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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

350 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 18

The Government and the Tramway Tenders

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 4

A protracted Cabinet meeting was held on Friday (says the Herald) when the position of the Government in view of the motion for the leasing of the tramways having been lost was seriously…

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Bridge in Gowrie-street. Department of Public Works, Office of Com. and Eng. for Bonds, Sydney. 14th December, 1888

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1888 · page 3

Sir,—Referring to a communication which has been received from the Council Clerk of South Singleton, on the subject of repairs required to the bridge on the main Northern…

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Accident on the Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1888 · page 2

ON Saturday about 5.30 p.m. a fatal accident occurred on the Great Northern railway line near Whittingham. As the goods train from Newcastle to Singleton was approaching…

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Galong Burrwoa Railway

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1888 · page 2

The decision of the Commissioners against the proposed Gelong-Burrowa Railway is said to have badly hit syndicate of land jobbers…

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The Alleged Tramway Bribe

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1888 · page 3

IN the confusion incidental to the charge of bribery, just as Mr Haynes fell upon the floor of the House in a state of collapse after the stern denial of Mr Huntley, a remarkable…

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The Gowrie-street Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 2

THE state of the bridge in Gowrie-street has for some months attracted the notice of the Municipal Council of South Singleton, and as Gowrie-street being the main road it…

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New French Bridge. Department of Railways, Sydney, December 18, 1888

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 3

Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, suggesting the necessity of increasing the height of overhead bridge at New F[?],…

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Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, December 22, 1[?]. the Tramways Question

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 4

TEMPORARILY, we suppose, the tramways question has been hung up. But it must in the nature of the case come forward agai[?] If the Legislature insiste upon [?] condu[?]…

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Daring Robbery at a Railway Station

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 4

A ROBBERY of a very audacious character recently took place at Paddington station. It appears that Mr Long, of the Somerset County Herld, Taunton,…

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Railway Returns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 3

THE returns of the traffic on the railway since Saturday have been very large, and exhibit a gratifying increase on those for the Christmas reason of…

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