The New Railway Bill
IN the Legislative Assembly on Thursday evening a bill to make better provision for the management of the Government railways was introduced by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
351 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 18
Old Time Road [?]o[?]es
We give from T[?]g's Pocket Almanac for 1842 some furtner elections from the itinerary comprising the [?]ds throughout New South Wales. The portions we select are—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road From Newcastle Through Maitland to the Great North Road at Patrick's Plains
Newcastle is beautifully situated at the north of the Hunter, and although there is a church and resident clergyman, a Government-house, gaol, stores, and hospital, and numerous allotments laid out; the place has not increased much until…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whittgham Railway Waiting Room and Ticket Office. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
Sir,âI never crave space in a public journal for any vain cause; it is always for the purpose of exposing a thorough greivance or public injustice, and the above is…
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In reply to a deputation that waited on the Minister for Works to-day, asking for a railway between Muswellbrook and Cassilis, the Minister for works promised to consult…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Work at Cassilis. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of the 24th September, I noticed a letter dealing with the above subject, signed "Constant Traveller." The writer says, "The road was bad enough under the Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—It is stated in a Sydney print that "the Government have determined to causea permanent trial survey of the proposed North Coast line to be at once made." The first survey of this line it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook to Cassilis and Walgett Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of the 13th, reporting a meeting in reference to above railway, I see that Mr. W. Clendening accused me of scurvy treatment in not attending the meeting by making some…
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A meeting was held at the Council Chambers, Singleton, on Monday evening for the purpose of taking action in the matter of the proposed railway from Singleton to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Walgett Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—My time is too fully occupied to waste it in fruitless discussions, to say nothing of taking up your valuable space. I will therefore only notice two or three of Mr. Kerr's "explanations," or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. Narrabri-walgett Railway Connection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Mr. Hungerford, in reply to my letter of the 11th, has given me credit for what he calls a tirade of abuse. The language is not mine, the sentiments expressed therein are mine, and I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Walgett Railway Question. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I notice in your issue of the 13th the report of a railway meeting held at Muswellbrook. And, were it not the most unique specimen of its kind to be found in the whole history of railway agitation,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. Branch Railway to Wollombi. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—After a careful calculation of the financial expenditure for railways of New South Wales in their present state I am thoroughly convinced that they do not profit the colony to any considerable…
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We give from Tegg's Pocket Almanac for 1842 some further selections from the itinerary comprising the roads throughout New South Wales. The portions we select are…
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The members of our railway deputation have returned home, and one and all speak in satisfactory terms of the reception accorded to them and their object by the Minister for Works. As was anticipated…
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On Thursday evening a public meeting was held the up-stairs room of the old Masonic Hall, West [?]aitland in connection with the proposed railway extension from Muswellbrook via Cassilis to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Walgett Railway Question. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of 20th inst., I noticed a grandiloquent effusion under the above heading signed "Justice," in which the writer poses as the champion of Messrs. Gould and Brown, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Walgett Railway Discussion. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I notice in your issue of yesterday a letter from Jerry's Plains, in reply to which I absolutely refuse to enter into a paper war with anyone adopting the tactics of a Moonlighter by shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton-cassilis Railway Meeting. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
Sir,-Will you kindly allow me a little space to correct an error that crept into the report of the held in the Oddfellows Hall re Railway to Cassilis. I am reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Second Tay Railway Bridge
For the first time, so far as we have seen, we have in Engineering, of August 12, a[?] pretty full description of the second railway bridge or viaduct over the Tay, near Dundee…
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