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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
351 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 18
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ult., on the subject of re-erection of the bridge over the Hunter at Elderslie, and to inform you that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of roar letter of the 28th ult, on the subject of erection of a new bridge over the Hunter at Redbournberry, Singleton; and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. D. H. and G. Hnggie, Wearmouth Rope Works, Sunderland, are manufacturing two long ropes for a tramway which is in course of construetion at Hong Kong, from the town up to " The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →THE old fable of the bare and the tortoise occurs to us when we contrast what may be called the history of the railway earnings of N. S. Wales with that of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 28th February, on the subject of increased accommodation at Glennie's Creek, and to inform you that it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 28th February, on the subject of increased accommodation at Whitingham, and to inform you that it will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Works, in reply [?] a deputation, to-day, consented to reduce workmen's tickets on the tram line to one-half between the hours of 5.30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A project is on foot for tunnelling the "Great Divide." The Divide is the Rocky Mountains, and the point pioposed to be tunnelled is under Gray's Peak, winch uses no less thnn 14,441 feet above the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ONE of the things Sir Henry Parkes learnt at Melbourne was that the entrance rate of wages into the Victorian Railway service was 5s a day, and before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SHOULD Parliament be disposed to approve of it, the railways of New South Wales will before long be under the control of a board, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The question of the tramways also considered at the recent Cabin meeting. It was decided that the [?] motors be got rid of Boon as Possible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramp tramp tramp, O' cr tho railroad ties, 0, dee And I would that my tongue could utter. The thoughts that arise in me…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A motion was tabled in the Legislative Council yesterday evening, that a high level bridge to connect Sydney with North Shore should form a part of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. A. J. Gould, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. H. H. Brown, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to-day so the minister for Works, who was requested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I was glad to see your notice of the differential railway rates in a short paragraph in Tuesday's issue of the Mercury. You well say that the particulars submitted by the deputation from…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A disaster unpresedented in painfulness and horror, occurred in Velmont early on the morning of Feb.5. With over 50 degrees of frost prevailing, a portion of a train fell over a bridge upon the ice…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Minister for Works has stated that he intends to revert to the old timetable on the Great Northern Railway as soon as arrangements can be made for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charles Wilson, a boy under 14 years of age, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day to twelve months' imprisonment for placing an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A high bridge is, says the Scientific Americ[?] about to be erected over the river Hudson, at Poughkeepsic, about half-way between New York and Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queen will not reach Cannes till to-morrow, having been delayed at Larvetre( France) owing to the train in which she was travelling catching fire…
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