams in Sydney seem to be bewitched. The cable tramway at North Shore has been the scene of a dangerous accident, which the Echo of Tuesday thus describes:—A remarkably narrow escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The approaching completion of the railway to the South Australian border is a matter of Australasian importance. By means of the new line the capitals of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The investigations into the alleged Railway frauds have dragged along throughout the week, and you are certain to hear something definite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible accident occured shortly before midnight on Tuesday on the Tasmanian main line of railway just above Brighton. A special train left town, containing the Ministers with a select party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The through mail and passenger train will leave Newcastle every morning at a quarter-post seven o'clock, will leave West Maitland at twenty-eight minutes past eight o'clock, arriving at Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →We take the following further particulars of the terrible railway accident in Tasmania from the S. M. Herald:— Hobart, Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE Fingal branch railway to Hobart was opened on Tuesday by the Governor of Tasmania. The special train conveying the Ministerial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The AttorneyGeneral has caused criminal information to be exhibited by the Commisaioner for Raitways against the following firms:- Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Scientific American of May 8 has a description and illustrations, of the methods adopted for erecting under water the foundations of the railway bridge across the river Hawkesbury, above Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The inquest on the body of Bradshaw, the enginedriver who was killed in connection with the recent railway accident on the Fingal line, was concluded to-day. Mr. Fincham, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is not often that so much history is embedied in one person as was found in the career of a destitute tramp, who was lately picked up in the city of Joliet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have been requested to reprint the following particulars with reference to the loss of time by drivers and fireman at Singleton, Murrurundi, Arm dale, and…
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