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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
351 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 18
Sir.—With reference to your letter of the 28th ultime, respecting the necessity for the site of a bridge over Moodie's Greek on the Great Northern Road below the Whittingham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 12th August last, enclosing a communication from Mr Daniel Slattery, drawing attention to the dangerous state of the approaches to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I humbly request that you will grant me a small space in your excellent journal in reply to a letter which appeared in Tuesday's issue (date the 8th instant), wherein I notice a letter signed " J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Up to the time of the adjournment last Friday, the Committee of the Assembly had dealt with the Railways bill as far as section 49, the portion discussed including perhaps the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The young man John Jones, who was knocked down [?]y a railway engine at High-street crossing, West Maitland, on Thursday forenoon, died on Sunday at his father's residence. East Maitland road. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I notice in your issue of the 8th instant a letter, signed " J. H. Saunders," on the above subject, and hasten to say a word or two upon the letter in question. I would never have entered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the interests alike of the travelling public, and of contractors with the Roads department, a radical change in the system of inspecting and "passing"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE young man John Jones, who was knocked down by a railway engine at Highstreet crossing, West Maitland, on Thursday forenoon, died on Sunday at his father's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Mr. Wells, in his letter to the Commissioner for Roads, published by Mr. M'Elhone in your issue of 3rd instant, makes rather a meanspirited and unjust attack upon me, to defend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—In your issue of Nov. 8 I observe a letter signed "J. H. Saunders, Jerry's Plains," in which your correspondent alludes to a letter of mine and also to one signed "J. Buchanan" as productions of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An announcement madoby Lawrence M. Donovan, "the champion bridge jumper of the world," who has made himself notorious by his leaps from Brooklyn, Clifton, London, and other bridges, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We print the following letter at the request of Mr. R. G. D. Fitz Gerald, M.P.:- Department of Public Works, Roads under Trustees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A dastardly attempt was made yesterday to wreck the passenger train from paste's Ferry. A piece of iron, two feet long was tied to the rails at the edge of a cliff 300…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In your issue of the 5th last. I observed a letter written by Mr John Brown, of Jerry's Plains, in which that gentleman makes a pretence of replying to a letter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—A report of the last meeting of the District Council appeared in your issue of Thursday, 17th lost, a portion of which referred to the above-named road I had at a previous meeting brought before the notice of the District Council some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I have noticed one or two letters of late in the columns. of your valuable paper on the above subject, ana with your permission I will wake a tew remarks relative to the same Now that the residents of the Wollombi are, "after lying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An enthusiastic meeting of residents of teh district was held this evening in a marque at the rear of Mr. Chapman's, to advocate a railway from Allandale to Wollombi. Mr. George Chapman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was a very fair attendance of the residents of Greta and the district on Tuesday evening in the hall at the rear of Maddison's Cricketers' Arms Hotel, the business being to take steps to petition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A public meeting was held on Monday evening in a marquee at the rear of the residence of Mr. George Chapman, Wollombi, to advocate the connexion of Wollombi by rail with the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A return was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday with reference to various matters in connection with the railway from Homebush to Waratah. From this it appears that…
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