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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
351 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 18
SIR,—In your report of the above meeting I am reported to have said—"If the railway started from M[?]swellbrook, for the f[?]st 30 miles there would only be three small culverts, the deepest of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A large and most influential meeting was held at the Council Chambers at eight o'clock on Friday evening—his Worship, Mr. G. Webb, Mayor of Newcastle, in the chair—to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 10th ultimo, requesting that a special grant of £100 may be made for the road from main Northern Road near Black Creek via Glendon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,-Refering to your issue of the 19th inst, I notice a report of the meeting held at Singleton, for the purpose of advocating the construction of a railway from Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your issue of the 22nd your Muswellbrook correspondent says in reference to myself the deputation received no assistance from me, etc., and that with my usual inconsistency I now profess…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—As a meeting held last night at Newcastle, having for its object the discussion of the question of railway extension from Muswellbrook via Cassilis to Walgett, as opposed to Narrabri to Walgett,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Having noticed in your columns several letters of late from certain Wollombi residents, referring to the necessity of constructing a line of railway from Allandale to Wollombi, I shall deem…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five years ago, says the Boston Budget, there was not an electric railway in practical operation in the country, while to-day there are more than a dozen, with every prospeot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DEPUTATION, Introduced by Mr A. J. Gould, M.L.A., and consisting of residents of Singleton and Jerry's Plains, waited on the Minister for Works to-day, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most appalling railway collisions of recent years occurred about noon on September 16, at Hexthorpe, a mile or so from Doncaster. A Midland excursion train, from Sheffield to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I see by your issue of to-day Mr. Hungerford has another long [?]etter in support of the Muswellbrook-Walgett railway, and from the manner in which he beats about the bush in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE append a report of the speeches addressed to the Minister for Works on Friday morning last by Mr A. J. Gould, M.L.A., A. Bowman, M.L.A., the Hon. Sir John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We publish, at the request of Mr. John M'Elhone, M.P. for the Upper Hunter, the following official correspondence:- Department of Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In your issue of the 25th October I see a report by your Newcastle correspondent of a meeting held there on the 21st instant, re the extension of the Great Northern railway line from Narrabri…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE deputation from Singleton district which waited upon the Minister for Works on Friday to urge that Singleton rather than Musweilbrook should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In your issue of the 26th ultimo, I noticed a letter from Mr E.C. Brecht in which I am charged with making statements calculated to mislead. Now, sir, there are two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As a very old resident of this place, and one of your oldest subscribers, I would like to say a few words on the above subject. Some time since a letter signed J. Buchanan, sen., appeared:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A rather startling statement was made by the Premier in the Legislative Assembly on Friday with respect to the present rates for the conveyance of merchandise by the railways. He said that these…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Kindly allow me space in your paper to contradict certain statements made by Mr. Wells, the road superintendent at Muswellbrook, in his letter to the Commissioner for Roads, published in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—In your issue of to-day I noticed a letter signed J. H. Saunders, from Jerry's Plains. I do not know of any J. H. Saunders living there, nor do I want to know the man who could so far forget…
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